American's Revolutionary Future and Martin Luther King Jr.'s Vision for Peace

April 4th and April 6th: Commemorating Martin Luther King's Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence speech he gave on April 4, 1967 and James Baldwin's same revolutionary vision and voice for peace. 

Thursday, April 4 | 5:00 - 8:00 p.m.

Location:
First Unitarian Church of Philadelphia
​(2125 Chestnut St, Philadelphia, PA 19103)

Screening of Martin Luther King's Beyond Vietnam speech, followed by a panel discussion on a time to break silence today

Saturday, April 6 | 12:00 - 6:00 p.m.

Location: 
Zion Baptist Church
(3600 N Broad St, Philadelphia, PA 19140)

Roundtable, "A Generation Prepared to Pay Its Dues to the Future," followed by intercivilizational cultural performances

Program

Thursday, April 4

5:00 - 8:00 p.m.

Welcoming remarks
Dedication to Viola Liuzzo, Rev. James Reeb, and Aaron Bushnell
Screening of Martin Luther King Jr.'s "Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence"
Panel discussion, "A Time to Break Silence Today":

• Reverend Ike Miller, Former Vicar of the Church of the Advocate
• Anissa Weinraub, educator and member of Jewish Voice for Peace and Philly Palestine Coalition
• Jahan Choudhry, Saturday Free School for Philosophy and Black Liberation
• Kathie Jiang, Saturday Free School for Philosophy and Black Liberation

Saturday, April 6

12:00 - 6:00 p.m.

Welcome from Zion Baptist Church
Remarks from Anthony Monteiro
​Roundtable, ​"A Generation Prepared to Pay Its Dues to the Future":  Nathan Barazza, Jeremiah Kim, Michelle Lyu, Sambarta Chatterjee, Brandon Do

Intercivilizational Concert:
Osiris Wildfire
Khmer dance, Traditional Dance Palelai Neadak Tevy of Wat Khmer Palelai
Drumming, Korean School of Southern New Jersey
Serafina Harris
Alfie Pollitt
Bobby Zankel and the Warriors of the Wonderful Sound