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Selections to Read, Watch, Listen, Learn about Race, Racism, and Anti-Racism from February – March, 2021
The Way Out of America’s Zero-Sum Thinking on Race and Wealth (New York Times, February 14, 2021) After reviewing the increasing resentment of the White majority and lack of support for government programs they perceive as racially inequitable, Heather McGhee…
Read MoreWe created a tool to make our town more fair and equitable
The Newark Star Ledger published the op ed describing the Racial Equity Impact Assessment toolkit, created by a Civil Rights Commission working group, to help the Princeton municipality address institutional and structural racism. Click here to read the op ed…
Read MoreContinued work towards a marijuana legalization bill that centers social and racial justice
Thank you to everyone who took action and contacted their representatives in support of a marijuana legalization bill that centers social and racial justice! The United Black Agenda, a coalition of New Jersey Black leaders, outlines eight tangible ways the…
Read MoreSelections to Read, Watch, Listen, Learn about Race, Racism, and Anti-Racism from October, 2020
Driving while Black (Kennedy Library Forum) In conversation, Gretchen Sorin, director of the Cooperstown Graduate Program of SUNY and author of Driving While Black: African-American Travel and the Road to Civil Rights; director Ric Burns and producer and editor Emir…
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