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I Never Thought of It That Way: How to Have Fearlessly Curious Conversations in Dangerously Divided Times

October 2, 2024 6:30 pm

Town Hall Seattle, Livestream (Hybrid)

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Join us for a moderated conversation between Senior Fellow for Public Practice at Braver Angels and author of "I Never Thought of it That Way: How to Have Fearlessly Curious Conversations in Dangerously Divided Times," Mónica Guzmán and writer, broadcaster, and interviewer, Steve Scher. Let’s learn together how to remain curious and courageous during our upcoming presidential election season.

Registration opens on September 12, 2024.

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We Keep Us Safe: Public Safety, Crime, and Elections

October 8, 2024 6:30 pm

Town Hall Seattle, Livestream (Hybrid)

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Join ACLU of Washington policy experts and experts in restorative justice and violence prevention who have been directly impacted by the criminal legal system for a panel discussion on what keeps communities safe. Panelists will discuss restorative justice, violence prevention, sentencing reform, and how criminalization policies and tough-on-crime rhetoric during election seasons undermine public safety.

Registration opens on September 12, 2024.

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Quantum Science and Engineering: Peter Shor

October 10, 2024 7:30 pm

Kane Hall (Room 130)

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MIT Morss Professor of Applied Mathematics Peter Shor's research interests have mainly been in theoretical computer science: he formerly worked on algorithms, computational geometry, and combinatorics and currently works on quantum computing.
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An Evening with Raymond “Boots” Riley

October 19, 2024 6:30 pm

Kane Hall (Room 130)

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Spend an evening with film director and writer Raymond “Boots” Riley, of "Sorry to Bother You," and "I’m a Virgo," fame and UW Assistant Professor in Cinema and Media Studies, Dr. Golden M. Owen, for a conversation on making movies, rapping, storytelling, and activism.
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Registration opens on September 12, 2024.

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American Democracy and the 2024 Election

October 24, 2024 6:30 pm

Town Hall Seattle, Livestream (Hybrid)

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Join Dr. Jake Grumbach for an exploration of the threats facing American democracy and its sources of resilience. Together, we will learn about the trends in three areas of American democracy: the rule of law, majority rule, and political equality; the crucial components for a political system of the people, by the people, and for the people.

Registration opens on September 12, 2024.

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Why AI matters for climate (in more ways than one)

October 28, 2024 6:30 pm

Town Hall Seattle, Livestream (Hybrid)

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In this talk Dr. Priya Donti, Assistant Professor and the Silverman (1968) Family Career Development Professor at MIT EECS and LIDS, will explore AI’s multi-faceted relationship with climate change. This discussion will cover how researchers, practitioners, and policymakers can work together to better align the use of AI with climate change.

Registration opens on September 12, 2024.

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Autopsy of an Election: What We Lost, What We Won, and How to Fight for the Future

January 15, 2025 6:30 pm

Town Hall Seattle

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Ahead of the presidential inauguration, join UW’s Delsman Associate Professor of Political Science and Associate Professor of Law, Societies, and Justice Dr. Megan Ming Francis who will reflect on the lessons of the 2024 election and point to the possibilities to reimagine a more just future.

Registration opens on December 12, 2024.

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Quetzal

January 20, 2025 6:30 pm

Town Hall Seattle, Livestream (Hybrid)

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Join us for an evening of community inspired music with the relentlessly innovative, bi-lingual, Chicano Grammy award-winning rock band, Quetzal. Together we will celebrate the life and work of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and usher in the next US Presidential administration with a band that narrates the social, cultural and political stories of humanity.

Registration opens on December 12, 2024.

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An Evening with Martha Gonzalez

January 22, 2025 6:30 pm

Town Hall Seattle, Livestream (Hybrid)

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Help us welcome back UW alumna, Chicana artivista, musician, feminist music theorist and Associate Professor in the Intercollegiate Department of Chicana/o Latina/o Studies at Scripps/Claremont College, Dr. Martha Gonzalez. Together we will take a lyrical journey filled with her creative ideas and thoughts on art as activism.

Registration opens on December 12, 2024.

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Gangstagrass

January 24, 2025 6:30 pm

Town Hall Seattle, Livestream (Hybrid)

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Gangstagrass, the band known for providing the music America needs, will demolish every preconception you have about country music and hip-hop music. Let’s party together with this irresistible blend of America's rural and urban music traditions!

Registration opens on December 12, 2024.

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The Role of Art and Journalism in Society

February 6, 2025 6:30 pm

Town Hall Seattle, Livestream (Hybrid)

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Join multimedia investigative journalist and artist, Wessam Al-Badry for a conversation exploring how artists maintain a profound grasp on truth. Mr. Al-Badry will challenge us to answer questions about the role artists play in reimagining journalism as a medium of genuine critical reflection and societal truth, among others.

Registration opens on December 12, 2024.

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A Scheme to Forget, a Demand to Remember: The Century-Long Battle Over the Memory of the Tulsa Race Massacre

February 26, 2025 6:30 pm

Town Hall Seattle, Livestream (Hybrid)

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Join author Victor Luckerson in exploring the century-long battle over the “terrain of the mind” in Tulsa. His talk will explore why the story of Tulsa’s Greenwood has been wiped from the American consciousness for so long, and the ongoing efforts by black Tulsans to make that legacy more widely known.

Registration opens on December 12, 2024.

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Transnational Feminist Non-aligned Movement for Genuine Security and a Culture of Life

March 4, 2025 6:30 pm

Town Hall Seattle, Livestream (Hybrid)

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Join us for a conversation with San Francisco State University (emerita) activist and educator, Margo Okazawa- Rey for a conversation that will explore how generations of feminist and other radical and visionary movements, activists, artists, musicians, journalists, academics are facing “monsters” - the state and civil society leaders of the globalized culture of killing are threatening the very survival of the planet.

Registration opens on December 12, 2024.

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The AfroFuture Now

May 1, 2025 6:30 pm

Town Hall Seattle

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Join award-winning graphic novelist and all-around champion of Black culture, John Jennings for a conversation about the current history of Black speculation.

Registration opens on March 12, 2025.

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An Evening with Christine Sun Kim

May 6, 2025 6:30 pm

Town Hall Seattle

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Berlin-based artist Christine Sun Kim discusses her wide-ranging practice around sound and language. Reflecting on her experiences as a member of the Deaf community, Kim will delve into her work within various systems of visual communication, including American Sign Language (ASL), musical notation, infographics, and television captioning.

Registration opens on March 12, 2025.

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Judge Joel Ngugi

May 21, 2025 6:30 pm

Town Hall Seattle, Livestream (Hybrid)

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As a member of the Kenyan judiciary Judge Ngugi will talk about some of the most pressing political questions of our time in both his country and the USA, including how we ensure an equitable, independent and wise judiciary; as well as how we can imagine justice beyond narrow legal frameworks.

Registration opens on March 12, 2025.

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