New York Society for Ethical Culture 150th Anniversary Gala
Friday, May 15 • Workshops 4:30PM • Gala 6:00PM
In-Person and Online!
The New York Society for Ethical Culture is celebrating our 150th birthday and you’re invited! Join our Members, friends, and progressive allies for an evening of special guests, toasts, live music, good food, and changemaking community at our landmark meeting house as we honor our past and reconnect for what’s next.
Special Guest: Felipe Luciano
Activist, Poet, Emmy Award-Winning Journalist, Author, and Radio Host
We’re honored to welcome special guest Felipe Luciano, a champion for justice in New York City.
A native of East Harlem’s Afro-Puerto Rican community and a founding member of the massively influential poetry and music collective The Last Poets, in 1969 Felipe co-founded the New York City chapter of the Puerto Rican Young Lords, later The Young Lords Party, whose radical grassroots community organizing and political activism confronted poverty, economic exploitation, and racism head-on, and built cross-racial coalitions to create lasting change in the city.
Later, as a journalist, Felipe was honored with two Emmy Awards for his reporting, and became the first person of Puerto Rican descent to anchor a major U.S. news broadcast. Felipe now hosts What’s Going On! every Thursday on WBAI.
Gala and Reception Includes
- Remarks by New York Society and Ethical Culture Movement leaders
- A look back at the Society’s history and progressive impact on New York City and beyond
- A special panel on Ethical Culture and The Encampment for Citizenship, featuring esteemed alumni including New York City Council Member Gale Brewer; Former NYS Assembly Member and Manhattan Democratic Party Leader Keith Wright; dancer, producer, educator, and activist Glory Van Scott; Broadway producer and Fortune Society founder David Rothenberg; and New York Society for Ethical Culture Leader Emerita Dr. Anne Klaeysen
- A live string quartet and a special solo performance by our own acclaimed young cellist Nathaniel
- Hors d’oeuvres, wine, and other refreshments–and many toasts!
Discover Ethical Culture: FREE Pre-Gala ‘Ethical Experiences’
Curious about Ethical Culture? Stop by early for free community-focused workshops at 4:30 and 5:15pm led by our members, Leaders, and Artist-in-Residence Jody Sperling of Time Lapse Dance.
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