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 Felipe Luciano, who will speak at Berea College Monday, Oct. 15, has spent his adult life breaking down barriers and pioneering new ground. A two-time Emmy Award-winner for his reporting, he was America’s first Puerto Rican news anchor for a network television station, WNBC. He is the founder and chairman of the Young Lords Party, a member of 1960s rap/hip hop movement forerunner The Original Last Poets, an advocate for inter-ethnic communication, and former host of Fox 5’s “Street Talk.”
“An Evening with Felipe Luciano: Conversations in Brown, Black and White,” will begin at 6 p.m. in the Woods Penniman Building Commons at Berea. Dinner is included. The event is free and open to the public, but due to limited seating RSVP is requested to the Black Cultural Center at (859) 985-3797.
The program is part of “Campus Week of Dialogue on Race and Ethnicity,” Oct. 14-20, and is sponsored by the Berea College Black Cultural Center and Francis and Louise Hutchins Center for International Education.
Committed to community empowerment, ethnic pride and civil rights, Luciano has helped change the color and complexion of politics, culture and society in New York City in his career, and continues to advise leaders of state and local governments and corporations on issues affecting growing markets, the Latino community, coalition building, diversity and multiculturalism. He serves on the New York city Mayor’s Task Force on Police and Community Relations and recently ran for public office as a New York City Councilman in East Harlem.
As a journalist and host, Luciano was previously on air with CBS-TV’s Channel 2 “The People,” and Fox-TV’s “Good Day New York.” In addition to his Emmys, Luciano’s other honors include an ACE (for excellence in cable television programming) and a Silurian Award. He is a regular contributor to many New York area newspapers and magazines, including the New York Times and Essence, while continuing to write and perform his spoken word poetry. He also is President and founder of Luciano Productions, Inc.
For more information on this event and others sponsored by Berea’s Black Cultural Center, visit www.berea.edu/blackculturalcenter or call (859) 985-3739.
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