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  • A group of visitors gather around a guide in the gallery as she presents the artist displays at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Discovery Center.

    Discovery Center

    Tour & Staff Chat

    Thursday, December 7, 2023 | 2 - 3 pm PST

    Tour the galleries for 30 minutes with a Discovery Center guide and then chat with a featured staff member at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and discuss themes within their focus area.

  • A visitor stops at Taswira's vendor table to purchase a gift from the vendor at the annual Giving Marketplace.

    Discovery Center

    Giving Marketplace: Holiday Gifts That Give Back

    Friday, December 1, 2023 - Saturday, December 2, 2023

    10 AM - 5 PM | Find unique gifts from dozens of vendors, with the proceeds supporting immigrants and refugees, women and girls, global health, education, the environment, and much more.

  • Visitors on a gallery tour with staff at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Discovery Center.

    Discovery Center

    Tour & Staff Chat: Financial services across cultures

    Thursday, November 30, 2023 | 2 - 3 pm PST

    Tour the galleries for 30 minutes with a Discovery Center guide and then chat with a featured staff member at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and discuss themes within their focus area.

  • Discovery Center

    Creating Connections for a Sustainable Tomorrow

    Thursday, November 2, 2023 | 5 - 7 pm PST

    The Gates Foundation Discovery Center, United Way of King County’s Emerging Leaders 365, Success Cohorts, FIUTS (Foundation for International Understanding Through Students), and Seattle University’s Alfie Scholars joined together to celebrate and connect with young leaders in our region.

  • Image of a person holding a polio vaccine wearing a yellow vest that says end polio now in a red block

    Discovery Center, Online

    World Polio Day 2023: Let's Make Polio History

    Tuesday, October 24, 2023 | 5 - 7 pm PST

    The Discovery Center and Rotary International hosted a hybrid event commemorating World Polio Day 2023 “Let’s make polio history” This event was an opportunity to celebrate progress in the fight against the disease and discuss the obstacles that remain to achieve a polio-free world.

  • Speaker Jesse Leon on stage speaking at a TEDx event.

    Discovery Center, Online

    Igniting Change, Rising Together: Nurturing Intersectional Belonging, Inclusion, and Healing For A Better World

    Tuesday, October 10, 2023 | 5:30 - 7:30 pm PST

    The Discovery Center hosted author and social-impact consultant Jesse Leon for Igniting Change, Rising Together: Nurturing Intersectional Belonging, Inclusion, and Healing For A Better World.

  • Gallery image of a visitor looking onto two portraits of a queer couple holding their newborn at the hospital

    Discovery Center, Online

    Parenting While Queer: 2SLGBTQ+ Parents & Allies Take Action

    Thursday, September 21, 2023 | 5:30 - 7:30 pm PST

    The Discovery Center, in partnership with The Family Court Report and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Employee Resource Groups: Out for Good and Working Parents & Caregivers, brought together parents from across the LGBTQ+ spectrum to explore how definitions of family are evolving.

  • Discovery Center, Online

    The Race Epidemic: A Discussion on Hate Crimes Against Asians & AAPIs 

    Thursday, May 25, 2023 | 5:30 - 7:30 pm PST

    Hosted Wednesday, May 24, 2023 Can naming a virus after an innocent ethnic group cause the outbreak of an epidemic of hate?  During this event the Discovery Center hosted a live discussion with Tony Shyu, director and producer of The Race Epidemic, a new documentary that highlights the rise in Asian hate crimes caused by the Covid-19…

  • Film still of a dinner table surrounded with women of numerous backgrounds and races talking.

    Discovery Center, Online

    Deconstructing Karen: Film Screening & Discussion Panel

    Thursday, May 4, 2023 | 5:30 - 7:30 pm PST

    The Seattle friends of Race2Dinner, the Discovery Center, the Women Connect, Women of Color Connect, and Allies for Racial Justice employee resource groups from The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation for a documentary screening of the 2022 film “Deconstructing Karen,” followed by a conversation with Saira Rao & Regina Jackson, founders of Race2Dinner, facilitated by…

  • Discovery Center, Online

    The Importance of Care: Parenthood, Caregiving & Community

    Wednesday, April 26, 2023 | 5:30 - 7:30 pm PST

    The Discovery Center hosted an engaging discussion on how we can better care for families and communities during pregnancy and parenting.

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