Phylicia Rashad, Kenny Leon & More Set for Restore Brooklyn Gala Tonight

On Monday, October 17, at 6:30 PM, the Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation will host the Restore Brooklyn Annual Benefit gala, honoring Congressman Joseph P. Kennedy III, Tony Award-winning director Kenny Leon, Jay Walder and Jacqueline Berrien (posthumously). The evening's presenters will include board member Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Tony Award-nominated actress and producer LaTanya Richardson Jackson and attorney Ted Wells.

Proceeds from the 2016 Restore Brooklyn Annual Benefit Gala will enable the Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation to sustain critical programs and services, that foster economic self-sufficiency, enhance family stability and growth, promote the arts and culture and transform Brooklyn neighborhoods into safe, vibrant places to live, work and visit.

WHO:
Hon. Joseph P. Kennedy III, Congressman
Kenny Leon, Tony Award-winning director
Jay Walder, President & CEO, Motivate
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., environmental activist, attorney, author
LaTanya Richardson Jackson, Tony Award-nominated actress and producer
Theodore M. Shaw, Director, Center for Civil Rights at University of North Carolina School of Law at Chapel Hill
Ted Wells, Partner, Paul Weiss
Phylicia Rashad, Tony Award-winning actress, (A Raisin in the Sun, Creed)
Roger Robinson, Tony Award-winning actor, (Joe Turner's Come and Gone)
Jerome Preston Bates, actor (Seven Guitars, Stickfly, Peeples)
Pauletta Washington, actress (Beloved, The Watsons Go to Birmingham)
Terria Joseph, actress (Empire, Cornerstone)
Brent Langdon, actor (House of Cards, The Program)
Dorian Missick, actor (Southland, Deliver Me From Evil, Zoe Ever After)
Count Stovall, actor (A Streetcar Named Desire, Driving Miss Daisy, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof)
Hon. Hakeem Jeffries, Congressman
Hon. Robert Cornegy Jr., City Councilman
Hon. Velmanette Montgomery, State Senator
Hon. Annette Robinson, Assemblywoman
Maurice Dubois, CBS TV news anchor

WHEN: Monday October 17, 2016

WHERE: The Plaza Hotel 3rd Floor Ballroom 768 5th Avenue New York, NY 10019

Photo Credit: Walter McBride / WM Photos