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Protests, Police & Public Safety

Crosscut Festival 2021
Mon May 3, 2021 | 11:00am

What should be done to make public safety work better for everyone?

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Featuring: Carmen Best

The Purpose of Power

Crosscut Festival 2021
Tue May 4, 2021 | 5:00pm

A hashtag is not a movement. Organizing for change comes from the grassroots.

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Light-skinned Black woman with short, curly, dark hear with reddish highlights wearing orange and white earrings, glasses and dark turtleneck smiles subtly at the camera
Featuring: Alicia Garza, Errin Haines

Hard Truths: Racism & Allyship

Crosscut Festival 2021
Thu May 6, 2021 | 11:00am

Advancing racial equity and combating racism requires us to look at our own complicity. 

White woman with salt and pepper shoulder-length, curly hair wearing glasses and a black turtleneck with a blurred background
Black, bald man wearing glasses, a blue button-down and dark suit jacket smiles at the camera against a white background
Featuring: Robin DiAngelo, PhD, Dr. Jason Johnson

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The Cascade PBS Ideas Festival brings together journalists, newsmakers, and innovators from around the country to talk about the issues that are animating our cultural conversations. The festival includes live recordings of television and podcasts from The Atlantic, The New Yorker, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, Slate, Pushkin, NPR and PBS; as well as community meetups, meet-and-greets, food trucks, DJs, and more.

The Cascade PBS Ideas Festival will take place May 4, 2024, at the Amazon Meeting Center, 2031 Seventh Ave. Seattle, WA 98121.

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