Update 4.30.2012: After being advised by the City that very large crowds of protesters are expected in Lower Manhattan and public transportation may be disrupted on May 1, the Teach-In that was to be convened at Trinity Church will now be a webcast-only event. Log on to trinitywallstreet.org live from 2-6 pm (or on-demand) to hear Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori, author Joyce Carol Oates, journalist James Carroll, and many others on the issues raised by the Occupy Wall Street movement. Trinity Church will be closed to the public during this time.

While no longer encamped at Zuccotti Park, the Occupy Wall Street movement has found a permanent place in the political landscape. It is perhaps one of the most important movements since the Civil Rights and antiwar movements of the 50s and 60s. This event is intended in the spirit of teach-ins and Trinity’s own community-building efforts during that era, and coincides with a general May Day strike planned by Occupy Wall Street. 

Schedule:

2:00 Master of Ceremonies & Opening Remarks: Charles B. Strozier, professor, John Jay College of Criminal Justice
2:15 The Rev. Dr. James Forbes, Senior Minister Emeritus, The Riverside Church, New York
2:30 Music Performance by Peader & Pio
2:45 The Rev. Dr. James H. Cooper, rector, Trinity Wall Street
3:00 Dr. Robert Jay Lifton, author, psychiatrist, Harvard Medical School
3:15 Blanche Wiesen Cook, professor, John Jay College of Criminal Justice
3:30 Diego Ibañez, Occupy Wall Street
3:45 The Rev. Mark Francisco Bozzuti-Jones, author, priest for Pastoral Care & Nuture, Trinity Wall Street
4:00 Joyce Carol Oates, author, professor, Princeton University
4:15 Bryan K. Parsons. Occupy Wall Street
4:30 The Most Rev. Katharine Jefferts Schori, Presiding Bishop
4:45 James W. Jones, professor, Rutgers University

The event will be free and open to the public, and will be webcast on trinitywallstreet.org. For more information call 212-602-0800.