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By The People Festival Features Art and Dialogue June 15-23

Press Release Apr 30, 2019

April 25, 2019 Media only: Janice L. Kaplan By The People Festival Features Art and Dialogue June 15-23 Free Activities Celebrate Life, Liberty, Happiness WASHINGTON, D.C. – By The People, Washington, D.C.’s largest…

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Kate Goodall and Virginia Shore: A look back at a DC arts festival designed to promote empathy

Commentary Jul 23, 2018

In these divisive times, is civil conversation between people on different sides of an issue possible? Can the arts bridge the cultural divide and help provide common ground? Reflecting on the inaugural By The People Festival held last…

International By The People Festival Features Art and Dialogue June 21-24

Press Release Jun 20, 2018

International By The People Festival Features Art and Dialogue June 21-24 Free Activities Throughout Washington, D.C. Celebrate Life, Liberty, Happiness Halcyon this week announced the final line-up of artists, performers, and speakers…

Kate Goodall: By the People Festival aims to bridge cultural divides

Commentary Jun 15, 2018

What’s the best way to disrupt divisiveness? As co-founder of Halcyon — an incubator that frequently supports “disruptors” — it’s a question I think about a lot. (Some might say obsessively.) It’s the very question that led Halcyon to…

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