A Concert for Hope – Stanford Memorial Church
Stanford University Opening Celebration Thursday, 7:00 September 6 2007
The Center celebrated the official launch of inequality.com at a Concert for Hope in the Stanford University Memorial Church on Thursday September 6, 2007 at 7:00 in the evening. ~ [photos ~ post-concert press release ~ harmony page]
This unforgettable event, featured a welcome by Dean Saller, a keynote address by the Center Director – Professor David Grusky, and the presentation of our In Harmony With Hope awards as well as not one but TWO world premieres:
- A new major composition, La Povertà by Stanford composer / professor Giancarlo Aquilanti and performed by the Elfenworks Festival String Ensemble (members of Symphony Silicon Valley) with sopranos Shawnette Sulker and Rebecca Plack, under the baton of maestro Mitchell Sardou Klein of the Peninsula Symphony.Set to music:
***Deuteronomy 15:11: For the poor shall never cease out of the land: therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt open thine hand wide unto thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy, in thy land.
*** Mother Teresa: Serve the poorest of the poor. Do not wait for leaders. Do it now, person to person. - Special gospel music I Shall Not Be Moved and a second original composition, In Harmony With Hope celebrating the opening of the center, written by pianist / composer / arranger / long-time Stanford Jazz Workshop faculty member Tammy Lynne Hall, Featuring Ms. Hall conducting and at the piano, with Rhonda Benin, Valerie Joi Fiddmont, and La Tonya Reed vocals, Michaelle Goerlitz, percussion and Don Kane, bass.
- Presentation of our inaugural In Harmony With Hope Awards which this year carry a $25,000 grant to
- Paul Minorini, CEO of Boys Hope Girls Hope (area: Education) [harmony page]
- Joyce Dattner, Founder and Director of the Bay Area All Stars (area: Nonviolence) [harmony page]
Note: Mrs. Rosalynn Carter of The Carter Center (area: Health and Mental Health) [harmony page] and
Dr. Paul Farmer of Partners in Health (area: Social Justice) will receive their awards on separate occasions.
The director of the Stanford Center for the Study of Poverty and Inequality, Professor David Grusky, is glad to grant interviews to the press about this event or about poverty and inequality issues. Please contact us for assistance in arranging an interview or for additional information regarding this or other events.
