Symphony of Courage

NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION

Co-Sponsoring Sections:

Entertainment, Arts & Sports Law Section

International Law Section

Health Law Section

Women In Law Section

present

Symphony of Courage

Film Screening, Continuing Legal Education Program, and Networking Reception

    1 hour of NYS CLE Credit in Diversity, Inclusion and Elimination of Bias

Date: (Tuesday) March 12, 2024     Time: 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm

            Live In-Person at Baker Hostetler (45 Rockefeller Plaza, 14^th floor, New York, NY)

            and Remote by Zoom

Advance Registration Required

                            $   25    for all members of any co-sponsoring NYSBA section

                            $   40    for all other NYSBA members

                            $   10    for all law students 

                            $ 100    for all others

            Symphony of Courage is a 30-minute documentary film presented by the Friends of the Afghanistan National Institute of Music (ANIM), a New York based charitable foundation that supports the mission of Afghanistan’s first co-ed music school, to transform lives through music, train future music educators, revive and preserve Afghan music, and lead cultural diplomacy between Afghanistan and the international community.

            Lesley Rosenthal, President of Friends of ANIM, co-led the successful effort to airlift the entire school from extremist threat after the Taliban took over Afghanistan in August 2021.

            This 3-part hybrid program will begin with a Screening of Symphony of Courage, which illustrates the plight of women and girls in Taliban-ruled Afghanistan and that theocracy's ban against all non-religious music. The screening will be followed by a Continuing Legal Education program providing 1 hour of NYS CLE Credit in Diversity, Inclusion and Elimination of Bias.

            The CLE Program will consist of speaker presentations and panel discussion relating to the documentary about ANIM, bias against women and worse treatment of them by sovereign states, recent research into the mental and physical health benefits of music and music therapy, and NYSBA's support of American Bar Association efforts to expand the United Nations' definition of Crimes Against Humanity to include Gender Apartheid in addition to Racial Apartheid.

            The entire program will conclude with a Networking Reception for all in-person attendees, which will include complimentary soft drinks, coffee, tea, cookies and/or other light desserts,

            To register and/or to join NYSBA: https://nysba.org/events/symphony-of-courage/ or call NYSBA at 800-582-2452

Program Agenda

Symphony of Courage

Film Screening, Continuing Legal Education Program, and Networking Reception

 1 hour of NYS CLE Credit in Diversity, Inclusion and Elimination of Bias 

Date: (Tuesday) March 12, 2024     Time: 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm

            Live In-Person at Baker Hostetler (45 Rockefeller Plaza, 14^th floor, New York, NY)

            and Remote by Zoom

6:30 p.m. – 6:45 p.m.	Doors Open, Registration Check-In
6:45 p.m. – 6:50 p.m.	Welcome to Program Gonzalo Zeballos Chair, NYSBA International Law section
6:50 p.m. – 6:55 p.m.	Overview by Program Organizer and Panel Moderator Barry Skidelsky  Former Chair, NYSBA Entertainment, Arts & Sports Law section Chair Elect, NYSBA Sections Caucus
6:55 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.	Introduction to Documentary Lesley Rosenthal President, Friends of the Afghanistan National Institute of Music Chief Operating Officer & Corporate Secretary, The Juilliard School
7:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.	Screening of Documentary – Symphony of Courage
7:30 p.m. – 7:40 p.m.	Mental and Physical Health Benefits of Music and Music Therapy Concetta Tomaino
7:40 p.m. – 7:50 p.m.	Expanded Definition of Crimes Against Humanity, Gender Apartheid Steve Richman
7:50 p.m. – 8:20 p.m.	Panel Discussion  Moderator: Barry Skidelsky Panelists: Lesley Rosenthal, Gonzalo Zeballos, Steve Richman, Concetta Tomaino, Jane Bellow Burke, and Susan L. Harper  Audience Q&A Closing Remarks
8:20 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.	Networking Reception

   

For more information relevant to this program, including the panelists' biographical information, see the Written Materials online at the NYSBA Website per your Registration Confirmation.

For more information about NYSBA, including how to become a member of the Association and how to join one or more of its sections or committees: visit www.nysba.org or call 800-582-2452.