Tuesday, October 29, 2024
10 a.m.-11:30 a.m.
Curtis R. Priem Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center (EMPAC) Theater
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
Free to the public with registration.