The Humpty Dumpty Institute

Press Release

Mary Wilson of the Supremes to Continue Tour in Russia

January 27, 2011



New York City, N.Y. — HDI's Spokesman, Mary Wilson of the Supremes, is currently performing and lecturing in Russia under a grant provided to the Humpty Dumpty Institute from the U.S. Embassy in Moscow. Miss Wilson arrived in Moscow on January 24th, shortly before the bombing of Domodedovo Airport. Miss Wilson and her band are safe. She wishes to express her sympathies to the victims and families of this terrorist act.



Miss Wilson is traveling in Russia and is lecturing on "American Values/American Ideals": The Intersection of the U.S. Civil Rights Movement and Motown" from January 24-February 2. While in Russia, she will lecture and perform in Nizhny Novgorod, Krasnodar, Sochi, and Moscow. Miss Wilson will then travel to Kiev, Ukraine, on February 3-5 under the auspices of U.S. Embassy in Kiev where she will open an exhibition of Supremes gowns in honor of Black History Month.



HDI is a Manhattan-based Institute that forges innovative public-private partnerships to find creative solutions to difficult humanitarian problems through a series of unique programs. Currently, HDI's mandate is to improve U.S.-U.N. relations, to remove landmines around the world, and to help alleviate domestic and international hunger. To learn more about HDI's international programs, please visit www.thehdi.org.