Calendar of Events

Join us for a screening of The Central Park Five, a documentary that examines the 1989 case of five black and Latino teenagers who were falsely convicted of raping a white woman in Central Park after being coerced into confessing to the crime. This film highlights the effects of the inequitable treatment and other persistent problems plaguing our criminal justice system. A post-screening panel discussion will follow with Kevin Richardson and Yusuf Salaam, two of the five young men, Innocence Project attorney David Loftis, and journalist Herbert Boyd. Panelists will discuss efforts to reform the criminal justice system to prevent future injustice. RSVP suggested via cmep@nyu.edu.

We are working to move our institutions forward to divest from fossil fuels. The event will feature a talk about divestment from the fossil fuel industry by climate change author and activist Bill McKibben followed by an open conversation with a panel of NYC student leaders. This relates to "50 Years Forward: The Cost of a Dream Deferred" because climate change is the cost of deferring justice of all sorts, including economic, social, and environmental. As MLK so eloquently made clear, it is the prospect of a brighter future that keeps us going, and the fight for climate justice -which effects people worldwide- is a battle of personal responsibility for the good of our world.

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Listen to the critical perspectives of several guests as they present their views and ideas and engage in dialogue surrounding the costs of failing to realize the dreams that Dr. King articulated fifty years ago. Reverend Al Sharpton will be joined by Melody Barnes, Keith Boykin, Michaela Angela Davis, Shankar Prasad, Michael Skolnik and Susan L. Taylor. We will also be presenting the NYU MLK Jr. Humanitarian Award to Young Alumna Trustee, Natalie Holder-Winfield, Steinhardt ‘97.

Join us for a stimulating evening of reflection and conversation as we challenge ourselves to move forward from dreaming to action. This is a ticketed event. Please click here to RSVP.

(Exhibition on view from Feb. 2nd-8th)

The NYU Value Creation Society-Buddhism in Action Campus Club will be hosting a dialogue on changing from a culture of violence to a culture of peace, addressing topics like peace and security. The dialogue will be based on the “From a Culture of Violence to a Culture of Peace: Transforming the Human Spirit” exhibition on view from February 2nd to the 8th, in the 8th Floor Kimmel Gallery.

SGI-USA’s newest exhibition “From a Culture of Violence to a Culture of Peace: Transforming the Human Spirit” was launched in support of the People’s Decade for Nuclear Abolition and in commemoration of the fiftieth anniversary of declaration against nuclear weapons issued by second Soka Gakkai president Josei Toda. This exhibition presents issues on nuclear weapons through the lens of human security, while placing the work of nuclear abolition at the heart of building a culture of peace. The venues where the exhibit has been shown include the Melbourne Parliament of World religions, the University of Hawaii, the University of Hong Kong, the New Zealand Parliament, the Cooper Union in New York City, the UN Office at Geneva during the preparatory session of the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) in 2008, the Oslo City Hall Gallery, and the Cibao Grand Theater, Santiago, Dominican Republic, Malaysia, Taiwan as well as numerous venues across the United States.

“The real struggle of the twenty- first century will not be between civilizations, nor between religions. It will be between violence and non-violence. It will be between barbarity and civilization in the truest sense of the word.” — Daisaku Ikeda, The Courage of Nonviolence.