‘You Are Still Black’: Charlottesville’s Racial Divide Hinders Students

by lindaoppenheim | Oct 22, 2018 | Article

Erica L. Green and Annie Waldman in collaboration with ProPublica report on the historical and current conditions in the Charlottesville, Virginia public schools that reveal that sharp divide between black and white students in this university town.  One white parent...

Was Charlottesville the Exception or the Rule?

by lindaoppenheim | Sep 14, 2017 | Opinion

Poet and essayist, Claudia Rankine, answers the question in her New York Times piece. “The horror we seem to only now be noticing is an effect of our country’s longstanding commitment to white supremacy. But I am unclear about when we ever lived without its...

Memory and History: The Meaning and Future of Monuments in the Aftermath of Charlottesville. Panel Discussion, September 12

by lindaoppenheim | Sep 1, 2017 | Events

Central NJ Joining Hands in Response to Hate, September 6 at 7 p.m.

by lindaoppenheim | Aug 31, 2017 | Call to Action, Community Meeting, Events

Mayor Lempert Signs Mayors’ Compact to Combat Hate, Extremism and Bigotry

by lindaoppenheim | Aug 30, 2017 | Letter to the Editor

Here is the letter sent to Mayor Lempert by members of the Not in Our Town board and appearing in the Town Topics (Wednesday, August 30, 2017, p. 14) and U.S. 1 commending her for signing the Mayors’ Compact to Combat Hate, Extremism and Bigotry.  Thanks to...