On behalf of On the Potomac
Productions and the Ciesla Foundation,we would like to cordially invite you to
attend our symposium at the New York University- Washington DC Campus,
entitled "Reflections on the Jewish and African American Civil Rights
Alliances."The symposium will be held at The Constance
Milstein Family Global Academic Center, 1307 L Street, NW Washington, DC
20005 on August 27th, 9:00 am - 1:00 pm. The event is free and open to the
public.
Mayor Vincent
Gray --- Mayor of the District of Columbia
Susannah Heschel --Professor of Jewish
Studies at Dartmouth, Daughter of Rabbi Heschel
Eleanor Holmes Norton -- U.S. Congressional
Representative, District of Columbia
Rabbi Dresner -- Freedom Rider and friend of
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Frank Smith-- DC Chairman of the District’s
Host Committee for the March on Washington
Matt Nosanchuk -- Jewish Liaison, Office of
Public Engagement, White House
Clarence Page -- Columnist, Chicago Tribune
& Contributor NBC News
Johnny Taylor -- CEO and President of the
Thurgood Marshall College Fund,
Aviva Kempner-- Director/Producer of
contemporary Rosenwald Schools film
Leroy Nesbitt -- Executive Director, Black
Student Fund
Glenn Rabin, Esq.-- Executive Director,
Telecom Advocacy Projects
James Kidd-- Editor, Public
Square
Ed Hailes -- General Counsel, Managing
Director, Advancement Project (Voting Rights)
Judge Stanley Sporkin - Retired Federal
Judge, U.S. District Court, D.C.
Thomas Hart Jr.--President of On the Potomac
Productions