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Crosscut Festival

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6:30pm PST

Check-in Pigott Auditorium

7:15pm PST

How the West Coast leads on climate change, immigration and income fairness Pigott AuditoriumJoni Balter (Moderator) • Larry Hubbell (Moderator) • Tanya Hayes (Moderator) • Kate Brown • Jay Inslee

7:30am PST

Check-in Student Center

9:00am PST

Tech and the city Wyckoff AuditoriumMonica Nickelsburg (Moderator) • Nikkita Oliver • Heather Redman • Aaron Terrazas Bridging the Cascade Divide Pigott AuditoriumTed McGregor (Moderator) • Stuart Elway • David Estudillo • Kelli Scott • JT Wilcox Deadly force and Seattle’s changing police culture Fr. LeRoux, S.J. Conference CenterSteven Hsieh (Moderator) • Jennifer Henderson • Riall Johnson • Kevin Stuckey • Rev. Harriet Walden

10:15am PST

Tax breaks for titans Wyckoff AuditoriumDrew Atkins (Moderator) • Larry Brown • Reuven Carlyle • Ron Sims • Kriss Sjoblom A conversation with Julián Castro Campion BallroomFlorangela Davila (Moderator) • Julián Castro We disagree and that’s OK Pigott AuditoriumAna Sofia Knauf (Moderator) • Mónica Guzmán (Moderator) • Warren Etheredge • Mozart Guerrier • Bo Zhang Righting the wrongs of racism Fr. LeRoux, S.J. Conference CenterMarcus Harrison Green (Moderator) • Angelique Davis • Tom Ikeda • Natasha Marin • Mark Trahant

11:30am PST

Business leaders as social justice warriors Wyckoff AuditoriumMarc Berejka • Rodney Hines • John Levesque • Anne Levinson Top cops talk police reform Campion BallroomDavid Kroman (Moderator) • Carmen Best • Anne Kirkpatrick • Norm Stamper When free speech becomes hate speech Pigott AuditoriumSara Bernard (Moderator) • Jamil Bee • Ethan W. Blevins • Zoltán Grossman • David Neiwert The fate of the Dreamers Fr. LeRoux, S.J. Conference CenterLilly Fowler (Moderator) • *Others To Be Announced • John Carlson • Bob Ferguson • Carlos Rodriguez

2:00pm PST

How the gig economy is reshaping labor rights Wyckoff AuditoriumHeidi Groover (Moderator) • Charlotte Garden • Takele Gobena • Debra Jeffs-Grad • Monica Stonier All the Presidents’ Men Campion BallroomGreg Hanscom (Moderator) • David Frum • David Litt • Scott McClellan The Thin Green Line and the NW’s energy future Pigott AuditoriumMichelle Nijhuis (Moderator) • Tim Ballew • Sally Jewell • Emily Johnston Sex and consent on campus Fr. LeRoux, S.J. Conference CenterPatricia Murphy (Moderator) • Callie Burt • Vanessa Grigoriadis • Katie Querna • Menosh ZA

3:15pm PST

How tech can solve its diversity problem Wyckoff AuditoriumRuchika Tulshyan (Moderator) • David Harris • Susie Lee • Zoe Quinn Mayors of Cascadia Campion BallroomKnute Berger (Moderator) • Jenny Durkan • Gregor Robertson • Ted Wheeler Legal weed: Who profits and who loses? Pigott AuditoriumBruce Barcott (Moderator) • *Others To Be Announced • Jody Hall • Jesce Horton Growth and gentrification in a tech boomtown Fr. LeRoux, S.J. Conference CenterTyrone Beason (Moderator) • Kathleen Hosfeld • Estela Ortega • Roger Valdez • Inye Wokoma

4:30pm PST

The Climate Casino: A Live Action Scenario Planning Game Wyckoff AuditoriumBerit Anderson • Brett Horvath The GOP is dead. Long live the GOP! Pigott AuditoriumAustin Jenkins (Moderator) • Bill Bryant • Slade Gorton • Lori Sotelo • Chris Vance Rethinking schools to create education equity Fr. LeRoux, S.J. Conference CenterClaudia Rowe (Moderator) • James Banks • Nadine Burke Harris • Chris Reykdal • Lyon Terry