My Beauty is My Aesthetic: Teen Expo

New Jersey State Museum 205 West State Street, Trenton, NJ, United States

Teens can join Artworks Trenton and New Jersey State Museum to explore "Posing Beauty in African American Culture," have lunch and make art with tutorials from three local artists. FREE! […]

Reaching Equity in Education

Virtual Zoom Event

The fourth virtual event in the IMAGINE MORE: Racial Justice Begins with Us series, is a discussion the root causes of segregation and funding disparities in New Jersey's education system […]

They Stood for Us

Heal the City, in collaboration with the families of Trenton activists, Darlene McKnight and Grace Crossland will hold a community billboard ceremony that will celebrate these two local leaders. Although […]

Indivisible: Why Racial, Gender and LGBTQIA+ Justice Cannot Be Separated

Virtual Zoom Event

Under The Blacklight conversation will bring together leading activists, advocates and academics--Alicia Garza, Bryanna Jenkins, Russell Robinson, Ezra Young--to identify the gaps between intersectional experiences and non-intersectional politics. The panelists […]

Poor People’s Campaign Street Rally

Lincoln Statue 12 Springfield Avenue, Newark, NJ, United States

Dr. William Barber, national leader of the Poor People's Campaign, will be speaking at a rally at the Lincoln Statue, Newark organized by the national Poor People's Campaign, the New […]

The Necessity of Prison and Reentry Education

Nassau Presbyterian Church 61 Nassau Street, Princeton, NJ, United States

Een Jabriel, currently acting as the Regional Manager for The Petey Greene Program of NJ, will be the first speaker in the series "After Incarceration: Bending the Moral Arc Toward […]

2022 Annual Black Issues Legislative Conference

Thomas Edison State University 111 W. State Street, Trenton, NJ, United States

What does the "Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act" mean for New Jersey?  The legislative conference educates attendees on important state legislation and policy initiatives; provides attendees with opportunities to advocate […]

Reparations for the War on Drugs

Virtual Event

Join the Movement for Black Lives, Drug Policy Alliance, Equity and Transformation, and Law 4 Black Lives on IG Live to discuss the need for Reparations for the War on […]

Freedom Rider

Elizabeth Ross Johnson Theatre, New Brunswick Performing Arts Center (NBPAC) 11 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ, United States

The Crossroads Theatre Company presents the World Premiere of a new American play FREEDOM RIDER, June 10 - June 26, 2022. Written by Kathleen McGhee-Anderson, Murray Horwitz, Nathan Louis Jackson, […]

Free Renty

Virtual Event

Free Renty tells the story of Tamara Lanier, an African American woman determined to force Harvard University to cede possession of daguerreotypes of her great-great-great grandfather, an enslaved man named Renty. […]

Introduction to Afro-Caribbean Genealogy Resources

Virtual Zoom Event

Learn how to trace your Afro-Caribbean ancestors from the West Indies, including Barbados, Jamaica, and other places. Sharon Wilkins is the President of the Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society - […]