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Reparations in New Jersey and Princeton

Princeton Public Library 65 Witherspoon Street, Princeton, NJ, United States

Caroline Clarke, an attorney and board secretary of Not In Our Town Princeton, will make a presentation on reparations in New Jersey at the first Joint Effort Safe Streets' Hot Topic session, followed by a panel discussion featuring attorney and former Princeton Councilman Dwaine Williamson, Leighton Newlin, Witherspoon-Jackson Historical and Cultural Society Founder and Director […]

Cynthia “Chip” Fisher Memorial Art Exhibit and Jim Floyd Memorial Lecture

Arts Council of Princeton 102 Witherspoon Street, Princeton, NJ, United States

Presentation of numerous awards and scholarships and the keynote address, the Jim Floyd Memorial Lecture, presented by Jennifer Garcon, Princeton University librarian for Modern and Contemporary Special Collections. A reception will be held at 5:30pm; the program will begin at 6:00pm.

Summer at the Opera: Fire Shut Up in My Bones

Princeton Senior Resource Center 101 Poor Farm Road, Building B, Princeton, NJ, United States

Fire Shut Up in My Bones is an adaptation of Charles M. Blow’s harrowing memoir of the same name. The story follows a young Charles as he navigates adolescence and struggles to overcome a life of trauma. Composed by Terence Blanchard, this was the first opera by a black composer performed at the Metropolitan Opera […]

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Reading Club: Witness / Rose B. Simpson

Art@Bainbridge 158 Nassau Street, Princeton, NJ, United States

  Visit the exhibit Witness: Rose B. Simpson and join the discussion of themes related to the exhibition including nature, creation and cultural traditions with excerpts from Robin Wall Kimmerer’s Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants, Milkweed Editions, 2015, pp 3-10 and 341-347. Readings can be found here.  For free […]

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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?” […]

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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 […]

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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.  

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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 […]

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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 […]

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