Tuesday, February 16
First Churches, Northampton 7:00 pm
Free and Open to the Public.
In anticipation of the L.A. Theatre Works’ Tuesday, February 23 presentation of RFK: The Journey to Justice, the Fine Arts Center is hosting a public forum during which panelists will reflect on the role that RFK played in the Civil Rights movement, and on the continuting legacy of his involvement. Please join us for this community event featuring a non-traditional panel of speakers and performers who will touch on Robert F. Kennedy’s political legacy.
To date, panelists include Shahid Buttar, executive director of the Bill of Rights Defense Committee and the People’s Campaign for the Constitution, Adrienne Williams, Director of RFK’s Child Welfare Services, Dr. Arlene Rodriguez, Dean of Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences at Springfield Technical Community College, and Phil Johnston, founder of the Robert F. Kennedy Action Corps. Moderator will be local attorney Bill Newman, who practices Civil Litigation; Civil Rights; Labor and Employment, and Criminal Law, and is also director of the Western Regional Office of American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts. The panelists will speak to the historical role of the arts in social change and the civil rights issues that we face today—another pivotal moment of American history.
Presented by the UMass Fine Arts Center in collaboration with The RFK Children’s Action Corps.