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Past Events
2025
Journalist Sam Husseini on suffering in Gaza, phony ceasefires, Uniting for Peace and his “Vote Pact” idea; a benefit event for The Middle East Children’s Alliance with music by David Rovics.
2024
Legal scholar Lawrence Lessig on SuperPACs and getting big money out of politics, various speakers on Ranked-Choice Voting vs. STAR Voting, journalist Sam Husseini on his “Vote Pact” idea; music by David Rovics and Shahin & Sepehr.
2023
A Time to Break Silence celebrates its 10th anniversary with various speakers on U.S. election transparency and voting rights, music performed by John Wubbenhorst, and music the messages of Martin Luther King and Langston Hughes performed by Tom Teasley and Charles Williams.
2022
Various speakers on U.S. election transparency and voting rights; music to the messages of Martin Luther King and Langston Hughes performed by Tom Teasley and Charles Williams.
2021
Afghanistan: a benefit event for Restore Her Voice and The Justness Project with a presentation by lawyer Kimberley Motley and with talks and performances by various Afghan speakers and musicians.
Vigil dedicated to the memory of Breonna Taylor performed by A Time to Break Silence co-founder Davóne Tines
2020
Educational talk and music performances on the themes of environmental racism, systemic racism, health and pandemics, veganism (in honor of Coretta Scott King), human and animal suffering, democracy and climate change. Speakers included Eloísa Trinidad and Dr. Anteneh Roba, and music included performances by Raehann Bryce-Davis, Danielle Diamond Powers and Davóne Tines.
2018
Interview with Professor Shepherd Iverson about music, creativity, human rights and hope for the future on the 10th anniversary of the New York Philharmonic's performance in North Korea
2016
Genocide and Human Trafficking - The program included a talk by Princeton professor Gary J. Bass on his book The Blood Telegram: Nixon, Kissinger, and a Forgotten Genocide and an exhibition of watercolor images by Prum Vannak, a Cambodian victim of human trafficking in the fishing industry.
2015
A Time to Break Silence with actor Alec Baldwin, Castleton Festival alumnus Davóne Tines, photographer and vegan activist Susan Weingartner and Niemat Ahmadi, Founder and President of Darfur Women Action Group
2014
A Time to Break Silence: S.A.L.T. of the Earth Opera Sings for Human Rights
2013
A Time to Break Silence - The speakers included Saleh Elbachra who gave a talk on suffering in Western Sahara and Alexandra Hellmuth from Raise Hope for Congo who gave a presentation on conflict minerals in cellphones and laptops.
