Democracy Conversation Project

Join the Woodbury Public Library and the New Jersey Council for the Humanities as we celebrate Juneteenth together on Saturday, June 11 at 11:00 am! The event lineup includes activities for children, a poetry reading, a performance by one of Woodbury's local muses, and remarks from Councilwoman Karlene O'Connor. We'll also announce the launch of Storybox, a new NJCH campaign that will crowdsource and curate written, audio, and video reflections from New Jerseyans about the state of our democracy--and their place in it.

The Toms River branch of the Ocean County Library is pleased to present "Civic Participation in Cancer Alley" on Monday, September 12 at 7:00 pm. This hybrid public humanities program from scholar Thomas Belton will explore the environmental history of NJ and how citizens have shaped that history through activism and engagement.

Union Public Library is pleased to present the program "What's the Verdict" on Tuesday, October 11 at 7:00 pm via Zoom. Ian Drake, professor of Political Science and Law at Montclair State University, will lead attendees in considering some of the pending cases before the U.S. Supreme Court.

The East Brunswick Public Library is pleased to present the program "A Vote, A Voice: Women’s Suffrage and the Fight for Representation" on Thursday, October 20 at 6:30 pm. Scholar Lucia McMahon, PhD will speak about the long history of women’s activism over the course of the nineteenth century, to highlight the multi-faceted mosaic of the women’s suffrage movement.

Explore disability in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries with scholar Nicole Belolan, PhD, Public Historian in Residence at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Center for the Humanities (MARCH) at Rutgers University-Camden.

Explore disability in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries with scholar Nicole Belolan, PhD, Public Historian in Residence at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Center for the Humanities (MARCH) at Rutgers University-Camden.

Explore the sometimes strange progression of LGBTQ+ rights, marriage, and the law in New Jersey with NJIT historian Alison Lefkovitz during this virtual event hosted by Union Public Library.