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SUMMARY:Cause Celebre Productions Presents: Last Chance Café
DESCRIPTION:FREE for Society Members. Contact staff for the promo code! \nJoin Cause Celebre Productions and the New York Society for Ethical Culture for a staged reading of Last Chance Café\, part of All the World’s a Stage\, a trilogy based on three controversial cases argued by legendary civil rights attorney Marty Garbus. Mr. Garbus was described by The Guardian as “one of the world’s finest trial lawyers.” \nDon’t miss this incredible afternoon of drama\, music\, and the prophetic words of Bob Dylan. The show will be followed by a discussion with Martin Garbus and former NYPD Special Victims Unit Deputy Chief Michael Osgood and a private reception with the panelists. \nStarring Darlene Hope\, Jeremy Webb\, Ian Lithgow\, Gene Castle\, and Michael Citriniti. \nMore cast members TBA! \nWritten by Susan Charlotte\nDirected by Antony Marsellis \nTickets\n>>> $25 – Purchase Tickets on Eventbrite \nAbout Last Chance Café\n“Somebody better investigate soon.” Lyrics from a haunting song provide a Greek chorus throughout this deeply compelling play about voter suppression in the Jim Crow South. The time: the 1960’s. The place: Mississippi. The song: “Oxford Town”\, by a young Bob Dylan. \nThe song was written about James Meredith\, in 1962 the first Black person admitted to the University of Mississippi. Racist riots erupted\, and as Dylan wrote\, “Two men died ‘neath the Mississippi moon.” But\, as Dylan said\, “This could have happened any time.” And it did\, even as Jim Crow was falling. \nIn 1965 the American Civil Liberties Union sent a young lawyer\, Marty Garbus\, to Mississippi to represent Henrietta Wright\, a Black woman in her 30s who was arrested in front of the Last Chance Café\, a small store she owned with her husband. The reason\, Wright was told by the white officers holding shotguns\, was a traffic violation: driving through a stop sign. \nThe real reason: with the Voting Rights Act merely twenty days old\, Mrs. Wright had just registered to vote. \nThis fabricated traffic violation led to a stunning violation of a Black woman’s civil rights: Wright was assaulted\, committed to a state mental hospital based on the lies of two complicit doctors\, and then imprisoned. Immediately after her release\, Wright had the courage to file a complaint with the ACLU and bring a federal lawsuit against the two police officers and two doctors. As Garbus landed in Mississippi\, he thought of James Meredith\, with Dylan’s lyrics reverberating in his mind: “Somebody better investigate soon.” \nGarbus warned Wright that her chances of winning her case were next to nothing\, but they agreed she could still make a defiant stand against white supremacy and for voting rights—and that’s exactly what she did. As Garbus said after\, “The ominous Mississippi night which had so often harbored black men\, hanging from their necks\, the burning Cross\, the vicious beating\, had lost some of its threat for Mr. and Mrs. Wright.” \nSixty years later\, with racism still rampant and the right to vote still under attack\, this play could not be more relevant. \nAbout Playwright Susan Charlotte\nSusan’s multi-faceted career started with Prism Blues. Based on her work as a prison counselor\, the play earned her a place in Columbia’s MFA program and won the prestigious Joseph Kesselring Award. Her 60 full-length & one-act plays have been produced throughout the country. They include: The Shoemaker starring Danny Aiello\, directed by Antony Marsellis; She’s Of A Certain Age; The Round Table (w/ Oscar & Tony winner Peter Stone)\, and When Truth Is Not Enough. Her play\, Love Divided By\, was produced by the Actors Studio and was made into a film with an original score by Philip Glass. The film reopened MoMA’s Titus II theatre. Her other films include: Something Like That\, A Broken Sole\, Come On (Hamptons Film Festival.) Her TV credits include; Did You Know My Husband? with Louise Lasser & Carole Shelley (PBS); The Comedy Zone with Patty Duke & Paul Reiser (CBS); Guiding Light and Loving (CBS). \nSusan authored the acclaimed books Creativity and Creativity In Film and has written for NY Magazine and Playbill. She was also a professor at Columbia U.\, NYU\, and City College. She is the founding artistic director of Food For Thought Productions and Cause Celebre.
URL:https://ethical.nyc/events/cause-celebre-productions-presents-last-chance-cafe-2/
LOCATION:Ceremonial Hall (4th Floor)\, 2 W 64th St\, New York\, NY\, 10023\, United States
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SUMMARY:Speaking of Science with Dr. Carol Portlock: Failure and Success in Medicine Pt. 1 (Online)
DESCRIPTION:Free online! \nOur monthly online science series continues with a two-part series with retired oncologist and Society member Dr. Carol Portlock exploring failures and success across the history of modern medicine. \nThe success of medical science is based on learning from the past\, but many problems persist\, especially inequalities in access and care in minority communities. Join us to learn about the failures of medicine and medical institutions\, and how we can work to make successes and advances available to all. \n>>>RSVP to Join on Zoom\nRecommended Readings\nRace is not biologic – Race in American Medicine: New DNA information and its impact\nhttps://scienceandsociety.duke.edu/does-race-exist/\nhttps://www.cambridge.org/core/blog/2025/08/29/race-isnt-biological-so-why-do-so-many-still-think-it-is/ \nThe New England Journal of Medicine’s podcast “Intention to Treat” has an 8-part unit titled “The Race Equation” available here. \nExamples of Failure in Medicine: \n1. Henrietta Lacks\nBook: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks By Rebecca Skloot\, 2010\nRecent article: https://stanfordbloodcenter.org/the-complicated-history-of-hela-cells-henrietta-lacks-legacy-in-biomedical-research/ \n2. Pain management in minority populations\nhttps://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC12164869/ \n3. Menthol cigarettes never discontinued Except in Massachusetts\, California and Washington DC\nhttps://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/menthol-tobacco/index.html \n4. Cancer Alley Louisiana\nhttps://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/sep/14/us-companies-methane-pollution-rankings\nhttps://publichealth.jhu.edu/2025/the-shocking-hazards-of-louisianas-cancer-alley \nExamples of Present Success in Medicine: \n1. Mammography and AI\nhttps://intelligentimaging.ucsf.edu/news/intersection-breast-cancer-and-ai \n2. Prostate evaluation with Ultrasound and AI\nhttps://med.stanford.edu/radiology/news/2025-news/ai-tool-boosts-detection-of-clinically-significant-prostate-canc.html \n3. HPV vaccine prevents cervical cancer and some head&neck cancers\nhttps://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/hpv-infection/in-depth/hpv-vaccine/art-20047292 \n4. Blood test to detect Pre-eclampsia\nhttps://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/03/health/pregnancy-preeclampsia-test.html \n5. Sickle Cell Disease\nhttps://patienteducation.asgct.org/understanding-cell-gene-therapy/conditions-treated/blood-disorders/sickle-cell-disease \n6. Chronic Hepatitis B\nhttps://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/28/health/hepatitis-b-chronic-bepirovirsen.html\nhttps://www.cdc.gov/hepatitis-surveillance-2022/hepatitis-b/table-2-6.html \n7. Pancreas Cancer\nhttps://seer.cancer.gov/statfacts/html/pancreas.html\nhttps://www.uchealth.org/today/new-pancreatic-cancer-drug-daraxonrasib/ \nChallenges for the Future in Medicine: \n1. CTE: Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy\, the damaging brain condition detected in football players\, boxers\, military\,etc \n2. Reducing heart risks with a pill\nhttps://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2026/feb-experimental-pill-bad-cholesterol.html
URL:https://ethical.nyc/events/speaking-of-science-4/
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