On April 4, 2021, international readers recreated the historic Beyond Vietnam address of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. at The Riverside Church 53 years earlier.
After the readings, a panel discussed the implications of his words for current social and political challenges.
Dr. Barbara Ransby (Moderator) Author, Historian, Professor, and Activist (Making All Black Lives Matter, Ella Baker, and the Black Freedom Movement)
Ash-Lee Woodard Henderson Community Organizer and Co-Executive Director, Highlander Research and Education Center
Bill McKibben Climate Action Leader (350.org)
Dr. Corrine Sanchez Executive Direcctor, Tewa Women United
Medea Benjamin Political Activist and Co-Founder, Code Pink
The program was organized by a coalition of peace and civil rights groups. listed on their web site. www.kingandbreakingsilence.org
The readers are portrayed on the web site. Bios of the speakers can be seen here tinyurl.com/Ki...
This youtube is the program as broadcast on Zoom and is for personal viewing only. An HD quality version for public distribution and a Spanish translation are on the web site www.kingandbreakingsilence.org
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