Aspen is a place for leaders to lift their sights above the possessions which possess them. To confront their own nature as human beings, to regain control over their own humanity by becoming more self-aware, more self-correcting, and hence more self-fulfilling.
Walter P. Paepcke, Aspen Institute Co-Founder
Aspen Institute
Harry Belafonte: Race, Arts, and America
Note: This is a past event, additional resources may be available below.
Mon Mar 16, 2015
New York, NY
Date
Mon Mar 16, 2015 6:30pm – 8:00pm
Location
New York, NY, United States
Lincoln Center
Walter Reade Theater
Harry Belafonte exposed America to world music and has spent his life challenging and overturning racial barriers. He played a key role in the civil rights movement, including the 1963 March on Washington, led in the development of the Grammy-winning song “We are the World,” and was active in efforts to end apartheid in South Africa and obtain the release Nelson Mandela. He recently founded the Sankofa Justice & Equity Fund, a non-profit social justice organization that utilizes the power of culture and celebrity in partnership with activism.
Belafonte will discuss his lifetime of art and service, and explore the unique power of the arts to address the political issues that trouble us today.
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In this public lecture, Lee McIntyre will address the question “What is the appropriate response when confronted with evidence in favor of a theory one does not want to believe?”
