{"id":42314,"date":"2018-11-01T11:06:08","date_gmt":"2018-11-01T18:06:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/townhallseattle.org\/?p=42314"},"modified":"2018-11-01T11:06:08","modified_gmt":"2018-11-01T18:06:08","slug":"who-does-progress-look-like","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/townhallseattle.org\/who-does-progress-look-like\/","title":{"rendered":"Who Does Progress Look Like?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Social change isn\u2019t just an idea.<\/strong> It\u2019s people on the street forming demonstrations, rallies, and movements that prove the power of collective action. Town Hall is proud to feature two speakers whose work is tapped into that action, and who join us to introduce the people who are embodying change today. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>L.A. Kauffman (11\/7)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> has spent more than thirty years immersed in radical movements as a participant, strategist, journalist, and observer. She shares her front-line perspective, delving into the history of America\u2019s major demonstrations to teach us how to read a protest. With insight on protestors ranging from their overall organization and makeup to the signs they carry, Kauffman explores the nuanced relationship between the way movements are made and the impact they have.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_41660\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/townhallseattle.org\/event\/blair-imani\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-41660\" class=\"size-full wp-image-41660\" src=\"https:\/\/townhallseattle.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/event-image-blair-imani.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-41660\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Blair Imani: Modern HERstory (November 9, 2018).<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At the heart of these movements there are often individuals\u2014and activist <\/span><b>Blair Imani (11\/9)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> intends to make sure they are not forgotten. She shines a light on under-celebrated individuals who have made huge contributions to critical social movements over the last century, but who are often overlooked due to their backgrounds or communities of origin. Imani offers us a radical and inclusive approach to history, celebrating women and nonbinary champions of progressive social change.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">People drive progress. These speakers remind us that it\u2019s critical to remember the individuals who\u2019ve made social change possible. Listen in and learn about what it means to be the first one to the streets\u2014and the kind of difference we can make when we demonstrate together.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Don&#8217;t miss <a href=\"https:\/\/townhallseattle.org\/event\/blair-imani\/\">Imani&#8217;s event on 11\/9 at The Riveter<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Social change isn\u2019t just an idea.<\/strong> It\u2019s people on the street forming demonstrations, rallies, and movements that prove the power of collective action. Town Hall is proud to feature two speakers whose work is tapped into that action, and who join us to introduce the people who are embodying change today. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>L.A. Kauffman (11\/7)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> has spent more than thirty years immersed in radical movements as a participant, strategist, journalist, and observer. She shares her front-line perspective, delving into the history of America\u2019s major demonstrations to teach us how to read a protest. With insight on protestors ranging from their overall organization and makeup to the signs they carry, Kauffman explores the nuanced relationship between the way movements are made and the impact they have.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_41660\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/townhallseattle.org\/event\/blair-imani\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-41660\" class=\"size-full wp-image-41660\" src=\"https:\/\/townhallseattle.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/event-image-blair-imani.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-41660\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Blair Imani: Modern HERstory (November 9, 2018).<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At the heart of these movements there are often individuals\u2014and activist <\/span><b>Blair Imani (11\/9)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> intends to make sure they are not forgotten. She shines a light on under-celebrated individuals who have made huge contributions to critical social movements over the last century, but who are often overlooked due to their backgrounds or communities of origin. Imani offers us a radical and inclusive approach to history, celebrating women and nonbinary champions of progressive social change.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">People drive progress. These speakers remind us that it\u2019s critical to remember the individuals who\u2019ve made social change possible. Listen in and learn about what it means to be the first one to the streets\u2014and the kind of difference we can make when we demonstrate together.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Don&#8217;t miss <a href=\"https:\/\/townhallseattle.org\/event\/blair-imani\/\">Imani&#8217;s event on 11\/9 at The Riveter<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":42315,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-42314","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-editorial","category-town-crier"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/townhallseattle.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42314","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/townhallseattle.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/townhallseattle.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/townhallseattle.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/townhallseattle.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42314"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/townhallseattle.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42314\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/townhallseattle.org\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/townhallseattle.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42314"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/townhallseattle.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42314"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/townhallseattle.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42314"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}