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![]() This is a moment to test our values."Īlong with organizing star-studded events like the Peace Ball, Busboys relishes in intersectionality on a smaller scale, within its restaurants. Garza added, "This is the moment we challenge ourselves to do things differently, to get to know people we didn't know very well before. That means, for me, I am not ready to go backwards." People who gave their lives to make sure that we could live in dignity. We stand on the shoulders of giants, people who gave their lives to make sure that we could be in a space like this together. Alicia Garza, co-founder of the Black Lives Matter movement, remarked, "I refuse to go backwards. The ball totes the tagline "Voices of Hope and Resistance" and this year it delivered nothing short of that, with distinguished guests like poet Sonia Sanchez, authors Alice Walker, Zainab Salbi, and Naomi Klein, personalities like Melissa Harris-Perry, Tim Wise, and the legendary Angela Davis, as well as performances by Esperanza Spalding and Solange Knowles.ĭuring the evening's festivities, voices rang loudly for resistance against the incoming Trump administration. This January marked the third iteration of the Peace Ball, an alternative inaugural celebration that Busboys has held since the days of President George W. In addition to typical American fare (burgers, pizza, paninis), Busboys also offers a plethora of thoughtful vegan dishes like coconut tofu bites with plum red-pepper sauce, and a vegan "tuna" salad sandwich made with chickpeas, relish, nori, carrot, celery and vegan mayo.īusboys' mission goes well beyond the walls of its restaurants. Shallal says he was moved to highlight unity-in an industry scene that rarely displays it-by offering a space with live events that were artistic in nature along with a menu that juxtaposed visuals and quotes from Black poets like Maya Angelou and Langston Hughes with eclectic food offerings.
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