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The COVID-19 pandemic inspired a range of local and national initiatives to keep people safe, assist the vulnerable, support frontline workers and strengthen neighborhood ties. But was it just a bubble of altruism - or something more profound? And what are the practical lessons to be learned from the activism of 2020? Speakers

  • Vidhya Alakeson - Chief Executive, Power of Change
  • Patrick Vernon OBE - social commentator and cultural historian
  • Yvonne Wancke - teacher and mother of four
  • Chaired by Matt d'Ancona, Editor and Partner at Tortoise