"Brother West: Living and Loving Out Loud"- Riverside Church Thursday, October 14,2010

Dr. Cornel West, one of America’s most provocative and admired public intellectuals, will be speaking at the Riverside Church on Thursday,October 14,2010 on his new book,an autobiography written by the scholar himself, entitled,  " Brother West: Living and Loving Out Loud." It  is  his long-awaited life story  and offers us a compelling and intimate exploration of this extraordinary man that is fascinating as a story in its own right, but that is also rich in life-lessons for all of us. Come hear this unparalleled orator as he shares episodes about his childhood, his education on the streets and in school, his family life, his lifelong commitment to the prophetic Christian tradition and unconditional love that began in Sacramento’s Shiloh Baptist Church. These experiences shaped his politics, his passion for the life of the mind, his academic career including the turmoil at Harvard, and much more. Don’t miss one of our national treasures who is also the most entertaining and enlightening public speaker of our era, as he, for the very first time, gets personal.

AN EVENING LECTURE and BOOK SIGNING

Thursday, October 14, 7:00pm at The Riverside Church, 490 Riverside Drive at 120th St

Tickets: $35.00. 

World Aids Day at Riverside Church- Sunday,December 3,2006

This past Sunday,I attended the World Aids Day program at the Riverside Church of New York and it was very inspiring.This was also the day that the official Aids Ministry was installed at the church.I plan to have pictures of the event posted soon...

It was a very enriching time.The day started off with a moving sermon by the Senior Minister, Dr. James A. Forbes entitled "AIDS: Beyond the Cause to the Cure."

My Highlights of the program which followed immediately after the worship service:

-I met and engaged in heatwarming dialogue with a very dedicated woman from Lesotho,a small country enclosed by South Africa, who founded an oprganization--Less Aids--several years ago to fight the growing scourge of AIDS in her country.

-I was moved by stories shared by Miss Black New York 2006,Shade Ogunleye, who did volunteer work on an AIDS unit at Harlem Hospital. She shared the moving story of an AIDS stricken child.

-There was a wonderful presentation by the Rev.Linda Tarry-Chard on the People Project Foundation which she founded to fight AIDS in South Africa. I was really inspired by her illustration of the "IF" or "Internet Family" which has been created to provide mentors and virtual family members for the number of AIDS orphans growing at an alarming rate in that country.