COME TOGETHER for No Place for Hate 2021
UPDATED May 29:
Thanks so much to everyone who decided to Come Together with our all-star lineup of performers to raise money and awareness for No Place for Hate®, an initiative that helps kids stand up to prejudice and show that everyone is welcome in our communities!
The YouTube descriptions for the original April 30 webcast and the May 28 rewatch now include timestamps, so you can jump directly to any of the performances:
Original webcast: https://notforcoltrane.com/cometogether2021
Rewatch webcast: https://notforcoltrane.com/ct2021-rewatch
The show includes music from:
- Craig Thatcher and Cliff Starkey
- Dana Gaynor of the Dana Gaynor Band
- George Hrab
- Chelsea Lyn Meyer
- Kim Edwards
- Dave Fry
- Jenny Founds of Ruby Dear
- Pentley Holmes
- Carter Lansing of the Acoustic Kitty Project
- Leah Marie Fuls
- rob Hinkal and Kristen Jones of ilyAIMY
- Gr3ys0n
- Karen and Amy Jones of The Beautiful Distortion
- CAMILLE WHO
- Claudia & Liliana
- Jillian Matundan
- Neil Grover
- Mae Rosania (formerly of Bronze for Birdy )
- Ralph Pagano
- Dave Deubler of Doyle and the Dudes
- Emily Hall
- Tom Cooney
- Ben Tyler
- EJ & JO
- John Huie of Northampton Area Middle School
The show also includes remarks from Dr. Jack Silva, Bethlehem Area School District's assistant superintendent and chief academic officer, about how No Place for Hate® is used in Bethlehem schools. The webcast is hosted and produced by Michael Duck, a singer-songwriter in Bethlehem, PA, who performs as "Not For Coltrane."
No Place for Hate®, a 21-year-old initiative of the Anti-Defamation League, supports programs in more than 1,600 schools across the U.S. to help kids combat bias, bullying and hatred. Proceeds from the Come Together 2021 campaign will go to the ADL's Philadelphia office, to help support "No Place for Hate" programs in roughly 50 school districts in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware, including many in the Lehigh Valley. Learn more at the ADL website.
Sponsors of Come Together 2021: Godfrey Daniels, Touchstone Theatre, the SouthSide Arts District, the SouthSide Film Festival, Deja Brew, Voices of the Valley, Ahmina Handcrafts, Webfoot Digital, and PostNet Bethlehem.
Thank you for coming together with all our performers, sponsors, and supporters to show that our communities are no place for hate!