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His uncle, Arnold Aronson, executive secretary of the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, helped inspire and shape Kahn's career. [2] In 1965, Kahn earned a bachelor's degree from Harvard University. [1] In 1995, he completed a PhD in American Studies from the Union Institute.
Elizabeth Minnich and Si Kahn have three adult children, Simon, Jesse and Gabe, and three grandchildren, Anson, Zach and Benjamin, the latter named after Si’s father, Rabbi Benjamin Kahn, who was the Hillel rabbi at Penn State during the great football years.
Si Kahn has worked for almost 50 years as a professional civil rights, labor and community organizer and musician. He began his organizing career in 1965 in Arkansas with the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, more popularly known as SNCC, the student wing of the Southern Civil Rights Movement.
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Si Kahn has worked for over 45 years as a civil rights, labor and community organizer and musician. He began his organizing career in 1965 in Arkansas with the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, more popularly known as SNCC, the student wing of the Southern Civil Rights Movement. During the War on Poverty, he served first as a VISTA Volunte...
Si's latest book is Creative Community Organizing: A Guide for Rabble-Rousers, Activists and Quiet Lovers of Justice(Berrett-Koehler, 2010). The book features forewords by Angela Davis and Jim Hightower. Democracy Now! host Amy Goodman wrote about the book: Si's most recent book prior to Creative Community Organizing is The Fox in the Henhouse: How...
Si is a frequent guest on community and public radio stations throughout North America, and has appeared on Mountain Stage, E-Town, Prairie Home Companion and the late Studs Terkel's nationally syndicated interview show. He is recently completed an international radio promotion tour for his new book Creative Community Organizing and his new CD Cour...
Si's 16th CD Couragewas named the #1 CD for 2010 by the Folk Alliance, based on statistics compiled by the Folk DJ Chart for airplay by DJs around the world. Si also had the #1, #3 and #10 songs on the Folk DJ Chart for the year ("Peace Will Rise," "Otis Is Flying," "Playing the Old Songs"), and was recognized as the #1 folk artist, garnering more ...
Si has worked for over 30 years as a composer, lyricist and book writer for musical theater, with past and planned productions and readings at the Goodspeed Opera House's Norma Terris Theatre; the Berkeley, Milwaukee and Tennessee Repertory Theatres; the York and Amas Musical Theatre Companies in Manhattan; The Nora Theatre in Cambridge, Massachuse...
On February 16th, 2011, at its opening plenary session, the Folk Alliance (the international association representing the folk music community) presented Si with a plaque honoring him for having had the #1 CD (Courage) and the #1 song ("Peace Will Rise") for 2010, as well as for being the #1 folk artist for the year, based on statistics compiled by...
A long time volunteer in the field of philanthropy, Si was the founding chair and is a continuing board member of the Jewish Funds for Justice, a national Jewish foundation that supports local community organizing projects dealing with the root causes of poverty. He was also the founding chair of Changemakers, a national foundation dedicated to dee...
Si Kahn received his A.B. degree magna cum laude from Harvard College in 1965. He left school twice during his Harvard career: once to write and translate poetry in Spain, a second time to work with SNCC during the Southern Civil Rights Movement. His senior thesis on the 12th century Provencal troubadour (that is, folksinger) William IX of Aquitain...
Elizabeth Minnich and Si Kahn have three adult children, Simon, Jesse and Gabe, and one grandchild, Anson. Gabe carries on the family musical tradition as a creator of hip-hop beats.
Nov 16, 2020 · November 16, 2020. Notes. - Si Kahn began his organizing career in 1965 in Arkansas with the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), the student wing of the Southern Civil Rights Movement.
Kahn earned a bachelor's degree from Harvard University. In 1995 he completed a Ph.D. in American Studies from the Union Institute. Kahn moved to the south as an activist in the Civil Rights Movement, and he now lives in Charlotte, North Carolina.
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- Si Kahn has worked for more than 45 years as a musician as well as a civil rights, labor and community organizer. He began his organizing career in 1965 in Arkansas with the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), the student wing of the Southern Civil Rights Movement.
