Unfinished Live: Democracy & Voice

Note: This is a past event, additional resources may be available below.

Date

Tue Nov 10, 2020
7:00pm – 8:00pm

Location


Virtual

Hosts

Aspen Institute has partnered with Unfinished—a new media platform and network of impact organizations— to produce Unfinished Live, a series of four interactive shows that will bring together a diversity of voices through interviews, art, videos, stories, and performances.

Where do we go from here? What is the democracy of the future?
A week after the U.S. presidential election, we are unsure of what the headlines will say, but we know we’ll be living in a country in need of healing.

We want the artists and the preachers, the innovators and the academics to remind us: Who is the “we” in ‘we the people?’  What do we owe each other?  When can the healing start?

Featured Speakers

Aspen Institute has partnered with Unfinished—a new media platform and network of impact organizations— to produce Unfinished Live, a series of four interactive shows that will bring together a diversity of voices through interviews, art, videos, stories, and performances.

Where do we go from here? What is the democracy of the future?

A week after the U.S. presidential election, we know we’ll be living in a country in need of connecting.

We want the poets and the preachers, the activists and the academics to remind us: Who is ‘we the people?’  What do we owe each other?  When can the healing start?

With Unfinished partner, Aspen Ideas, we stitch together live segments, dynamic films and provoking performances to showcase lived experience, creative expression, and real-world candor. Through conversations, exchanges and roundtable discussions, experts join everyday voices on a nuanced exploration of possibility and discovery.

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