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Listed below are keynote events that are planned and hosted by the Common Reading Program itself. Our Coug Presence page lists both these events and additional events hosted by our partners.
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Screening of On the Brink: A Central District Story of History, Hope, and Determination (2019, 58 min)
September 1, 2021 @ 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm
This year’s Common Reading Tales of Two Americas opens with a piece about the consequences of gentrification and development in a San Francisco neighborhood. We open the WSU Common Reading year with On the Brink, a 2019 documentary, directed by UW Professor Jeff Shulman, brings that topic to our own region, exploring the consequences of those processes in Seattle’s Central District, long a vibrant center of African American community and culture. Hosted by the Common Reading Program.