Bread and Roses Tribute to Change Oct 11

We went to the University of the Arts in Philadelphia to The Tribute to Change. This is an annual Bread & Roses event that brings together a community unlike any other in the Philadelphia area. In recognition of their 30th anniversary Bread and Roses Community Fund honored 30 individuals at this year's 30 for 30 Tribute to Change who have broken new ground in building paths to social justice.
The event was held in Hamilton Hall at the U of Arts. Its a beautiful building with a skylight roof. The cocktail reception was excellent he 30 for 30 Tribute to Change featured a special exhibit of portraits of the nominees by award-winning photographer Harvey Finkle.

Professor Manning Marable was the special guest speaker. You can listen to his speech. There are 5 parts of the speech each about 3 minutes or so. Here is Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5

Join us for our cocktail reception with beverages generously provided by Barefoot Wines and Flying Fish Brewery and jazz music by U Arts music students.

Two of the 30 are described:

Sister Mary Scullion is the co-founder of Project HOME and has worked for many years to address issues of homelessness in the Philadelphia area.

Matty Hart works for economic and racial justice, LGBTI community development and equity in arts and culture. He was the founder of Spiral Q as well.