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ABOUT THIS EVENT: Recently seen on the national stage as the House impeachment manager for the Senate trial of President Donald J. Trump, U.S. Representative for Colorado's 2nd congressional district Joe Neguse joins Living Room Local for a conversation on the value of arts and culture in a healthy democracy. Journalist Lisa Kennedy will sit down with Rep. Neguse, whose district includes Boulder and Fort Collins, to discuss the importance of narrative in civic life and how storytelling has the power to build community and promote empathy.

WHEN: Saturday, June 12, 2pm MT

WHERE: Joe Neguse’s living rooms (virtually)

ABOUT OUR GUEST: Congressman Joe Neguse represents Colorado’s 2nd District in the U.S. House of Representatives. He was elected to his first term in November 2018, becoming the first African-American member of Congress in Colorado history. He serves as a member of the House Judiciary Committee, House Natural Resources Committee and the House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis.

Rep. Neguse was elected by his colleagues to serve as a member of House Democratic Leadership in the 117th Congress, as Co-Chair of the Democratic Policy and Communications Committee (DPCC). In his first term, Rep. Neguse served as Co-Freshman Representative to Leadership in the 116th Congress, representing first term members at the leadership table. He also serves as one of the Congressional Progressive Caucus Vice Chairs and Liaison to New Members. In 2020, he was recognized as the most bipartisan member of Colorado’s congressional delegation by the McCourt School of Public Policy at Georgetown University, and received the “Spirit of Service” award from the Town Hall Project for his successful Service Town Hall initiative. During his first term in Congress, he introduced more legislation than any freshman lawmaker in the country, and has had more legislation signed into law by the President than any member of Colorado’s congressional delegation. (read more)

MODERATOR: Lisa Kennedy

Lisa Kennedy writes on the arts, culture, race and gender, among other topics – and has for more than three decades. From 2003 to 2015, she was film critic for the Denver Post. In 2012, she added the theater beat to her duties at the Post. Before returning to the west, she held high-level editor posts at Out, Us and the Village Voice. A member of the National Society of Film Critics, she has been a juror for the American Film Institute’s Top Movies, Film Independent’s Spirit Awards and the Gotham Awards. She has also been a juror for the Pulitzer Prize in criticism. In 2019 she was on Denver Mayor’s Excellence in Arts & Culture selection panel. She is now a commissioner on Denver’s Commission of Cultural Affairs. She’s been published in Variety, the New York Times, Essence magazine, American Theatre, Newsday, CNN.com and AARP.com, among other outlets. She is at work on “Icarus Ascending,” a memoir.