Community members read an amended version of Frederick Douglass' influential speech, given on July 5, 1852, in Rochester, New York, to the Rochester Ladies Anti-Slavery Society. To register, please click on this Google form. You may also use this form to indicate interest in being a reader. The life and works of Frederick Douglass continue […]
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.
Continuing Conversation on Race and White Privilege will feature an online discussion led by representatives of The Outdoor Equity Alliance (OEA) about the work of the organization. Please register here to receive the Zoom link on August 1. The Outdoor Equity Alliance is a multi-racial ethnic organization based in Trenton whose mission is to make […]
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.
October's presenter is Jessica C. Kim, a licensed clinical social worker, mental health advocate, and current PhD candidate in social welfare at the University of Pennsylvania, who will talk about Asian Americans being racialized as perpetual foreigners, model minorities, and as yellow peril. This conversation will help us think about how Asian Americans as well […]
This spin on the traditional Mexican bingo game is a chance for community members to get to know each other through fun and interesting questions. Residents of Princeton are invited to meet their neighbors, discover their differences and embrace their similarities. Weather permitting, the loteria will be played in the community room with twenty participants […]
At November's Continuing Conversations, Matt Mleczko, a Princeton University doctoral candidate, will discuss different aspects of a proposal for affordable housing development on a currently vacant plot of land referred to as the Butler Tract and offer guiding questions for a broader discussion on how this effort relates to housing justice in other communities. In […]
Donald Yacovone and Eddie Glaude discuss Yacovone's new book Teaching White Supremacy.
African American Studies scholar and philosopher Tommie Shelby discusses his new book, The Idea of Prison Abolition, with James Forman Jr.
Dr. Gayatri Sethi will share segments from her book, Unbelonging on the themes of antiracism, identity and belonging.
Discussion of Louise Erdrich's The Night Watchman.
In February, Not In Our Town Princeton is partnering with the Princeton Public Library to bring back Ruha Benjamin, who previously led a series of vital sessions on Racial Literacy that long-time Continuing Conversations attendees will no doubt remember. This coming Monday, Feb. 5, at 7 p.m., Ruha Benjamin will be joined in conversation with Lorgia García Peña; together […]