Deaunte Damper and Trae Holiday to host legislative forum on We Live In Color on Wednesday

Converge Media’s Deaunte Damper will be hosting a legislative forum on his show We Live In Color on Wednesday alongside Trae Holiday. The event is sponsored by the Urban League of Metropolitan Seattle, Federal Way Black Collective, and Local Washington. The forum will feature the candidates for 37th district representative position , Emijah Smith and Chipalo Street. The candidates are vying for the seat of former representative Kristen Harris-Tally, who announced her retirement earlier this year.

“I think it's really important to really kind of bring that conversation to community,” Damper said.

The winner of the race will join Tomiko Santos in the 37th district seat in the Washington State House of Representatives.

The show will be two hours long and feature candidates, guests and community member. Damper is excited provide an outlet for the community to ask questions to candidates and make their voices heard.

“We do have some surprises, and some guests that will be asking some questions, people that really need to be in the forefront of these conversations,” Damper said. “So I'm really excited about it.”

Watch below on Wednesday, October 26th from 7-9 pm