On Wednesday Jan. 23, members of the Brandeis Association, Macon B. Allen Black Bar Association and the Queens County Women’s Bar Association gathered at Queens Civil Court to commemorate Martin Luther King Jr. Day. The event’s speaker was international educator Peter Geffen, who founded the Kivunim-”New Pathways” Program in Jerusalem and the Heschel School in Manhattan based upon the philosophies of Dr. King and Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel.

Pictured from left to right are: Justice Bernice Siegal, board member of the Queens County Women’s Bar Association (QCWBA) and Brandeis Association; Justice Marguerite Grays, chair of the QCWBA; Justice Howard Lane, chair of the Macon B. Allen Association; attorney Jawan Finley, president of the Macon B. Allen Association; Peter Geffen; attorney Adrienne Williams, president of the QCWBA; Justice Jodi Orlow, chair of the Brandeis Association; and Judge Mojgan Lancman, president of the Brandeis Association.