Creative Power, Civic Purpose - What Binds Us

What Binds Us: Trust, Neighboring, and the Cultural Work of Democracy How artistic practices rebuild trust, foster connection across difference, and strengthen the relational fabric that democracy depends on. Guest Speakers: Ash Hanson, Creative Executive Officer with Department of Public Transformation (Granite Falls, MN); Holly Doll, Anpao Win (First Light Woman), Program Director for Ignite Rural (Bismarck, ND); Crocket Oaks III, Colonel, U.S. Army Reserve (retired), and co-founder, Lincoln School Project (West Plains, MO). Creative Power, Civic Purpose: How Artists Strengthen Democracy is a six-part national conversation series created by Forecast Public Art with support from the Educational Foundation of America (EFA).