Since its founding as a nexus for the women’s suffrage movement over a century ago, The Town Hall has been New York City’s premier venue for considering difficult questions of race, economics, and gender. In the spirit of historically famous conversations with social justice luminaries such as Langston Hughes, Claire Boothe Luce, Emma Goldman, Germaine Greer, and Lorraine Hansberry, The Town Hall presents an open forum headlined by the political activists Regina Jackson and Saira Rao, joined onstage by the Emmy-winning director Patty Ivins, author Frederick Joseph, and The Progressivists Community co-founder Jo Lorenz. The evening includes a screening of Ivins’ documentary film Deconstructing Karen, exploring Jackson and Rao’s New York Times bestselling book White Women and their provocative Race2Dinner project, designed to inspire white women to confront and acknowledge their own ingrained racism and complicity in white supremacy.
Angela Hunte, a singer-songwriter from Brooklyn with Trinidadian roots, has always been passionate about music. Her childhood in Trinidad fueled her dreams of performing on big stages, and her talent for crafting catchy hooks and demos became widely recognized after she moved to Brooklyn. This led to collaborations with renowned artists such as Nas, Snoop, and Diddy, and she has written hit songs for stars like Rihanna, Melanie Fiona, Britney Spears, and Danity Kane. Perhaps her most famous work is co-writing "Empire State of Mind" by Jay-Z and Alicia Keys, which won a Grammy award.
Angela's latest album, "Mango," slated to release Q1 in 2024, is a reflection of her musical journey and includes collaborations with industry legends like Wyclef Jean and production by a team of Grammy-winning producers. Now, as an executive producer, Angela is poised to bring her creative majesty to the screen with her latest offerings of expressive shows such as 'Apply Pressure,' 'Amplify Me,' and 'Kulture.' Expect her to bring the same level of passion and talent that she brought to your headphones to the screen.
"A phenomenal talent whose feel for classic soul music is bone deep...This woman is on fire." -- The New York Times
Morgan James is a Juilliard trained singer, songwriter, actress and recording artist in New York City.
Morgan is currently on tour supporting her fifth studio album, “Nobody’s Fool”. She independently released her studio albums of original soul music, entitled Memphis Magnetic, and A Very Magnetic Christmas recorded to analog tape in Memphis, Tennessee. Other albums include "Reckless Abandon", which prompted the Huffington Post to call MJ the "Brightest Breakout Artist of the Year". In addition to her original music, Morgan co-produced and starred in an all-female concept recording of “Jesus Christ Superstar”. Morgan has taken on full album covers of the Beatles’ iconic ‘White Album’, Joni Mitchell’s “Blue”, Jeff Buckley’s “Grace”, and many more. Morgan recorded two full-length albums with Epic Records: “Hunter”and “Morgan James Live, a celebration of Nina Simone“. All of her music can be found on all streaming platforms, and hard copies on her website or at shows.
On Broadway, Morgan was in five back-to-back original companies: The Addams Family (starring Nathan Lane and Bebe Neuwirth), Wonderland, Godspell and Motown: The Musical, and as a guest at Kristin Chenoweth’s For The Girls.
With viral sensation Postmodern Jukebox and with her own YouTube channel, Morgan’s music videos have accumulated more than 285 million views (and climbing).
For more information, please visit www.morganjamesonline.com.
Frederick is a two-time New York Times bestselling author of The Black Friend (2020) and Patriarchy Blues (2022), Better Than We Found It (2022) and Black Panther: Wakanda Forever - The Courage to Dream (2022). He was recognized for the International Literacy Association’s 2021 Children’s & Young Adults’ Book Award, is a 2019 Forbes 30 Under 30 list-maker for marketing and advertising, an activist, philanthropist, and poet.
Frederick was also honored with the 2023 Malcolm X and Dr. Betty Shabazz Vanguard Award, the 2018 Comic-Con Humanitarian of the Year award and is a member of the 2018 “The Root 100" list of Most Influential African Americans.
Camille Lynn Wright currently serves as the Head of Partnerships, Community Engagement and Advocacy at RPM, a leading Broadway advertising and creative agency. Prior to theater, her career spanned other creative fields including the art auction industry and luxury fashion. She is a 4th-generation South Side Chicagoan, based both in the Windy City and New York.
Jo Lorenz is a writer, marketing-communications professional, community organizer, and co-founder of The Progressivists, the social platform dedicated to highlighting informative and inclusive political and sociopolitical content to its online community of more than 1.3 million people. In addition to this, Jo is the Comms Director for Here4TheKids, the movement of abolition to liberate future generations by confronting existential crises.
With more than 25 years of experience, Jo has worked in several international organizations, on political campaigns with high-profile U.S. politicians, with well-known non-profit organizations, and has written for several notable international publications — and yet throughout her professional journey, has increasingly made the assertion that the intent of all our various establishments represent nothing of real value if they are not representing sincere and comprehensive liberation.
