Actor and activist Jamie Hector, who participated in the 2016 The Wire Conference, hosted by The Society of Fellows and Heyman Center for the Humanities and co-sponsored by the Center for Justice, is featured in The New York Times‘ “Routine” series. Reporter Jonathan Abrams follows The Wire star through a summer day in Brooklyn, from morning coffee at Coffee Uplifts People to a visit with students from Hector’s nonprofit, Moving Mountains, at the Brooklyn Museum, before ending the day with dinner at Cecconi’s.

Read the full New York Times article.

The 2016 The Wire Conference, held on April 8–9, examined the afterlife and legacy of the acclaimed HBO series and its influence on conversations about race, education, mass incarceration, and community activism. Hector joined fellow cast members Felicia Pearson, Wendell Pierce, and Sonja Sohn for the panel “Actors and Activism.”

Video recordings of “Actors and Activism” and other conference panels are available on The SOF/Heyman YouTube channel.