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CCB Sunday: January 18th at 11AM ET
(11AM Special Program Moved to 3 PM)
In Honor of Martin Luther King:
In Concert with
“Lawrence ‘Larry’ Watson”
• Lawrence “Larry” Watson is a musician, educator, and activist. Born in Brooklyn, New York, and raised in the Baptist Church, he has nurtured a spirit for justice and equality his entire life. After graduating from the State University of Oswego, he became Dean at Cornell University, and later Dean at Harvard University. Professor Emeritus Larry Watson taught at Berklee College of Music for approximately 23 years. As a dedicated educator, Watson taught not just about performance, but about the long histories behind all of the music they would learn, deepening the learning experience for his students. He coined the term “Highly Emotional Music” (HEM) to describe that very phenomenon. In addition to his teaching and writing, he is also an accomplished performer, having sung alongside the greats like Al Green and Smokey Robinson, and has traveled across the globe to perform for many music and justice-oriented people like himself, including President Barack Obama, President Nelson Mandela, and the Honorable Reverend Desmond Tutu. Watson is currently focused on writing his next book, Black Amnesia, White Pathology and running his company SaveOurSelves Productions.
Did you miss this program? Watch the recorded program on YouTube.
CCB Sunday: January 4th at 11AM ET
“Why We Need to Talk About Palestine’s History?”
with Ilan Pappé
Israel and the pro-Israeli lobby claim that there is no need for historical contextualization for explaining what happed on October 7, 2023 and thereafter. In this lecture, this point of view will be challenged with an explanation of why such context is crucial for understanding those events and the future.
• Ilan Pappé is a historian, political scientist, and former politician. He is a professor with the College of Social Sciences and International Studies at the University of Exeter in the United Kingdom, director of the university’s European Centre for Palestine Studies, and co-director of the Exeter Centre for Ethno-Political Studies. His research and writing have largely focused on the modern Middle East and in particular the history of Israel and Palestine. His most recent book Israel was published earlier this year: Israel On the Brink: Eight Steps for a Better Future. And today his focus is on building the Centre Against Nakba Denial–which he will share more about in our conversation.
Music by Lizzie Cook, cello and Hussam Jefee-Bahloul, oud
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