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Rise Up: Actor Alan Cumming and NPR’s Ari Shapiro on How Culture Advanced LBGTQ Rights

An evening featuring Alan Cumming, an award-winning actor, singer, producer, director and activist, to celebrate the “Rise Up: Stonewall and the LGBTQ Rights Movement” exhibit.

Recorded March 18, 2019.

 

Presented by Wells Fargo.

Wells Fargo

Generous support provided by The Reef Team, TTR Sotheby’s International Realty.

The Reef Team, TTR Sotheby’s International Realty

Contributing support provided by Altria Group.

Altria Group

Additional support provided by members of the Stonewall Circle: William R. Cline, Michael Ferrara, Steven Grimsley, Randy Lovely, Jeffrey S. Minnich and John Sallot.

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