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Location: Discovery Center
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Designing Motherhood Closing Reception
Don’t miss this special reception to celebrate the closing of the Designing Motherhood exhibition. Drop by, meet partners, and join a tour. Enjoy live music by Naomi Wachira, food and drinks.
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The Importance of Care
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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Deconstructing Karen
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…
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Parenting While Queer
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.
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Tour & Staff Chat
As part of our Tour & Chat Sanitation Stories series, we will be focusing on the themes in our exhibition A Better Way to Go: Toilets and the Future of Sanitation which features fascinating innovations, compelling interactives, and art installations. Find out more about global sanitation issues from members of the foundation’s WASH team.
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Giving Marketplace 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.
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The Race Epidemic
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…
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Tour & Staff Chat
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.