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Program

  7th July, 2017- Friday

4.00 pm - 5.30 pm 
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Opening: The Call to Celebrate  the Life of James Baldwin

 Music and poetry 
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     Zumbi Soweto and drummers
 Ewuare Osayande
 Brendan Van Gorder

  Keir Neuringer and Mike Watson
Reading of mission statement by Ime Udoekwere



5.30 pm - 7.00 pm
Screening of  The Price of the Ticket


7.00 pm - 8.30 pm    
The Politics of Baldwin's Thought


 Panel and Discussion

 Pamela Lightsey 
Yvonne King 
Kayla Watkins & Elias Gonzalez




8th July, 2017 - Saturday

10.30 am - 1 pm 
Welcome by Brandon Do and Divya Nair 

Conversation between Audre Lorde and Baldwin.
Marc House and Divya Nair
Baldwin's interview with Goldstein.
Kierra Turnbull and Ime Udoekwere
The essay, 'Unnameable objects, Unspeakable crimes'.
Nimo Ali

Elias Gonzalez to lead the discussion


 Dramatic Readings and Discussion

1.00 - 2.00 pm    Lunch

2.00 pm- 3.30 pm    
Screening of 'I Am Not Your  Negro'

3.30 pm - 5.20 pm   
Witness, and the Artist as a Revolutionary

   Panel and Discussion
                                            
Theodore A. Harris
Dr. Andre Carrington
  Euware Osayande
​Richard Watson


5.20 pm - 5.40 pm    Break

5.40 pm - 6.10 pm    
Screening of Debate between  James Baldwin and William F. Buckley

6.10 pm - 7.30 pm
Open Discussion 
lead by Archishman Raju &
Yusuf Khalfani


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9th July, 2017 - Sunday
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2.30 pm - 5.30 pm   
Celebrating James Baldwin’s Revolutionary Prophetic Vision
Zumbi Soweto and Drummers

  Officiating: Pastor Renee Mckenzie (Speaking on James Baldwin and the life world of the Black Church)

Kierra Turnbull - Singing Bob Marley's Redemption Song
Elias Gonzalez - a poem, 'God is Revolution'
​Shizu Homma reading poetry

 Mumia Abu-Jamal on 'James Baldwin for these times'

Meghna Chandra and Ali Rahman Richardson will perform on intercivilizational unity
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A reading of Amiri Baraka's Eulogy by Anita Holland

  Dr. Anthony Monteiro

5.30 pm
Music

James Baldwin meets John Coltrane: a spiritual encounter


Keir Neuringer with Vernoica MJ and Ashley Tini
 
Bobby Zankel and the Warriors of the Wonderful Sound Two featuring Chad Taylor
 Ursula Rucker
​Alfie Politt and group

Snacks and Drinks will be available


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