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Hundreds of public commenters urge Seattle council to back Hollingsworth—s budget amendments for Black communities
Summary
Dozens of residents and nonprofit leaders told the Seattle City Council—s select budget committee on Oct. 28 that the city should fund Councilmember Joy Hollingsworth—s amendments aimed at preserving Black neighborhoods, supporting Black-led service providers and businesses, and studying reparative responses to past discrimination.
Dozens of residents and nonprofit leaders told the Seattle City Council—s select budget committee on Oct. 28 that the city should fund Councilmember Joy Hollingsworth—s amendments aimed at preserving Black neighborhoods, supporting Black-led service providers and businesses, and studying reparative responses to past discrimination.
The public comment period, which the committee set to 45 seconds per speaker because of turnout, was dominated by testimony from the Central District and South Seattle. Speakers included Lalitha Williams, who identified herself as "an African American woman born and bred in the Central District of Seattle," and Jim Buchanan, identified in testimony as president of Washington State Descendants of the Enslaved. They and others urged the council to fund…
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