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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

America's Gun Violence Problem

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

Our violent history and obsession with firearms and the root of our national epidemic.

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Black man with short hair, beard and mustache wearing a grey shirt under a denim shirt smiles at the camera against a background of blurred, yellow-green foliage.
Featuring: Chris Murphy, Alain Stephens

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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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