Urban Forum NW 10-02-2025

Today, Thursday, October 2 on Urban Forum Northwest on 1150 AM KKNW/www.1150kknw.com, on Alexa and my Podcast 2:00-3:00 pm (PDT) my guest for the hour are: *Prakash Gupta, Consulate General India, Seattle talks about the events that will take place today in honor of the birthday of Mahatma Gandhi. Last year a bust of Gandhi was installed at the Seattle Center by the Space Needle on his birthday. *Congresswoman Marilyn Strickland (D) WA-10 comments on the government shutdown, an estimated fifty million US Citizens will be impacted, a significant number of government workers will be fired and now more people are blaming the Republicans. *Estela Ortega, Executive Director, El Centro de la Raza and Anica Enriquez, Special Events and Stewardship Manager for El Centro invites you to Building the Beloved Community Gala that will be held on Saturday, October 11 at the Seattle Convention Center. *A tribute to the late Madge Thompson will be given by by her niece Tayna Dowser, Larry Gossett, and Robert Gant. Madge coordinated the food service after the Seattle King County Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration Committee Marches for over 25 years. Her great grandfather was US Senator Hiram Revels of Mississippi in1870 during Reconstruction. Her Celebration of Life will be held Friday, October 3 at 11:00 am at Church by the side of the Road. Urban Forum Northwest streams live at www.1150kknw.com. Visit us at www.urbanforumnw.com for archived programs and relevant information. Like us on facebook. X@Eddie_Rye