Confirmed Speakers and Artists

Dr. Pamela Lightsey
scholar and activist

Pastor Rene McKenzie
vicar of the congregation at the Church of the Advocate

Mumia Abu-Jamal
Celebrated writer, journalist and organizer. Former member of the Black Panther Party, supporter of MOVE

Prof. Andre Carrington
professor of English at Drexel University

Richard Watson
Artist, Musician
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Ewuare Osayande
poet, activist and author

Yvonne King
member of the Saturday Free School, former field secretary of the Illinois chapter of the Black Panther Party

Elías Gonzalez
member of the Saturday Free School, media organizer

Kayla Watkins
member of the Saturday Free School, student and organizer

Brendan Van Gorder
poet, student and activist

Bobby Zankel and Warriors of the Wonderful Sound
composer, orchestra leader, musician

Ursula Rucker
poet, spoken word artist

Keir Neuringer
composer and saxophonist
            
Zumbi Soweto and drummers
artists and drummers

Meghna Chandra
member of the Saturday Free School,  artist and organizer

Theodore Harris
visual artist and poet

Alfie Pollitt and group
Composer and pianist

Lamont Steptoe
artist, poet

Program

7th July, 2017- Friday

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

 Music and poetry 
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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



8th July, 2017 - Saturday

10.30 am - 1 pm   
Conversation between Audre Lorde and Baldwin.
Baldwin's interview with Goldstein.
The essay, 'Unnameable objects, Unspeakable crimes'.

 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

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 


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9th July, 2017 - Sunday
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2.30 pm - 5.00 pm   
Celebrating James Baldwin’s Revolutionary Prophetic Vision

Music and speeches

5.30 pm
James Baldwin meets John Coltrane: A Spiritual Encounter
Food and drinks

Music