From Advocacy to Celebration: SAARC Hosts ‘A Party for the People’ This Weekend
It’s going down tomorrow night! This week, Davida Ingram, the director of Seattle King County African-Americans Reparations Committee (SAARC), joined hosts Besa Gordon and Curtis Delgardo II, aka Cuddy, on Almost a Weekend! to discuss the committee's upcoming gala tomorrow and its ongoing work in reparations across the region.
After four years of progress, including the recent achievement of securing the first-ever Washington state reparations study, SAARC is finally celebrating with Reparations: A Party For The People Gala tomorrow, Saturday, November 8, at Washington Hall. The celebration will feature local R&B and hip-hop artists Black Stax and Rell Be Free. If that doesn’t sound like a party, I don’t know what does.
Photos by Erik Kalligraphy
Ingram shared her vision for what racial repair in Seattle would look and feel like, noting that historical policies excluded Black people from middle-class investments. She pointed to the alarming racial wealth gap in King County, but shared her optimism in the progress that has and will continue to be made toward a more equitable society.
The SAARC’s Reparations: A Party For The People Gala is happening tomorrow, Saturday, November 8 from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Washington Hall, 153 14th Ave, Seattle. Get your tickets at saarcpnw.org/reparations-a-party-for-the-people at a price point for you.
Don’t forget to tune in to Almost The Weekend! Thursdays at 9 p.m. on all Converge streaming platforms.
