An article today in the New York Times talking about steps that the International Court of Justice in The Hague on Thursday, including ordering Israel to take concrete steps to ensure humanitarian aid reaches Gaza. Famine is setting in.
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This is one of the many articles coming out every day about the war in the Middle East. I’m finding that one’s emotions are all over the place trying to figure who is most at fault. Looking to many different new sources. This is just one.
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Gary Santos Mendoza said: For me, it means being a visual representation of success for my Ecuadorian and Puerto Rican family and chosen family. My family's sacrifice to develop me through tradition, love, and discipline turned me into the person I am. In addition, the feeling of empowerment to be comfortable in my skin to […]
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Article about pro-ROE rally at Rutgers University-Newark
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Article about protest in Newark, NJ right after the overturn of ROE. My community is up in arms as we should be!
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Article by the Times Photography Staff about the different ways newspapers across the country represented the overturn of ROE. — Excerpt: Newspaper websites across the country covered the U.S. Supreme Court’s overturning of abortion rights with banner headlines and large photos. Some featured multiple stories, others fewer. Some sites downplayed, while others blew out the […]
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This image is an Instagram post by Bonnie Siegler whose firm designed the book – caption below. After the US Supreme Court overturned ROE and took away women’s rights, this book and its perspective seem very important. — “This incredible new book clearly and simply explains why and how men are responsible for every unwanted […]
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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.
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Image is from the exhibition Rutgers African American Alumni Gallery: The Forerunner Generation by Beatrice J. Adams and Jesse Bayker. From the Exhibit: James Dickson Carr was the first African American student to graduate from Rutgers. He was born on September 28th, 1868, in Baltimore, Maryland, to Thomas Carr, a Presbyterian minister, and Mary Louise […]
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On Saturday, June 27th 2021, the words “ABOLISH WHITE SUPREMACY” were painted in bright yellow 25ft high letters on Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard between the Essex County Historic Courthouse and Veterans’ Courthouse. On Halsey Street, east of the Rutgers campus, the words “ALL BLACK LIVES MATTER” takes up another city block. These powerful […]
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In 1960 for federal Marshall’s escorted Ruby Bridges to a segregated school in Louisiana. This week (03/21/22) Ketanji Brown Jackson was escorted to Supreme Court Confirmation hearings as the first Black woman nominated to America’s highest court.
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Dialogue workshop. “It is important to have individuals who represent your own culture, who inspire you, who you can identify with”.
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Her hearing shows how the intersectionality of a person’s identity can influence how they are treated.
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Newark promotes being proud of who you are, to be their authentic selves, and proud of where they come from.
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Diversity can be impaired by split-second decisions triggered by biases. We all are capable of impeding diversity because of our narrow experiences and takes on the world. Family, culture and environment all play a part in how we make sense of everything. When it comes to the inability to practice empathy, lack of exposure to […]
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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.
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At Rutgers University Newark, Black students' protests and activism is what made the school what it is today.
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Dialogue workshop. Discussion about the Latino representation in the media. It is common in many Latino cultures to create stigmas on their own race. The lighter you are, the higher your status, your beauty. This is a common representation in the media, where in telenovelas or soap operas the most important characters are always played […]
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During A Dialogue in a Time of Fracture Workshop, female students discussed that Rutgers Newark was not providing enough outlets for women when it comes to physical and mental health. There is a major lack in diversity when in comes to female physicians, and women are feeling left behind and ostracized. They feel Rutgers needs […]
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Rutgers University- Newark promotes the integration of its students into the community after their educational careers. The goal is to revitalize the city by breeding opportunity within its limits, but at what point will revitalization disadvantage lower income, or Newark natives.
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Discussion at RU-N Dialogue at Express Newark. Participants spoke about the difficulties of assimilating into the norms and customs of the dominant society as an immigrant while maintaining indigenous cultures.
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Apart from RU-N Dialogue at Express Newark, 03/29/22
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Photo of Creative Practice, Activism & Dialogue Panel: pictured are Chantal Fischzang, Colleen Gutwein, Akil Kumarasamy, Stefon Harris, Jennifer Bernstein.
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Photo of Professor Jennifer Bernstein introducing the last panel of the symposium
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Access to opportunities are not afforded to students of older demographics comparatively to that of normal aged students. Access to faculty and resources during normal business hours prove it difficult for adult learners who have regular 9-5 jobs. Also, opportunities such as internships are seen as not as accessible for adult leaners due to the […]
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A common consensus on the falsehoods of the American Dream
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This school loves to talk about diversity as a selling point and use our diverse backgrounds/cultures as props. When it comes to the representation and supporting their students they don’t care. Such as not having school events around diversity or representation.
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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 […]
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Image on the cover of HR40 & Reparations Tool Kit by the ACLU. Excerpt from the Tool Kit: HR 40: WHAT IS IT, AND HOW DO WE PASS IT? H.R. 40 is a Congressional bill that seeks to explore reparations for slavery and address how slavery and its legacy have deeply harmed generations of Black […]
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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 […]
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On Saturday, June 27th 2021, the words “ABOLISH WHITE SUPREMACY” were painted in bright yellow 25ft high letters on Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard between the Essex County Historic Courthouse and Veterans’ Courthouse. On Halsey Street, east of the Rutgers campus, the words “ALL BLACK LIVES MATTER” takes up another city block. These powerful […]
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City of Newark Mayor Ras Baraka and community members collaborate on ground murals.
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Theater in Newark that opened in 1886 under the name of “H.C. Miner’s Newark Theatre.” After renovations in the 1930’s the theatre was named Paramount. It closed in 1986 as a result of skyrocketing insurance rates.
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Radical Impermanence (2018) by Layqa Nuna Yawar, for a citywide mural project, honors famous artistic Newarkers like Sarah Vaughan, Whitney Houston and Philip Roth (who called “radical impermanence” an enduring American tradition.) Photo Credit: Simbarashe Cha for The New York Times.
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Image accompanying the article Reparations need to be part of the conversation about racial justice by Nichole Nelson published in The Washington Post.
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Abortion Is Normal is an exhibition organized by a collective of cultural practitioners as an urgent call-to-action exhibition to raise both awareness and funding in support of accessible, safe, and legal abortion. This show comes at a time when legal abortion is under acute attack throughout the United States. Simultaneously, the 1973 landmark ruling, Roe […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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Image published in the article Mapping a Plan for Reparations in the Twenty-First Centuryby Ashley Dennis, published in Black Perspectives, published by AAIHS.
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This Dorothea Lange image was included in the article “George Takei got reparations. He says they strengthen the integrity of America” by Neda Ulaby on opb.org
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Image included in an article in Newark Arts about the Harriet Tubman Monument Project.
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The Declaration of Independence states the principles on which our government, and our identity as Americans, are based. Unlike the other founding documents, the Declaration of Independence is not legally binding, but it is powerful. Abraham Lincoln called it “a rebuke and a stumbling-block to tyranny and oppression.” It continues to inspire people around the […]
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This image accompanies the NPR article “Americans are divided on abortion. The Supreme Court may not wait for minds to change” by Julie Rovner. Image caption: “Demonstrators gathered in front of the U.S. Supreme Court as the justices heard arguments in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health, a case about a Mississippi law that bans most […]
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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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Double-sided flyer for a December 22, 1969, event with Charles “Poppy” Sharp, chairman of the Black People’s Unity Movement (BPUM) in Camden, sponsored by the United Black Front. The front of the flyer has an image of Sharp and event details. The back of the page reads “Fight Racism Support the Black Community” and tells […]
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