Phat Man Dee and Liz Berlin: Shine the Light with Social Justice Disco

CONTACT: Melissa Hiller, American Jewish Museum Director Jewish Community Center of Greater Pittsburgh 5738 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh PA 15217 412.697.3231
We are singing songs that demand justice for change to make this world a better place. Sing and dance with us! —Phat Man Dee and Liz Berlin
The JCC’s American Jewish Museum and the Center for Loving Kindness and Civic Engagement present:
Phat Man Dee and Liz Berlin: Shine the Light with Social Justice Disco
JCC of Greater Pittsburgh • Katz Theater 5738 Darlington Avenue, Pittsburgh PA 15217 Thursday, December 14, 7:00 pm • $10-$25 Private meet and greet with the artists: 6:30pm Tickets: bit.ly/socialjusticedisco
Ages 13+ • Cash bar

Liz Berlin of Rusted Root and jazz singer Phat Man Dee recently created an outstanding collection of social justice songs. Their credo about why they’re performing these songs is, “We are singing songs that demand justice for change to make this world a better place. Sing and dance with us!” Recognizing the important role artists have in contributing to the global choir of change, the JCC is hosting Phat Man Dee and Liz Berlin: Shine the Light with Social Justice Disco. The concert is a musical collaboration of jazz, rock, gospel, poetry, dance, hip hop, and disco with special guests Pastor Deryck Tines and the Lemington Gospel Chorale, Ezra Smith and Christina Springer, Johnny Creed Coe, SunBear Coe, and Miguel Sague Jr. They’ll perform original and legendary songs including I Will Survive, Staying Alive, I Can’t Breathe, Have You Been to Jail for Justice?, and many more.
The Shine the Light with Social Justice Disco concert at the JCC celebrates Man Dee’s and Berlin’s commitment to making our world a better place and anticipates their winter 2018 Social Justice for Disco CD release. The concert is also a program in conjunction with the American Jewish Museum’s exhibition, Out of Many: Stories of Migration, a photography exhibit that highlights the role that immigration and migration have played in the formation of our identity and culture, and in sustaining our economy.
Working to redefine the term neighbor from a geographic term to a moral concept, Shine the Light with Social Justice Disco and Out of Many: Stories of Migration
express artistically the JCC’s mission to strengthen the fabric of community by amplifying the long held values of Love Your Neighbor as yourself and Do not stand idle while your neighbor bleeds.
More information about Out Of Many: Stories of Migration and the American Jewish Museum can be found at jccpgh.org/jewish-life-arts-events/american-jewish-museum/.
Out Of Many: Stories of Migration community partners include: City of Asylum, Hill House, Jewish Family & Children’s Services, Repair the World, Union Project and Westmoreland Museum of American Art.