As our city and region face another cycle of difficulties that are indeed dispiriting, this year’s festival recognizes that our strength and resilience have always come from overcoming the odds. Remember, people who live here are making changes in, and fighting for communities and places where we live and work. That is why we will tell the narratives that matter to those committed to rooted resurgence. It is a renewal that blooms from our local places thick with efforts of generations - it’s our responsibility to steward that life force, reconnect with our neighbors and revive community spirit. There will be a resurgence, as cycles of bust and boom go. But this time it will be different - it must be different, with equity and justice at the center, radiating outward to include us all.

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