First Fruit: Honoring Kwanzaa’s Principles and Traditions
The Civil Rights and Black Power movements. Marches, sit-ins and era-defining court decisions. Afros and dashikis, raised fists in black gloves. In movies and music, magazines and newspapers, the mid-1950s […]
Presenting Lovely One: A Memoir with Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson
This event was a live taping of New York Public Radio’s nationally syndicated podcast, Notes From America With Kai Wright. Host Kai Wright and Justice Jackson talked one-on-one about her […]
WNYC and Apollo Theater present: MLK, The Inconvenient King
The Apollo and WNYC presented the 18th annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day celebration, programmed as part of The Apollo’s Uptown Hall series, on Sunday, January 14 at 2pm. […]
Mind Your Movie Business 2024 – Casting
Calling all writers, directors, and producers! Moderated by Craig Emanuel at Ryan Murphy Productions, the March On! Festival’s Mind Your Movie Business Workshop Series is a set of monthly workshops […]
Mind Your Movie Business 2024 – Production
Calling all writers, directors, and producers! Moderated by Craig Emanuel at Ryan Murphy Productions, the March On! Festival’s Mind Your Movie Business Workshop Series is a set of monthly workshops […]
Mind Your Movie Business 2024 – Distribution
Calling all writers, directors, and producers! Moderated by Craig Emanuel at Ryan Murphy Productions, the March On! Festival’s Mind Your Movie Business Workshop Series is a set of monthly workshops […]
Fall Arts Festival to Honor Enduring Impact of James Baldwin and Literary Legends of the Civil Rights Movement
Longest-running festival devoted to civil rights will feature literary legend Walter Mosley, celebrity chef Keith Corbin, Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, tributes to Khalil Gibran and Octavia Butler, and […]
We Are March On!
What would you say is the most courageous part of the body? I say it’s the feet. Everywhere we go, our feet go first. As a child of Guyanese immigrants, […]
Reintroducing “March On!” – A New Chapter in Our Story
Our world, as beautiful as it can be, still needs healing. While we all contribute, it often feels like it’s never enough. One vital step toward progress is truth—understanding where […]
And The Word Was Good
Dear Friends, Among the things that are essential to living, the writing and reading of words stem from the mists of the past and reach into the equally nebulous future. […]