Upcoming Nash Lectures

From The Buffalo Niagara Freedom Station Coalition:

Conversation on 'Urban' Cancer at the Michigan Street Baptist Church

The 6th enstallment of the Rev. Dr. J. Edward Nash Lectures at the historic Michigan Street Baptist Church, 511 Michigan Avenue in the City of Buffalo, is set for February 21, 2009 from 2:45pm-4:45pm. The discussion, to be lead by Dr. Wesley Hicks of Roswell Park Cancer Institute, will touch on issues regarding cancer in the urban enviornment. The Nash Lectures, aimed this season at engaging the community, has goals set on preserving the past through cultivating the future. The rest of spring 2009 series is as follows:

Dr. Peter K.B. St. Jean, PhD
Capital Investments in our Future:
A comprehensive look at Urban Education
Saturday, March 21, 2009

In preparation for each lecture it is recommended that individuals who plan attendance visit the text The Secret History of the War on Cancer by Devra Davis (for the February 21st talk) and Whatever It Takes by Paul Tough (for the March 21st lecture).

Each book is available at your local Buffalo Public Library branch as well as Talking Leaves Books Locations on Main Street and on Elmwood Avenue.

The Michigan Street Baptist Church, at 511 Michigan Avenue, and its 150+ years of history, pre-dates both Olmstead's Park and Parkway system and the coming of Frank Lloyd Wright to the City of Buffalo. Standing as a physical landmark the church has harbored fugitive slaves en route to freedom and played host to abolitionists in the likes of Henry Highland Garnett and Fredrick Douglas and civil rights advocates such as Booker T. Washington and Ms. Mary Talbert. We would like to engage you in the history of transformative conversation for which the church is known.

The Michigan Street Baptist Church is located at 511 Michigan Avenue between Broadway and William Streets in Buffalo, NY. Each lecture is free and open to the public. The lectures will run from 2:45pm until 4:45pm. For more information on the church's history visit www.themichiganstreetbaptistchurch.org or contact Bishop William Henderson at 847-6015. In order to RSVP the lecture series e-mail theloraineproject@gmail.com or call Mr. Rose at 347-482-6980.