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Remembering Janice Mirikitani, GLIDE Co-Founder and Former San Francisco Poet Laureate

Janice Mirikitani, a beloved local icon who was San Francisco's second poet laureate and a co-founder of GLIDE, died last week at the age of 80. Known equally for her poetry and her fierce advocacy on behalf of San Francisco's most vulnerable residents, Mirikitani played a pivotal role in shaping the community and work of Glide Memorial Church, alongside her husband Cecil Williams. As a poet, she poignantly blended her art and activism, publishing four books including "Shedding Silence" and "We, The Dangerous." Mirikitani believed in "caring dangerously" saying in a talk at Glide Memorial Church in 2014 that "caring dangerously means that you dare to take the risk to open yourself up to somebody else." We'll reflect on the life and legacy of Janice Mirikitani.see more
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Remembering Janice Mirikitani, GLIDE Co-Founder and Former San Francisco Poet Laureate

Janice Mirikitani, a beloved local icon who was San Francisco's second poet laureate and a co-founder of GLIDE, died last week at the age of 80. Known equally for her poetry and her fierce advocacy on behalf of San Francisco's most vulnerable residents, Mirikitani played a pivotal role in shaping the community and work of Glide Memorial Church, alongside her husband Cecil Williams. As a poet, she poignantly blended her art and activism, publishing four books including "Shedding Silence" and "We, The Dangerous." Mirikitani believed in "caring dangerously" saying in a talk at Glide Memorial Church in 2014 that "caring dangerously means that you dare to take the risk to open yourself up to somebody else." We'll reflect on the life and legacy of Janice Mirikitani.see more
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President Trump Tests Positive for Coronavirus

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U.S. President Donald exits Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House on October 1, 2020 in Washington, DC. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

President Donald Trump is experiencing “mild symptoms” after he and first lady Melania Trump both tested positive for the coronavirus. The president's results came just a few hours after the news last night that top aide Hope Hicks tested positive for COVID-19. In this hour of Forum we’re going to talk about the medical, political and and other implications of this bombshell news.

Guests:

Tony Schwartz, ghostwriter, "Trump: The Art of the Deal"; author of the new audiobook, "Dealing With the Devil: My Mother, Trump and Me"

Scott Shafer, senior editor, KQED’s California Politics and Government desk; co-host, Political Breakdown

Dr. Robert Wachter, professor and chair, department of medicine at UCSF; author, "The Digital Doctor: Hope, Hype and Harm at the Dawn of Medicine's Computer Age"

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