The Neptune will lend its stage to speakers, dancers, and artists who address the most urgent social and racial issues of our time. This year, look forward to International African Stage, a One Vibe Africa concert featuring great musicians like Naomi Wachira, DJ Topspin, Yirim Seck, Silas Blak, Yaddi Bojia, Simon Okelo, Ancient Robotz, and Djeliyah Band; The Narrative: Don't Teach Me No Nonsense, Felicia Loud and Jace ECAj's "commentary on the devolution of hip-hop by mainstays of the Seattle arts community"; Kole Galbraith's experimental musical showcase Mixed Resonance, featuring headliner Zachary James Watkins; the theater piece Sabeyet, created and directed by Adam Jabari; La Espiritista's book release for Butterfly: Una Transformación; and Jeff Shulman and Steven Fong's documentary On the Brink, about the rapid changes affecting the onetime bastion of Seattle's black community, the Central District.