2014: Dreams for NYC Inspired by MLK
Brian shares excerpts from Sunday's Martin Luther King, Jr. Day event at the Apollo Theater, "Dreams for NYC Inspired by MLK" reflecting on the immediate future of New York City through the lens of Dr. King’s moral compass. The event was co-hosted by multimedia journalist and author Farai Chideya, in front of an audience of 1500.
Panelists Include:
- Gadadhara Pandit Dasa, monk, lecturer and the first-ever Hindu chaplain for Columbia University, New York University, and Union Theological Seminary, and theauthor of Urban Monk: Exploring Karma, Consciousness, and the Divine
- Nelson George, filmmaker, essayist and the author of The Plot Against Hip Hop: A Novel
- Rev. Peter Heltzel, associate professor of theology and director of the Micah Institute at New York Theological Seminary and the author of Resurrection City: A Theology of Improvisation
- U.S. Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-8th, Brooklyn)
- Dr. Khalil Gibran Muhammad, director of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture and the author of The Condemnation of Blackness: Race, Crime, and the Making of Modern Urban America
- Dr. Pedro Noguera, education professor at NYU and the author of The Trouble With Black Boys: ...And Other Reflections on Race, Equity, and the Future of Public Education
- Rev. Paul Brandeis Raushenbush, founder and senior religion editor for the Huffington Post
- Rev. Donna Schaper, senior minister of Judson Memorial Church and the author of Grace at Table: Small Spiritual Solutions to Large Material Problems, Solving Everything
- Dr. Jan Willis, professor of religion at Wesleyan University and the author of Dreaming Me: An African-American Woman's Buddhist Journey
- Melinda Weekes-Laidlow, managing director of Race Forward
- Brett Ian Wright, founder and CEO of the NuAmerica Agency
- Cristina Greer, Professor of Political Science at Fordham University and author of Black Ethnics: Race, Immigration, and the Pursuit of the American Dream
- Peniel Joseph, Professor of History at Tufts University and author of Dark Days, Bright Nights: From Black Power to Barack Obama, and the forthcoming Stokely: A Life
.@brianlehrer argues history "sped up" around 1963. Tons of social change. Begs question: is history speeding up again now? #mlknycdreams
— Alex Goldmark (@alexgoldmark) January 19, 2014
'A Change is Gonna Come' thanks, congrats @WNYC family @farai @BrianLehrer for the great conversation! #mlknycdreams pic.twitter.com/EBTWt9ziVU
— Jenny Ye (@thepapaya) January 19, 2014
Religion is "dry as dust" when it focuses on the souls and ignores the slums - MLK #MLKNYCDreams pic.twitter.com/ffEougrEJL
— Sarah Heltzel (@SarahHeltzel) January 19, 2014
Engaging discussion w/ @BrianLehrer & @farai @ApolloTheater discussing #MLKNYCdreams. What are your #dreams for #NYC? pic.twitter.com/a9LBEAeuHf
— Julien Touafek (@JulienTouafek) January 20, 2014
