NYC First Amendment Day. It was born here, we won't let it die here

NYC First Amendment Day

It was born in NYC, we won't let it die here!

MON DEC 15th noon to 1pm

Federal Hall

Enter at 15 Pine Street, NY NY 10005

The cultural community will mark the anniversary of the Bill of Rights in the place it was first drafted, and call for our city to defend the First Amendment rights of all New Yorkers

Noon - 12:45 Program w speakers and performances

12:45-1:30 Toast to the city's cultural community and its champions in government

Speakers include DCLA Commissioner Cumbo, Executive Director of NYCLU Donna Lieberman, censored artist Felipe Galindo Feggo, National Campaign Against Censorship's Lee Rowland. and CIG Chair and BAM VP Coco Killingsworth, independent artist George Emilio Sanchez, National Queer Theater's Adam Odsess-Rubin, Asian American Arts Alliance’s Lisa Gold, Council Member Rita Joseph, theater director and Fall of Freedom initiator Annie Dorsen, and more

Performances by Carl Hancock Rux, Grammy nominated musician and composer Jay Rodriquez Sierra, Midori & Friends alumni Madison Lindo, and Henu Josephine Tarrant

Reading of the Bill of Rights by Karen Finley, Coco Fusco, Bill Irwin, Heidi Schreck, Murielle Borst-Tarrant, and more

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Supporting Organizations

Angela’s Pulse

Arts Equity Group

Art’s House Schools

Brooklyn Arts Exchange (BAX)

Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute (CCCADI)

cultureNOW

NYC Cultural Institutions Group (CIG)

Dance Parade

El Museo del Barrio

First Amendment Culture Team (FACT)

Franklin Furnace Archive

Latinx Arts Consortium (LxNY)

Lower Manhattan Historical Association

Museum of the City of NY

National Coalition Against Censorship

National Queer Theater

New Yorkers for Culture & Arts

NYC Arts in Education Roundtable

NYS Alliance for Arts Education

Spear-It

(all lists in formation)

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Accessibility information:

ASL interpreting will be provided

Federal Hall is fully wheelchair accessible with accessible bathrooms avail by taking elevator one floor down.

Entrance is at 15 Pine Street, which is accessible by car

Nearest accessible subway R,W Cortland St or 1 train to cortlandt st, but it’s .25mi from there.

Accessibility information:

ASL interpreting will be provided 

Federal Hall is fully wheelchair accessible with accessible bathrooms avail by taking elevator one floor down. 

Entrance is at 15 Pine Street, which is accessible for drop off by car

Nearest accessible subway R,W Cortland St or 1 train to cortlandt st, but it’s .25mi from there.

Masks will be provided and encouraged, but not required