Mike D'Innocenzo Tribute

Sunday, December 12, 2021, 1 p.m.

Student Center Theater, Mack Student Center, North Campus Opening Remarks by Host Zach Libresco, son The Man of Great Enthusiasms (slide show, Imagine)

Marty & Margaret Melkonian, Institute for Peace Studies, Center for Civic Engagement Closing Aashish Kumar, Institute for Peace Studies & Center for Civic Engagement Please join Aashish in singing If I had a Hammer (with masks on, please) Reception Join us in the Multipurpose Room (with masks on, please; treats to go)

Remarks from Former Students Etana Jacobi, union organizer Steven Meyerowitz, lawyer Sue & Roy Sparber, teacher & lawyer Tom DiNapoli, New York State Comptroller The Man of Great Devotions (slide show, Young at Heart, The Best Things In Life Are Free) Remarks from Family Members Leah Libresco Sargeant, daughter Ben Laramie, grandson Joe D'Innocenzo, brother Andrea Libresco, spouse

The Institute for Peace Studies (IPS) enables Hofstra University to be a key player in constructively transforming local, national, and transnational conflicts ranging from hate crimes and gang violence to terrorism and warfare. The institute also provides our students and communities with the attitudes, knowledge, and skills necessary to handle disputes arising in a variety of organizational settings.

The Man in the Arena (video, Mike accepting the Persistent Peacemaker Award) Presentation of Hofstra University Presidential Medal Dr. Susan Poser, President Remarks from Colleagues Bernard Firestone, Political Science Professor & Former Dean of HCLAS Carolyn "Rusti" Eisenberg, History professor Jude Schanzer, Program Director, East Meadow Library David Green, Political Science Professor sharing a message from the Kettering Foundation Mike’s 1984 Congressional campaign song I like Mike, anyone who remembers it may join in

The Center for Civic Engagement (CCE) educates students in democratic values by actively engaging them as knowledge- able citizens in collaborative partnerships with their campus, local, state, national, and global communities.

Celebrating Mike D’Innocenzo

If I Had a Hammer

by Lee Hays and Pete Seeger If I had a hammer I'd hammer in the morning I'd hammer in the evening All over this land I'd hammer out danger I'd hammer out a warning I'd hammer out love between My brothers and my sisters, ah-ah All over this land

If I had a song I'd sing it in the morning I'd sing it in the evening All over this world I'd sing out danger I'd sing out a warning I'd sing out love between My brothers and my sisters ah-ah All over this land

If I had a bell I'd ring it in the morning I'd ring it in the evening All over this land I'd ring out danger I'd ring out a warning I'd ring out love between My brothers and my sisters, ah-ah All over this land

I got a hammer And I've got a bell And I've got a song to sing All over this land It's the hammer of justice It's the bell of freedom It's the song about love between My brothers and my sisters All over this land

October 2, 1935 – November 18, 2021 Teacher, Historian, Activist, Citizen

We go farther faster when we go together.

- Martin Luther King, Jr.

10 Greatest Americans of all time Assignment Link: https://bit.ly/MikeTopTen Results will be posted in January at: https://michaeldinnocenzo.com/ Contributions in memory of Michael D'Innocenzo: In lieu of flowers, donations in Michael D’Innocenzo’s memory may be made to the Institute for Peace Studies/Center for Civic Engagement. Access the donation site at this link: https://bit.ly/MikeIPS-CCE Under “I want to support,” select “Other” and then type in “IPS/CCE.” "Gift Comment," click on "In Memory Of" and type in Mike's name under "Comments." Thank you!

Nothing could be worse than the fear that one had given up too soon, and left one unexpended effort that might have saved the world.

- Jane Addams It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.

- Teddy Roosevelt