On January 19, Busboys and Poets will host the Peace Ball: Voices of Hope and Resistance at the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C. About 3,000 people are expected to attend, DCist reported.
"It's not really an inaugural ball, it's more of a gathering of folks to have some joy and camaraderie and get energized for, I think, a very long and arduous road ahead of us," said Andy Shallal, owner of Busboys and Poets. He added that hosting this gathering at the new museum adds a "very important dimension to the event," reminding guests of the country's "incredible amount progress despite some of the bumps that we currently see and have seen."
Artists and activists expected to attend include Angela Davis, Alice Walker, Danny Glover, Melissa Harris-Perry and Van Jones. "There have been a lot of positive things to think about so we wanted to have a celebration of those things and look forward to more activism, resistance, and people standing up for those things that they've fought for so long," Shallal said.