Shoulders of Giants: The Unfinished Work with Carmen Best

Fri Jan 23 2026 at 11:30 am to 01:30 pm UTC-08:00

Columbia Tower Club | Seattle

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Shoulders of Giants: The Unfinished Work with Carmen Best
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On the Shoulders of Giants | The Unfinished Work
From Incarceration to Impact and Innovation
Moderated by Carmen Best
Friday, January 23 | 11:30 AM–1:30 PM
Columbia Tower Club | Seattle, WA
“If I have seen further than others, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.”
Isaac Newton
Every opportunity available to us today exists because of leaders who dared to see beyond what was and shape what could be. When we stand on their shoulders, we gain the vantage point to imagine what comes next.
This January, just days after MLK Jr. Day, Shoulders of Giants convenes an intimate leadership lunch centered on The Unfinished Work, a conversation moderated by Carmen Best that examines accountability, justice, and what true opportunity looks like after a sentence ends.
This is a high-level dialogue bringing together leaders with lived experience and institutional authority. Entrepreneurs, artists, technologists, and equity innovators who have moved from incarceration to world-class impact will reflect on what progress actually requires after the policy, after the speech, after the easy acknowledgments.
Together, they will explore what it means to lead when systems stop paying attention, how responsibility shows up in practice, and why meaningful change is not a moment in time, but a mission carried forward daily.
Guests will enjoy the Columbia Tower Club’s world-renowned signature buffet lunch before and during the conversation.
Turning Conversation Into Action
This leadership lunch includes a curated auction benefiting Level Up Home, the community partner supporting individuals returning home from incarceration through housing, coaching, and belonging. Proceeds support structures that restore dignity and momentum, not charity, but pathways forward. Participation is optional, the impact is real.
Leadership does not end with recognition.
Justice does not end with a sentence.
The Unfinished Work is not a panel.
It is not a debate.
It is a deliberate conversation about leadership, responsibility, and what we carry forward together.
Seats are extremely limited. Join us for a conversation that matters.
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Columbia Tower Club, 705 5th Ave, Seattle, WA 98104-1915, United States

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