Symposium: 12:30 p.m.,

 
 Welcoming remarks: Retha Powers and Vanessa K. Valdés, Directors of the Langston Hughes Festival
Moderator: Michelle Y. Valladares, Director, MFA Program 
Panelists: Safiya Sinclair author of Cannibal, Professor Asale Angel-Ajani, and Literaryswag Book Club founder and CCNY writing instructor Yahdon Israel
 

Screening: 3:00 p.m., 

Rita Dove: An American Poet 
directed by filmmaker Eduardo Montes-Bradley
 

Ceremony: 6:30 p.m.,

Introductory remarks: Vincent Boudreau, President of The City College of New York
Featuring host Linda Villarosa, Director, Journalism Program, author and frequent contributor to the New York Times. 
Elizabeth Alexander distinguished poet and president of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

in conversation with Rita Dove and  
a special performance by violinist Monica K. Davis.