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Bree Newsome was arrested at the South Carolina State Capitol after scaling the 30-foot flagpole, unhooking the Confederate flag, and stating “this flag comes down today!” A graduate of New York University Tisch School of the Arts, Newsome is an award-winning filmmaker—known for WAKE, writer, composer, singer, community activist and organizer. Newsome believes that “art is activism and activism is art”. Presented by the WSU Office of Diversity and Inclusion, and cosponsored with SAC Talks & Topics, Office of Student Success, Rhatigan Student Center, and the Ulrich Museum of Art.