MOMENTS FROM DEMOCRACY SINGS....

Candice Michelle Franklin, Cumbé RISE Community Dance Company and Batalá, NY, began 

Democracy Sings with 

A CALL to Action, 

A CALL to Empowerment & 

A CALL to Vote!

Cumbé RISE Community Dance Company and Batalá, NY.

Julio Mascaro, tenor 

Performing

"Canto a mi Guatemala"

by José Ernesto Monzón

Featuring

Ms. Brandie Sutton

Performing

"Hold On"

arr. R. Bryant Braxton

The Rev. Dr. James A. Forbes Jr.

Pastor Emeritus of 

The Riverside Church, NYC, 

and the 

Founder of Healing of the Nations Foundation

The Ebony Ecumenical Ensemble 

Performing 

The American Story: Build Back Better, 

Soloist 

 Dr. Pamela V. Eatman-Skinner

Fiorello H. LaGuardia 

High School of Music & Art 

Gospel Chorus

Director, Dr. Darryl Jordan

Featuring 

Ms. Lauren Flanigan, Performing

"Lady of the Harbor"

by Lee Hoiby

Featuring 

The Sacred Heart School Mass Choir 

Director, Ms. Michelle Trinidad

Featuring 

Miss. Samantha Housen of 

Mt. Pleasant Christian Academy International

Reciting

Let America Be America Again 

by Langston Hughes

Featuring

The Master Mime Ministry of Harlem

Performing to 

Trust in You

by Anthony Brown

Featuring

June E. Townes & Gospera

Performing

"Freedom is Worth Talking About!"