by lindaoppenheim | Jun 19, 2018 | Awards
Not in Our Town Princeton recognized 10 Princeton young people who are working to combat prejudice and promote racial unity at its 2018 Unity Awards 20th Anniversary Event on June 10 at the Carl A. Fields Center for Equality and Cultural Understanding at Princeton...
by lindaoppenheim | Apr 30, 2018 | Awards
Kidsbridge invites youth in grades 3-8 in New Jersey to participate in the First Annual Allison Vandal UPstander Challenge. What is this, you ask? To honor the memory of Allison Vandal, a very creative and giving teen who left us far too soon, this challenge is meant...
by lindaoppenheim | Apr 21, 2018 | Awards, Events
The Learning Cooperatives’ annual Celebration of Self-Directed Learning will be recognizing the amazing work of Priya Vulchi and Winona Guo who co-founded CHOOSE while still in high school, an organization dedicated to providing the tools to discuss race and...
by lindaoppenheim | Jun 11, 2017 | Awards
Not in Our Town Princeton (NIOT) honored five students at the annual Unity Award ceremony and reception on June 11 at Princeton University’s Friend Center. Joanne Adebayo, Luis Estrada, Matthew Hawes, Korein Ammons, and Isabelle Tilney-Sandberg received cash...
by lindaoppenheim | Jun 6, 2017 | Awards, News
Dr. Ruha Benjamin, Assistant Professor of African American Studies at Princeton University and presenter for and friend of Not in Our Town, was one of four faculty members receiving the University’s President’s Award for Distinguished Teaching at Commencement...
by lindaoppenheim | Apr 7, 2017 | Awards
Forward Promise, led by Dr. Howard Stevenson, will award grants to organizations, support field-building efforts, and disseminate timely research to support organizations seeking to promote the health and success of boys and young men of color. It is backed by a $12...