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Lfe And Legacy: Unpackaging The Last Thirty-six Hours Of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Life and Legacy: Unpackaging the Last Thirty-Six Hours of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. https://webforms.rpi.edu/reimagining-history-artistic-vision-and-storytelling-i-dream

When and where

Date and time

Tuesday, Oct 29, 2024
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM

Address

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Curtis R. Priem Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center (EMPAC) Theater, 110 Eighth Street Troy, NY 12180
Driving Directions

Cost

FREE ADMISSION

About this event

The symposium, Life and Legacy: Unpackaging the Last Thirty-Six Hours of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., aims to delve into several important topics. These include exploring Dr. Howard Thurman's enduring influence on the formation of King's unique leadership style; examining Black theology, civil rights activism, and the Black Power Movement; reflecting on King's involvement with Alpha Phi Alpha and the Poor People's Campaign; and providing an overview and in-depth analysis of the I Dream production.

Panelists:

  • Daniel Pascoe Aguilar, Ph.D., MDiv, Founding Director of the Center for Social Justice and Chief Diversity Officer and Title IX Coordinator, Excelsior University
  • Assemblymember Patricia Fahy, New York State Assembly District 109 
  • Rev. Dr. Damone Paul Johnson, Senior Pastor at the Metropolitan New Testament Mission Baptist Church of Albany, New York
  • Fr. Jordan Lenaghan, OP, RPI Chaplain and Director of the Rensselaer Catholic Chaplaincy
  • Paul Zuber, Executive Vice President, The Business Council of New York State Inc.

Moderated by Dr. La Tasha Brown, Director of Community Relations, RPI

Event times and information subject to change and not guaranteed.