 š³ļøāš While it might not be the Pride Month that was expected, it may be the Pride Month that was needed. Learn how Seattle's LGBTQ+ community is celebrating Pride Month during these unprecedented times.
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 There's a whole slew of issues in front of the Seattle City Council, from the CHOP (the Capitol Hill Organized Protest), to defunding the Seattle Police Department, to new tax proposals on businesses and capital gains. Council Edition host Brian Callanan explores those topics and more with Councilmembers Lisa Herbold and Andrew Lewis.
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 Ralph Bevins, a Seattle Channel videographer, is retiring Wednesday after 20 years with the channel.Ā Ralph came to the Seattle Channel in 1999, where he has produced, photographed and/or edited magazine shows, feature stories, artist profiles, documentaries, specials, and city news and events.Ā Join us in taking a look back at Ralph's award-winning career.
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 "Typically the arts enrich our lives, but in this case [the arts] can literally save lives." Due to the pandemic, blood donations are down 70% in June. But the urgent need is still there, so Bloodworks Northwest is creating pop-up donor centers. The pop-up at Paramount Theatre's is by appointment Monday - Wednesday through July.
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 The Seattle Channel is proud to announce the new seriesĀ AgeWise TV, a partnership between us, the Pike Market Senior Center, and Seattle Human Services Department and Aging and Disability Services. We'll bring learning and fitness opportunities directly to older adults' homes. AgeWise TV is scheduled to broadcast at 1 p.m. Thursdays and Saturdays on Seattle Channel. The debut episodeĀ includes yoga instruction, art project "Heart Maps," and documentary films on American soldiers' boots and people dealing with memory loss.Ā
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 On Tuesday at 6 p.m., theĀ Northwest African American Museum hosts It Takes a Village: From Pandemic to Protest, a Black-led discussion on theĀ COVID-19 pandemic, examining the disease in the midst of the broader disease of racism.Ā Ā
And on Thursday at 7 p.m., join a special āliveā edition of Life on the Margins, where special guests Ijeoma Oluo and Dr. Julian Perez will speak about the challenges and opportunities for "We the People" in this turbulent time. The conversation will examine the public health racial disparities revealed by the coronavirus crisis. Plus, the talk will also examine race as the nation comes to grips with a pandemic of racism, Americaās original sin.
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