2021: the sound of progress

Sing Out for Freedom: The Sound of Progress spotlights the ACLU and NYCLU’s landmark victories in 2021 and shares calls to action to build a more equitable New York. The organization honored Broadway for Racial Justice with the Michael Friedman Freedom Award for their grassroots work organizing for racial justice and equity by providing immediate resources, assistance, and amplification for Black, Indigenous and other people of color in the Broadway and theatrical community at large.

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WATCH

HOST

Peppermint

HONOREE

Broadway for Racial Justice

2021 PERFORMERS

Arianna Afsar (she/her), Shaunice Alexander (she/her), Mikayla Bartholomew (she/her), Laura Benanti (she/her), Erich Bergen (he/him), Todd Buonopane (he/him), Maybe Burke (they/she), Ayodele Casel (she/her), November Christine (she/her), Layan Elwazani (she/her), Deon’te Goodman (he/him), Emmett Grosland (they/he), Somáh Haaland (they/them), Brooke Ishibashi (she/her), Nikki M. James (she/her), Jax Jackson (Jax), Celia Keenan-Bolger (she/her), KO (they/them), Judy Kuhn (she/her), Treya Lam (they/them), Arian Moayed (he/him), Lauren Molina (she/her), Brandon Michael Nase (he/him), Veronica Otim (she/her), Alba Ponce de León (she/her), Nikhil Saboo (he/him), Holly Sansom (they/them), Arya Shahi (he/him), Liana Stampur (she/her), Shaina Taub (she/her), Cindy Tsai (she/her), Alexandria Wailes (she/her), Kuhoo Verma (she/they), and Princess Sasha Victomé (she/her)

THANK YOU TO OUR SUPPORTERS

Lead:

Wendy E. Scripps Foundation

Producer:

Anonymous

Kaily & Adam Westbrook

Marianne & Steven Mills

The Richenthal Foundation

Co-Producer/Partner:

Barbara Whitman

Broadway Cares / Equity Fights AIDS

Claudia Salomon & Jorn Ake

Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz, P.C.

Latham & Watkins LLP

Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein LLP

Shirley and Al Evenitsky Fund for Social Justice

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Guardian:

1199 SEIU United Healthcare

Alera Group

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

Outten & Golden

Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP

Host Committee:

Carlin Meyer

Corsair Capital Management

Edwin J. Lopez-Soto & Patricia A. Braus

Julie Ehrlich & Noam Elcott

Kevin Finnegan & Mrinal Vikram

Mary Hedahl & Doug Magee

Peter Graham and Heidi Drymer

To our pro bono partner firms and cooperating attorneys at Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Latham & Watkins LLP, Milbank LLP, Shearman & Sterling LLP, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, and Winston & Strawn LLP: Thank you for your extraordinary work on our statewide Officer Accountability and Transparency Campaign and your steadfast commitment to social justice, fairness, transparency, and equity.