Quote by Victor Hugo
Peace is the virtue of civilization. War is its crime.
Quote by Victor Hugo
I am adding this post in the context of the war in Ukraine and the threat to world peace caused by Russian foreign policy.
Go to postFor those who are always living in a time of fracture
In our capitalist and male dominated society, women are left to be the most vulnerable. When trying to initiate change and while engaging in dialogue, we must consider that womxn of color specifically are the backbone of our society and that they are those who are constantly 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 postImage of Murals for Justice: Newark, “Abolish White Supremacy”
Image of Murals for Justice: Newark, “Abolish White Supremacy”
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 […]
Go to postWhat does this moment/fracture mean? (Marcia Brown)
Fracture is when you get people who believe that teaching injustice is worse than living with it. (Honorable Ras J. Baraka)
What does this moment/fracture mean? (Marcia Brown)
This paraphrase is from the panel on the City of Newark and its University, March 23, 2022.
Go to postDiversity At Rutgers
Rutgers is a very diverse university and has helped me understand how people may feel when they are the minority in certain situations.
Diversity At Rutgers
Dialogue In A Time Of Fracture Workshop – Express Newark March 29, 2022
Go to postJobs After Earning A Degree
A job in your field is not guaranteed even after earning your hard earned degree!
Jobs After Earning A Degree
Dialogue In A Time Of Fracture Workshop – Express Newark March 29, 2022
Go to postDialogue Workshop – Extending the Conversation
White gaze needs to be deconstructed.
Dialogue Workshop – Extending the Conversation
Quote from a political science student who participated in the Dialogue Workshop on March 29, 2022.
Go to postDiscussion in Socio Economic challenges for Color Communities
People of Color Don’t Need Extracurricular Classes
Discussion in Socio Economic challenges for Color Communities
Workshop Dialogue. Discussion of personal experiences with Socio economic challenges such as not having educational resources or budget cuts at schools in Newark because of their race and income, as well as the need for change and representation in the education realm.
Go to postOne Property at a Time: A City Tries to Revive Without Gentrifying.
One Property at a Time: A City Tries to Revive Without Gentrifying.
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.
Go to postIs the American Dream real or just a pipeline?
Is the American Dream real or just a pipeline?
A common consensus on the falsehoods of the American Dream
Go to postWhat would it look like if Rutgers valued diversity?
Rutgers University is the most diverse university in the USA, and it should federally advocate and lobby for its diversified students!
What would it look like if Rutgers valued diversity?
Diverse students at Rutgers notice how Rutgers Newark openly promotes its diversity yet fails to offer inclusive, safe spaces and resources.
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 postLayqa Nuna Yawar’s Radical Impermanence mural in Newark, NJ.
Layqa Nuna Yawar’s Radical Impermanence mural in Newark, NJ.
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.
Go to postOver 350 Groups Urge US House Leadership To Back H.R. 40
We, the undersigned organizations, firmly believe that addressing pervasive anti-Black racism and providing reparations, long overdue, cannot wait another day, month, year, or decade. We are in a once-in-a-lifetime moment that we cannot let slip away if we are to begin the process of righting the country’s wrongs. Voters will remember what Congress did and did not do when it had the power to act. It has that power now. It should ask itself: How do we want history to remember us?
Over 350 Groups Urge US House Leadership To Back H.R. 40
Letter to Speaker Pelosi, Majority Leader Hoyer, Majority Whip Clyburn, Minority Leader McCarthy, and Honorable Members of the House of Representatives urged Congress to immediately bring House Resolution (H.R.) 40, the Commission to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African-Americans Act, to a full vote on the House floor.
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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