'At the River I Stand'

KINGSTON, NY —The Hudson Valley Area Labor Federation (HVALF) is holding a film screening of “At the River I Stand,” on Monday, January 16 at 5 p.m.

The film is a documentary about the work of Dr. King in supporting the Memphis, TN, sanitation workers’ strike, two months before his assassination. 

It will be held in the community room of the YMCA.

A discussion with union leaders and members will follow, focusing on Dr. King’s legacy and the challenges faced by workers and unions today. All are invited to talk about civil rights and justice. 

The screening is held in partnership with the YMCA of Kingston. The moderator is political organizer Maurice Larry from 1199SEIU.

The panelists are:

Diana Cline of the APWU Postal Workers’ campaign to preserve the public postal service.

Margret Franks, the member/ leader of the New York State Nurses Association

Marissa McClinton, a member of the Public Education Federation and the founder of the Unity Delivered mobile food pantry

Ruben Simmons, the founder of I AM BEACON and an economic justice advocate

The Kingston YMCA is located at 507 Broadway.

What is the film about?

“At the River I Stand” reconstructs the two eventful months that transformed a local labor dispute into a national conflagration, and disentangles the complex historical forces that came together with the inevitability of tragedy at the death of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

The 58-minute documentary “brings into sharp relief issues that have only become more urgent in the intervening years: the connection between economic and civil rights, the debate over violent vs. nonviolent change, and the demand for full inclusion of African Americans in American life,” stated a press release from the HVALF.

Learn more by emailing RTyler@ymcaulster.org.

Register at http://bit.ly/3CtXuv1.