WNYC & APOLLO THEATER
PRESENT
DREAMS FOR NYC
INSPIRED BY MLK
FREE
TO
THE
PUBLIC
·
SUN
JAN
19
AT
3PM
Register in advance at apollotheater.org
WNYC’s annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day Celebration goes
uptown to Harlem and the historic Apollo Theater.
Presented as part of the Apollo Uptown Hall series, this
year’s event explores the immediate future of New York City
through the lens of Dr. King’s moral compass. Co-hosts
Brian Lehrer and Farai Chideya look at emerging leadership
in the areas of politics, culture, faith, education and justice
with a distinguished panel of experts.
FREE
TO
THE
PUBLIC
·
SUN
JAN
19
AT
3PM
Register in advance at apollotheater.org
HOSTED BY:
BRIAN LEHRER
Host of WNYC’s
The Brian Lehrer Show
FARAI CHIDEYA
Novelist, journalist
Scholars, community leaders and activists engage in conversation about
the legacy of King’s dream, and how his teachings still inform our view of
American society today. This year’s event includes musical performances by
Grammy Award winning guitarist Vernon Reid and Gospel for Teens of the
Mama Foundation for the Arts.
Excerpts of the show will be rebroadcast on WNYC 93.9 FM and AM 820 from 10am–noon
on Monday, January 20, Martin Luther King Day.
FEATURED PANELISTS WILL INCLUDE:
NELSON GEORGE
Author, filmmaker,
essayist
PEDRO NOGUERA, Ph.D
New York University
CHRISTINA GREER, Ph.D.
Fordham University
REVEREND PETER
HELTZEL, Ph.D.
KHALIL GIBRAN
MUHAMMAD, Ph.D.
PENIEL JOSEPH, Ph.D.
REV. PAUL BRANDEIS
RAUSHENBUSH
REVEREND DONNA
SCHAPER, Ph.D.
JAN WILLIS, Ph.D.
BRETT WRIGHT
Huffington Post
SPECIAL PERFORMANCES BY:
New York Theological
Seminary
Judson Memorial
Church
Schomburg Center
for Research in Black
Culture
Agnes Scott College
Center for the Study of
Race and Democracy,
Tufts University
NuAmerica Agency
VERNON REID, Guitarist GOSPEL FOR TEENS of the MAMA FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS
Submit your questions to the panel in advance and
follow us for updates on this event. #mlknycdreams
The Apollo Uptown Hall series is part of the Apollo Community Program.
Generous support for the Apollo Uptown Hall Series provided by
the Nathan Cummings Foundation.
Apollo Theater
253 West 125th Street
Harlem, USA