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1980 Class Panel: The Arts As a Catalyst: Expanding Our Perspectives and Elevating Our Voices

May 23, 2025 @ 2:45 pm - 4:30 pm

May 23, 2:45 PM – 4:30 PM
McCosh Hall, Room 28

The focus of the panel is on how the arts have a unique ability to inspire, to send powerful messages and to drive meaningful change. Each of our panelists will share their own perspective on the power of the moving image and its role as a catalyst in expanding our perspectives and elevating our voices. We will begin our discussion with a showing of Donna Weng Friedman’s award-winning short, “Never Fade Away,” a tribute to her father’s immigrant experience and how the waltz changed his life.

Moderator: Tina Treadwell ’80, president, Treadwell Entertainment.

Panelists: Richard Brody ’80, film critic, The New Yorker; Cecilia Peck ’80, producer/director, Rocket Girl Productions; Donna Weng Friedman ’80, concert pianist; Terry Wrong ’80, senior executive producer, See It Now Studios.

Sponsored by the Class of 1980

Details

  • Date: May 23, 2025
  • Time:
    2:45 pm - 4:30 pm
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Venue

  • McCosh Hall, Room 28
  • Princeton University
    Princeton, NJ 08540 United States
  • Phone (609) 258 - 3000

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The views expressed during Reunions are those of the individual presenters only. With respect to Princeton’s free expression values, members of the Princeton University community and visitors have broad freedom to express themselves in a manner consistent with the University’s policies. At the same time, University policies prohibit conduct that, among other things, disrupts University operations and activities. To be clear, any individuals who disrupt a Princeton event are in violation of University policy, subject to disciplinary action, and will be asked to leave the premises immediately. If they do not leave immediately, they will be considered a Defiant Trespasser under New Jersey criminal law and subject to arrest.