SGN March 3, 2023

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ISSUE 9

C E L E B R AT I N G

VOLUME 51

49 YEARS

F R I D AY

IN

MARCH 3, 2023

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CREATING BLACK FUTURES Commissioners call on community to steer $27 million

by Daniel Lindsley SGN Staff Writer As part of the City’s official celebrations of Black History Month, Seattle’s city hall hosted a gathering of Black and allied Seattleites in its main lobby on Saturday last weekend. It was a call to action on multiple fronts, rallying commissioners and other citizens to get involved with open dialogues and an exciting new community-led budgeting process. Deaunte Damper (l) moderates the LGBTQ panel with Andrew Ashiofu (r) – Photo by Daniel Lindsley

see CITY HALL page 5

National LGBTQ Task Force dances into Miami for 30th annual Winter Party Photo courtesy of National LGBTQ Task Force

by John McDonald SGN Contributing Writer There’s always a good reason to throw a party. With that spirit in mind, the LGBTQ Task Force heads down to South Florida this week to dance up some dollars.

Winter Party Festival (March 1–7) is the occasion, a week of music and dance events at venues in Miami and Miami Beach, with the goal of raising money for organizations serving the LGBT community.

see PARTY page 15

Kennewick school board Pride flag policy gets failing grade Photo by Lucy Nicholson / Reuters

by Benny Loy SGN Contributing Writer In August of last year, the Kennewick school board unanimously passed a new policy on “race and curriculum.” Conservative board members feared that critical race theory (CRT) was being taught in classrooms,

even though teachers expressed that CRT is a college-level concept and is not a part of the high school curriculum. Unsurprisingly, a Kennewick School District board member has been pushing a new policy concerning Pride flags, among others.

see KENNEWICK page 4


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