
Presented by BAM and the Office of the Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso
Join us at BAM or via livestream for this beloved Brooklyn tradition, which rings in a new year with music, performances, and an urgent and timely call to action—Defending Democracy—led by keynote speaker Sherrilyn Ifill. The civil rights lawyer and former President and Director-Counsel of LDF (NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund) was one of TIME magazine’s 100 Most Influential People in the world in 2021.
BAM’s annual tribute to Dr. King encourages us to continue in his radical spirit, relentlessly defending true justice for all, and repairing injustices.
GENERAL ADMISSION: FREE. Tickets for the in-person event are free, and will be distributed on a first-come, first-served basis beginning at 8am on Monday, January 16 in the BAM Howard Gilman Opera House lobby. Please note that an RSVP does not guarantee entry.
The link to the livestream will be made available on BAM.org on Monday, January 16. The livestream will not be made available after the program.
ASL Interpretation provided by Body Language Productions.
Interpreters for this event include Brandon Kazen-Maddox (lead of Body Language Productions team) and hearing interpreter Kathleen Taylor.
Please email accessibility@bam.org with any questions.
Leadership support for BAM Access Programs
provided by the Jerome L. Greene Foundation
Leadership support for programming in the Howard Gilman Opera House and off-site programs provided by:
Leadership support for BAM Community programs provided by The Thompson Family Foundation
Leadership support for virtual programming at BAM provided by the Robert and Mercedes Eichholz Foundation
Major Sponsor of The 37th Annual Brooklyn Tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.:
Major Sponsor of Community Programming at BAM:


