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Recorded live at San Francisco's Grace Cathedral, The Forum is a series of stimulating conversations about faith, ethics and culture in relation to the important issues of our day. Host and Dean of Grace Cathedral Malcolm Clemens Young invites artists, inventors, philosophers, pop culturists, elected officials and other inspiring guests to share in a civil, sophisticated discourse that engages hearts and minds to think in new ways about the world.

Nov 10, 2020

Each year the cathedral chooses a theme for inspiration and reflection, and in 2020 our theme is bridges. In this landmark year—the 150th and 100th anniversaries of the amendments granting the vote to men of color and to women—in the midst of a divisive presidency, and in an election year, the need for...


Nov 4, 2020

Twenty-five years ago, Alan Jones, then Dean of Grace Cathedral, founded The Forum to create a space for civil conversations on issues that matter. At this most divisive time in our country, when civil discourse is more needed than ever, we couldn’t think of any way we’d rather spend the eve of the election than...


Oct 28, 2020

“It is a Christian obligation to vote, and more than that, it is the church’s responsibility to help get souls to the polls.— Presiding Bishop Michael Curry, The Episcopal Church 

The United States locks up more people per capita than any other nation, at the staggering rate of 698 per 100,000 residents....


Oct 20, 2020

In the courtroom, there are always—and only— two irreconcilable sides of the same story. When the wrong story prevails, justice is perverted and an innocent person is condemned.  When there is an exoneration, we expect a happy ending. But an exoneration can be an earthquake that leaves behind upheaval and...


Oct 13, 2020

The Forum is the cathedral’s flagship conversation series, celebrating its 25th anniversary in 2020. Each year the cathedral chooses a theme for inspiration. In 2020 our theme is bridges. We are challenging ourselves to explore and reflect upon reconciliation in this very divisive time in our country.

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