Panel on Racism in America: What Does It Mean for Princeton

Witherspoon Street Presbyterian Church 124 Witherspoon Street, Princeton, NJ, United States

Leading the panel discussion on race at the second Safe Streets Hot Topics discussion will be the Rev. Lukata Mjumbe of the Witherspoon Street Presbyterian Church, Ted Deutsch of Taft Communications, Kevin Wilkes of the Princeton Design Guild, Tommy Parker of the Princeton Civil Rights Commission, attorney Eric Broadway, and educator Jason Carter.

Black Voices Book Group

Virtual Event

During the July and August meetings the group will discuss, "Ida: A Sword Among Lions: Ida B. Wells and the Campaign Against Lynching" by Paula J. Giddings. All are welcome. This group meets via Google Meet which works best using the Chrome internet browser. Live captioning can be enabled on the Google Meet platform.

Fireside Chat on Education, Development, Affordable Housing, Marijuana, Candidates Forum & More

First Baptist Church 30 Green Street, Princeton, NJ, United States

The third Safe Streets Hot Topics session will include remarks and a fireside chat with Councilman Leighton Newlin and Princeton Mayor Mark Freda.  Updates will include education in Princeton with Princeton Public Schools Superintendent Carol Kelley and Board of Education President Dafna Kendal discussing “How are we doing with student achievement for students of color?” […]

Free

Black Lives Matter / “A Fight for Change” Exhibit Opening

Plainfield Public Library 800 Park Avenue, Plainfield, NJ, United States

In this program, Kalani "Afrolombian" Jimenez-Mackson will explain the importance of photojournalism and its ability to control our narratives with the truth. Photojournalism techniques, philosophy, and process will be the main topics in this exploration of image and photography. Through imagery and words, the audience will step back and look at a moment in United […]

Free

Story & Verse: Circle of Life

Pettoranella Gardens 20 Mountain Avenue, Princeton, NJ, United States

Monthly open mic poetic and storytelling event that welcomes local and regional talent to perform original works inspired by that month's theme and brings diverse communities together.  Interested performers should arrive 15 minutes before the start time of each event.

Black Voices Book Group

Virtual Event

In September, the group will discuss, "Black Sunday: A Novel" by Tolo Rotimi Abraham. All are welcome, no registration required. This group meets via Google Meet  (click on the link here to join) Google Meet works best using the Chrome internet browser.  

Free

How Reclaiming Anti-Racism Can Save Our Democracy

Streaming live

Professor Kimberlé Crenshaw, Co-founder and Executive Director at The African American Policy Forum, will be joined by Barbara Arnwine, Keith Ellison, Pat Williams, and Terrence Woodbury in Martha’s Vineyard and streaming live. . . . .  This conversation will serve as a unique opportunity to not only draw the connections between the attack on racial […]

Free

Teaching Outside the Textbook About the Red Scare: Subversives in Labor Organizing and the Black Freedom Struggle

Virtual Zoom Event

In this session, participants will experience a mixer lesson that can be used in grade 7+ classrooms. Students meet 27 different targets of government harassment and repression to analyze why disparate individuals might have become targets of the same campaign, determining what kind of threat they posed in the view of the U.S. government. Participants […]

Free

Clay Street Block Party

Clay Street 16 - 82 Clay Street, Princeton, NJ, United States

Back after a hiatus of a few years, the Clay Street Block Party.  There will be food, music, games, and face-painting. Come join the fun.

Free

Let’s Talk About Race: How Racial Healthcare Disparities Affect our Community

Virtual Zoom Event

Parker Family Health Center's Executive Director, Suzy Dyer and Founder Dr. Eugene Cheslock will present on the Parker Family, the Clinic, and how COVID affected the Red Bank Community. Our special guest will be Dr. Carol Penn.  Click here to register for Zoom link.

Free

The Trifecta: The Secret Sauce of Researching the Formerly Enslaved, with Nicka Sewell-Smith

Plainfield Public Library 800 Park Avenue, Plainfield, NJ, United States

Genealogists and family historians alike have spent decades looking for a tried and true method for unearthing slaveholders of those enslaved prior to 1865. Learn how three crucial record sets (Civil War Pensions, the Freedmen’s Bureau, and Probates/Successions) can become just the wrecking ball needed to obliterate brick walls related to slavery. Presenter Nicka Sewell-Smith […]

Free