| On Common Ground: Voices without Votes | | Friday, June 12 | 3:00 pm New Date! |  |
| | | As we’ve seen in recent weeks, participating in a democracy is about much more than standing alone in a booth or mailing a piece of paper. Leaders, allies, and activists are making real change across the republic marching in the street and mobilizing online. Some of the loudest voices for change of all kinds have come from people under age 18 working to address issues like racial justice, climate change, gun violence, and economic inequality. Listening to the voices at the intersection of these emergencies, you’ll find a common theme: The time to act is now! We’re inviting some Bay Area youth activists to join Mindshift host Katrina Schwartz and education reporter Vanessa Rancaño for a discussion of their generation is shaping the future they’ll leave behind. | | |
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| Political Expression Through Digital Media | | Friday, June 19 | 11:00 am |  |
| | | On June 5th 2020, the words “Black Lives Matter” seemed to make an almost metaphysical jump in scale from the digital to the physical world on 16th Street NW in Washington, DC. But to Deen Freelon it’s no mystery how the slogan grew from a sentiment to an organization to a movement. That’s because, in 2016, he analyzed 40.8 million tweets, over 100,000 web links, and interviewed 40 BLM activists and allies. The result was Beyond the Hashtags: #Ferguson, #Blacklivesmatter, and the Online Struggle for Offline Justice. We’ll discuss his findings, talk about the role of social media in socio-political change, and how Russian trolls at the Internet Research Agency assumed fake online identities as black activists in an effort to amplify racial tensions in America. | | |
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| On Common Ground: Black Businesses Through Pandemic and Protest | | Wednesday, June 24 | 6:00 pm |  |
| | | Many Black-owned small businesses face a precarious moment in the wake of pandemic and civil unrest. How are Oakland’s Black-owned small businesses navigating these social and economic strains? How are they holding community together? Community leaders and business owners join KQED’s Pendarvis Harshaw (Rightnowish) for a conversation about the compounding public health crises of COVID-19 and police violence, how local governments are addressing these issues, and what black businesses are doing to reopen during unsettling times while serving their communities. | | |
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| | | SFJAZZ | | Fridays at Five is a new online series featuring hour-long broadcasts of exclusive SFJAZZ Center concerts that stream every Friday at 5 PM PT. Each event features real-time chats with artists and jazz fans. Watch Rhiannon Giddens & Francesco Turrisi this Friday. Visit sfjazz.org/. |
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| UNLADYLIKE2020 California Women and the Vote | | Tuesday, June 30 | 6:00 pm |  |
| | | Join KQED, The California Historical Society and Cal Humanities to preview three vignettes from UNLADYLIKE2020 about powerful women who made significant changes in California’s History. We will be featuring stories about Lois Weber, the first woman to direct a feature-length film; Tye Leung Schulze, the first Chinese American woman to vote and first Chinese American woman to hold a government post; and Charlotta Spears Bass, a newspaper editor, Civil Rights crusader, and the first African American woman to be nominated for Vice President. After the screening participate in a live conversation with Sandra Rattley (Writer, Director, and Executive Producer of UNLADYLIKE2020) and Susan D. Anderson (Director of Public Programs for the California Historical Society). | | |
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| RECORDER: THE MARION STOKES PROJECT | | Tuesday, June 16 | 4:30 pm |  |
| | | Marion Stokes was dedicated to furthering and protecting the truth — so much so that she recorded American television 24 hours a day for over 30 years. In total, Marion recorded on 70,000 VHS tapes, capturing revolutions, lies, wars, triumphs, and catastrophes that tell us who we were and how television has shaped the world of today. What might we learn from Marion Stokes? How do we further and protect the truth in the age of misinformation? Join us for a special Indie Lens Pop-Up interactive live chat and online screening of Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project. | | |
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