Early Saturday morning, the Institute’s seniors boarded a bus for New York.  After arriving there, they checked into their hotel and went to Brooklyn to attend the African Street Festival.  In the evening, they met Mr. Keyes and his wife for dinner at the famous soul food restaurant, Sylvia’s, in Harlem.  Afterward, they visited Times Square.

On Sunday morning, Keyes was joined by a few Institute alumni for a worship service at Abyssinnian Baptist Church and brunch at a local restaurant in Harlem.  The alumni and all of the seniors spent the afternoon on a river cruise around lower Manhattan, which gave them close views of the Financial District, Governor’s Island, Ellis Island, the Statue of Liberty and the United Nations.