About this Event
TO FREEDOM LAND: A SPECIAL SEATTLE EVENT OF LEARNING AND INSPIRATION
An unique lecture by Dr. Terry Anne Scott and Dr. David Domke
Sunday, July 12, 2026
2pm PT, in person at Seattle University's Pigott Auditorium, 901 12th Ave, Seattle
We'll have check-ins under names of ticket purchase. Doors open at 115 pm
We are in waters that are horribly familiar in the United States. The fight for racial justice and what should be the most common power held by all citizens -- the right to vote -- never stops. From Jefferson Davis and the Confederacy to racial segregation Jim Crow and terror lynching to George Wallace and Massive Resistance to the Civil Rights Movement to Donald Trump and MAGA, it’s all part of the same through line.
As democracy footsoldiers have done forever, we are not going to let anyone turn us around.
Dr. Terry Anne Scott, Director of the Institute for Common Power, and David Domke, Professor at Common Power, have created a unique lecture of inspiration and empowerment for this moment. Together on stage, they take us through two decades -- from World War II through the mid-1960s -- of extraordinary progressive change catalyzed by ordinary people during the modern Civil Rights Movement. This lecture is narrative, story-based, grounded in a mix of of everyday footsoldiers and high-level Movement leaders.
Please join us. We will have hors' douerves and wine! We will learn, listen, watch, laugh, and sing together. It is a community experience. And then we will move to action and more action.
This event is a fundraiser for Common Power's electoral work in this essential Midterms year. We are fighting for democracy and we need TIME and TREASURE to make this happen. Ticket prices go entirely to support Common Power's volunteer voter mobilization, and we will be making an ask for support at this event. :) You will have a chance to purchase a brand-new Institute for Common Power coffee table book, Reclaiming Democracy: The History of Voter Disenfrachisement and the Future of Voter Empowerment. All proceeds from the book go to support the Institute for Common Power's work with educators.
This "lecture" grew out of the Truth and Purpose learning tours to the American South led by the Institute for Common Power.
Let's go. It's now or never!
Lecture Leaders:
Dr. Terry Anne Scott
Director, The Institute for Common Power
Dr. Terry Anne Scott is an award-winning historian, author, and speaker. She is the Director of the Institute for Common Power, an educational 501(c)3 branch of Common Power that catalyzes people to action through experiential learning opportunities such as workshops, lectures, courses, learning tours, national educational events. Dr. Scott is a former Professor of African American History and Chair of the Department of History at Hood College. She has also taught at the University of Washington and the University of Maryland. Dr. Scott is an Associate Editor for the Journal of Sports History and a member of the Editorial Staff for the Journal of American History. She is the author of several books, including Lynching and Leisure: Race and the Transformation of Mob Violence in Texas (winner of the 2022 Ottis Lock Endowment Best Book Award) and the forthcoming From Bed-Stuy to the Hall of Fame: The Unexpected Life of Lenny Wilkens. She is also the editor of Seattle Sports: Play, Identity, and Pursuit in the Emerald City. Dr. Scott appears in several critically-acclaimed documentaries, including “Lynching Postcards: Token of a Great Day,” which won a 2022 NAACP Image Award and was short-listed for an Academy Award. She is also featured in the Emmy-nominated documentary “Sound of the Police.”
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Dr. David Domke
David Domke worked as a journalist for several newspapers in the 1980s and early 1990s before earning a PhD in 1996. He served as a Professor in the Department of Communication at the University of Washington until retirement in 2021. His research focused on communication, politics, and public opinion in the United States. In 2002 he received the University of Washington’s Distinguished Teaching Award. In 2006, he was named the Washington state Professor of the Year by the Council for Advancement and Support of Education and the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. He is a co-author of The God Strategy: How Religion Became A Political Weapon in America, and he teaches on voting rights in America to groups across the nation. He is an Associate Director at Common Power.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Pigott Auditorium, Seattle University, 901 12th Avenue, Seattle, United States
USD 28.52
