Festival of Colors
Festival of Colors
Photo from National Geographic about the Hindu celebration of spring, Holi. I am adding this image because Rutgers Newark Encourages students to embrace their religious celebrations. Holi: The Festival of Colors was celebrated on campus, It offered opportunity to teach others about Hindu culture and religion, which created a strong sense of community and belonging.
Go to postFor those who are always living in a time of fracture
For those who are always living in a time of fracture
I feel as though this contribution is necessary to get other contributors/viewers to consider those who are most vulnerable really in any society. Once this shift in thinking is facilitated, then that's when we can truly begin to change as a society and give a seat to those who are most marginalized.
Go to postIs Up to You to Stop That
Is Up to You to Stop That
Members of the Rutgers community have come together to call for change as protests against police violence and racism sparked by the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis police custody continue nationwide.
Go to postBlacks Students Are What Made Rutgers Newark What It Is Today
Blacks Students Are What Made Rutgers Newark What It Is Today
At Rutgers University Newark, Black students' protests and activism is what made the school what it is today.
Go to postDialogue Workshop – Extending the Conversation
Dialogue Workshop – Extending the Conversation
Quote from a political science student who participated in the Dialogue Workshop on March 29, 2022.
Go to postDialogue Workshop – Extending the Conversation
Dialogue Workshop – Extending the Conversation
Quote from a political science student who participated in the Dialogue Workshop on March 29, 2022.
Go to postWhat’s the difference between being Latinx and being Hispanic?
What’s the difference between being Latinx and being Hispanic?
Dialogue workshop. “The difference between being Latinx and being Hispanic is that when somebody identifies himself as Hispanic, it aligns him/herself with Europeans. On the other hand, when someone identifies itself as Latino, it aligns with African American ancestry”.
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Will You Be My Monument
Will You Be My Monument
Will You Be My Monument is a collaboration between writer Salamishah Tillet of New Arts Justice at Rutgers University – Newark, designer Chantal Fischzang, and photographer Scheherazade Tillet. This public art installation was inspired by the City of Newark’s removal of the Columbus statue in Washington Park on June 25, 2020. Featuring a photograph by […]
Go to postBill of sale for Mark for $20 until he turns 25
Bill of sale for Mark for $20 until he turns 25
Image from the Digital Archive: Scarlet + Black Citation: Neilson, James, “Bill of sale for Mark for $20 until he turns 25,” Scarlet and Black Digital Archive, Rutgers University, accessed March 5, 2022, From the Digital Archive: James Neilson (1784-1862) sells a black man named Mark to Abraham Veghte for a term of five years […]
Go to postCity of Newark Mayor Ras Baraka and Community Members during Murals for Justice: Newark
City of Newark Mayor Ras Baraka and Community Members during Murals for Justice: Newark
City of Newark Mayor Ras Baraka and community members collaborate on ground murals.
Go to postNDN Collective on Another Year of Impact and Building Indigenous Power
NDN Collective on Another Year of Impact and Building Indigenous Power
In the four years since NDN Collective officially launched as a movement-building organization, we have been honored to build Indigenous power alongside our People and our communities. Since our inception as an organization, we have taken an ecosystem approach to build Indigenous power with different entities within the collective working in tandem to support and […]
Go to postAmplifying Black Artists; Black Voices.
Amplifying Black Artists; Black Voices.
Brooklyn-based artist, MILO MATTHIEU presents an organic introspection of the self, understood broadly in the academic field and brought straight to the canvas. Matthieu’s complex works check in with deep philosophical questions of identity and self-perception. Through a diverse palette of earth tones and primary colors, collage, and other forms of mixed media, Matthieu is […]
Go to postBill of Sale for Teunis
Bill of Sale for Teunis
Joseph T. Baldwin sold a 26 year old man to James Neilson for $125. The date was 1814-04-20, in Newark, NJ. Here is the full text: Know all men by these Presents that I Joseph T. Baldwin of the Township of Newark in the County of Essex, For under consideration of the sum of One […]
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