Overview
Join Dr. Antoinette Ellis-Williams, professor, artist, poet, playwright, and minister and friends for the launch of her new book Justice & Divinity: An African American Liturgy. Justice and Divinity reflect the dignity, grace, resistance, and faith of black people. It borrows from an African American sacred liturgical tradition as a way of expanding the pathway for voice with prose, lyrics, call and response, praise and worship, homily, and poetry.”
The reading will be accompanied by David Caines Burnett, violin, Andrew Darling, vocals, Kakuyon Shakur, trumpet, and Junius Williams, harmonica.
Immediately following the performance, Danny Simmons, author, poet, philanthropist, curator, co-creator of Def Poetry Jam, and co-founder of the renowned Rush Philanthropic Arts Foundation will engage Ellis-Williams in a conversation surrounding themes in her book.
Signed copies of Justice & Divinity: An African American Liturgy will be available for purchase as well as original artwork from Dr. Ellis-Williams.
10% of the proceeds will be donated to Women@NJPAC.