Social Justice Power Hour
Sampson McCormick
Sampson is an experience, a down to earth comedic force of nature, & has been one of the most celebrated & sought after voices of diversity in comedy for nearly two decades.
A cult favorite with an international following, he's headlined venues including the historic Howard Theater, Kennedy Center for The Performing Arts, Laugh Factory in Hollywood, San Francisco Punch Line, Harvard University, & has been shattering barriers, headlining major numerous mainstream venues including the Howard Theater, & in 2018 became the first LGBTQIA comic ever to perform at a Smithsonian Institution.
In addition to many notable collaborations, including appearances in stage productions, most notably an off-Broadway run of "BBoy Blues: The Stage Play", Sampson has been featured on BET, TV One, VICELAND, highly acclaimed comedy specials "Don't Make Me Take Off My Earrings", "The Shade of It All", "That B!%@# Better Be Funny" (which was considered for a Grammy nomination in 2014), documentary film "A Tough Act To Follow", "Pigs Without Blankets" with Alan Cummings, & co-starred in 2017's Oscar Nominated Film "I Live Here".
An award winning entertainer, Sampson's comedy offers riveting, refreshing & original takes on religion, sexuality, racism, life & politics~ all those things you aren't supposed to talk about in polite company but we always be choppin' up here on the Power Hour!
Join Sampson & our own BRCSJ Chief Activist Robt Seda-Schreiber in virtual community-buildin' conversation equally empowerin' & entertainin'
7pm ET/4pm PT
Bayard Rustin Center for Social Justice virtual HQ
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