Come together for these #1619 Project Events!
Save the dates for these exciting programs hosted by a variety of groups as part of the South Orange and Maplewood #1619 Project Year of Communal Learning!
Locations and times not noted will be provided closer to the event date.
DATE |
EVENT/DESCRIPTION |
HOST |
February 19 |
Black History Month Coffee House Discussion focused in NYT 1619 essay: “Myths about physical racial differences were used to justify slavery-and are still believed by doctors today” by Linda Villarosa |
Community Coalition on Race |
February 23 |
Exhibit featuring African-American/African diasporic artists. Discussion of Black/Jewish Solidarity |
Temple Sharey Tefilo-Israel Co-sponsors: SOMA Justice and Community Coalition on Race |
March 16 |
Workshop on making a platform for action |
University of Orange |
April |
Ideas Festival |
Maplewood Memorial Library |
May |
Educational Inequities |
Jane Bleasdale |
June |
Juneteenth Event |
Durand-Hedden House |
July |
OPEN |
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August |
TBD |
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September |
Discussion of NYT 1619 essay: “American democracy holds onto an undemocratic assumption: that some people deserve more power than others” by Jamelle Bouie. |
Barbara Velazquez |
September |
Effects of mass incarceration |
Sarah Wakefield |
October |
SOMA 1619 Project Closing |
Community Coalition on Race |
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