Town Hall Seattle Civics Series
Aug 13, 2026 · 54 min · 11 segments
Finding and forging one's identity and purpose can be challenging enough. Doing that while also being a member of a marginalized identity living in a conservative milieu can add more complexity to…
I dove instantly into the world of Berkeley, which is a culture in Berkeley, California, where engaging in dissent is a norm.
And I had been raised in a fairly religious culture in some ways that was somewhat invisible to me because I was raised by atheists.
And for a little, you know, for a young person from Idaho, my first protest was people clapping, people really loud, yelling.
And I started to realize that just showing up with my body was an important act.
Because honestly, no one should ever stand alone when they're facing an injustice.
I ended up with my first experience with civil disobedience, protesting against the apartheid government in South Africa, and that was my first arrest.
But this doesn't quite capture the level of love I still held in my heart for Idaho.
So I went back to Idaho, and I'm going to read you a little piece, because I took a job in a different federal uniform, I became a fire lookout.
If you ignore the sound of it, traveling by helicopter is like floating, like being weightless.
Rising off the ground at the helibase outside town, the machine cut a great arc in the sky.
I dove instantly into the world of Berkeley, which is a culture in Berkeley, California, where engaging in dissent is a norm.
And I had been raised in a fairly religious culture in some ways that was somewhat invisible to me because I was raised by atheists.
And for a little, you know, for a young person from Idaho, my first protest was people clapping, people really loud, yelling.
And I started to realize that just showing up with my body was an important act.
Because honestly, no one should ever stand alone when they're facing an injustice.
I ended up with my first experience with civil disobedience, protesting against the apartheid government in South Africa, and that was my first arrest.
But this doesn't quite capture the level of love I still held in my heart for Idaho.
So I went back to Idaho, and I'm going to read you a little piece, because I took a job in a different federal uniform, I became a fire lookout.
If you ignore the sound of it, traveling by helicopter is like floating, like being weightless.
Rising off the ground at the helibase outside town, the machine cut a great arc in the sky.
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