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Crosscut Festival

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8:00pm PDT

Eric Liu Festival Convocation CampionEric Liu

8:15pm PDT

United States Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano Fireside Chat CampionDavid Plotz • Janet Napolitano

9:00pm PDT

Eric Liu Book Signing CampionEric Liu Janet Napolitano Book Signing CampionJanet Napolitano

9:00am PDT

Is the News Broken? WyckoffVictor Hernandez • Jill Jackson • Evonne Tersiisky • Christopher Chan Christine Todd Whitman Fireside Chat PigottEnrique Cerna • Christine T. Whitman Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson Fireside Chat CampionEmily Bazelon • Bob Ferguson #Activism That Works LeRouxTara Conley • Amelia Bonow • Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner • Earth-Feather Sovereign

9:50am PDT

Amelia Bonow Book Signing LeRouxAmelia Bonow Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner Book Signing LeRouxKristin Rowe-Finkbeiner

10:15am PDT

Planting Seeds for STEM WyckoffManola Secaira • Naria Santa Lucia • Mary Snapp • Juan Otero • Bo Young Lee Socialism’s Role in American Politics RedhawkDavid Plotz • Kshama Sawant • Sarah Smith • Tina Podlodowski Assault, Accusations and Accountability: Breaking a #MeToo Story PigottRachel La Corte • Emma Brown • Sydney Brownstone Frontline & ProPublica: The Making of "Documenting Hate" CampionMark Baumgarten • A.C. Thompson • Sarah Childress

11:30am PDT

Oregon Senator Jeff Merkley Fireside Chat RedhawkPhilip Rucker • Jeffrey Merkley Has the Next Civil War Already Started? PigottJamelle Bouie • Oren Cass • Thomas Edsall • Christopher Parker • Tay Wiles Trans in Red America LeRouxDavid Schmader • Samantha Allen Apocalypse Now CampionTed Alvarez • Kristie Ebi • Heidi Roop • Michael Cox • Rashad Morris

12:20pm PDT

David Schmader Book Signing LeRouxDavid Schmader Samantha Allen Book Signing LeRouxSamantha Allen An Object Lesson: Hedreen Gallery Artist Talk Hedreen GalleryMarkel Uriu LUNCH BREAK QUAD

12:30pm PDT

Parsing the Poll Pigott 202Josh Cohen • H. Stuart Elway

12:45pm PDT

Sustainable U: A Tour Pigott lobbyHannah Weinberger Student Pizza Lunch STUDENT CENTER LOBBY

1:30pm PDT

Future of Work LeRouxMonica Nickelsburg • Meenakshi Rishi • Oren Cass • David Rolf • Caleb Weaver Washington Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal Fireside Chat RedhawkMelissa Santos • Pramila Jayapal Upper-Left and to the Right: How Republicans plan to take back power in Olympia PigottKnute Berger • Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe • Maia Espinoza • Kim Wyman • JT Wilcox Unbreaking the Criminal Justice System CampionDavid Plotz • Emily Bazelon • Jennifer Eberhardt Creative Community & Climate: What it means to be an artist in a world of climate change WyckoffBrangien Davis • RYAN! Feddersen • Barbara Matilsky • Judy Twedt • Chris Jordan

2:20pm PDT

Emily Bazelon Book Signing CampionEmily Bazelon Jennifer Eberhardt Book Signing CampionJennifer Eberhardt Oren Cass Book Signing LeRouxOren Cass

2:45pm PDT

Macklemore & Doug Baldwin RedhawkDeRay Mckesson • Ben Secord • Doug Baldwin Jr Covering the Trump White House CampionAdam Levine • Darlene Superville • Ashley Parker • Philip Rucker • John Fund Dictators & Democracy WyckoffEnrique Cerna • Michael Camilleri • Jackie Miller • Connie G. Anthony, PHD Boomtowns: Affordability and Access for Communities on the Margins PigottCatherine Hinrichsen • Dow Constantine • Libby Schaaf • Rex Hohlbein • Jo Ann Hardesty WA To Do About Wildfires? LeRouxTed Alvarez • John Giller • Ken Pimlott • Hilary Franz • Cody Desautel

4:00pm PDT

Battle Tactics for Your Sexist Workplace: Inside the Music Industry PigottJeannie Yandel • Eula Scott Bynoe • Hollis Wong-Wear • Eva Walker Advisor to President Obama Valerie Jarrett Fireside Chat RedhawkJamelle Bouie • Valerie Jarrett Trump, Lies and Immigration CampionLilly Fowler • Sarah Stillman • Maru Mora Villalpando • Jorge Baron • Aura Bogado Bridging the Partisan Divide Through Environmental Policy LeRouxJohn Carlson • Bill Bryant • Hilary Franz • Bob Inglis Small Works WyckoffSarah Lazarovic

4:50pm PDT

Valerie Jarrett Book Signing RedhawkValerie Jarrett

5:00pm PDT

After-Party Optimism Brewing

1:00pm PDT

Alternative History Walking Tour of the Seattle CommonsChris Blado • Weston Brinkley Wicked City Walking TourSusan Robb