by lindaoppenheim | Apr 30, 2014 | Events, The New Jim Crow
League of Women Voters Candidate Night for those running for Princeton Town Council: When: April 30, 2014 (Wed.) 7 PM Where: Witherspon Hall, Witherspoon St. at Valley Road, Princeton ACLU 12th Congressional District Candidate Debate on issues relating to Civil Rights...
by lindaoppenheim | Apr 16, 2014 | Events
“Affordable Housing Opportunities and Challenges in Princeton ” A round table presented by the League of Women Voters Panel Participants: Edward Truscelli, Princeton Community Housing (moderator) Arnaz Yousafzai, Princeton Community Housing Christy...
by lindaoppenheim | Apr 10, 2014 | Events, The New Jim Crow
“Beyond Prisons: Faithfully Confronting the Challenges of Mass Imprisonment” — hosted by the Reformed Church of Highland Park (19 2nd Ave., Highland park, NJ 08904). Friday 6:30-10:00 p.m. there will be a screening of the acclaimed documentary The House I Live...
by lindaoppenheim | Apr 9, 2014 | Events
We don’t usually think of New Jersey as a slave state, Elaine Buck and Beverly Mills told an interviewer, Caroline Katmann. But slavery was present here since the 17th century. The governor enticed settlers with the offer of slaves — one slave for every 75...
by lindaoppenheim | Mar 18, 2014 | Events, Opinion, The New Jim Crow
March 24, Monday–PANEL DISCUSSION: America Imprisoned, 4:30 p.m., Princeton University, Dodds Auditorium, Woodrow Wilson School, Prospect St., Princeton. Reception to immediately follow at 6 p.m. in the Bernstein Gallery downstairs where there is an art exhibit:...
by lindaoppenheim | Mar 6, 2014 | Awards, Events, Stand Against Racism, The New Jim Crow
Barbara Flythe, a co-founder of Not in Our Town, is being honored at the Princeton YWCA Twin Award Event tonight. For the full write-up click here. To quote: A widow and mother of three, Barbara truly embodies the YWCA’s mission of Eliminating Racism and...
