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Itzel Perez Hernandez, an Advocacy Corps organizer with the American Friends Service Committee on National Legislation and Brookdale Community College alumna, will give a special presentation on September 27 highlighting the political history of DACA and Advance Parole, and how non-citizens have been and can be powerful actors in our democratic process.

Join author and historian Jane Scimeca for a special presentation on "New Jersey's First Lady" Geraldine Livingston Thompson, a pioneering 20th-century feminist, philanthropist, and social reformer.

"Voices and Votes: Democracy in America," a traveling exhibit based on a major exhibition currently on display at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History, will be on display at Union College in Cranford from October 10 to November 18.

"Student Voices at Union College" is a digital display, created by students, that focuses on the conversation around the Vietnam War, race relations, and women’s issues in the 1960-70s at the college. Using student newspapers from the Union College Archives, the project imagines the opinions expressed in various articles and editorials as Twitter threads.

Join the Union College community for a presentation, "Newark’s Columbus Statue and the Colossus of Staten Island," by UC faculty members Phillip Papas and Michele Rotunda.

Join Union College for a public opening reception for the Smithsonian's "Voices and Votes: Democracy in America" exhibit at UC on Wednesday, October 12, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the Student Commons.

What better way to spend Halloween than to learn about the history behind one of New Jersey’s scariest legends? Join Union College for a special presentation on Jersey Devil folklore by Kean University professor Brian Regal.

On Election Day, join Union College for a theatrical performance of "The Remarkable Susan," a courtroom drama dealing with the trial of suffragist Susan B. Anthony.

Celebrate National Native American Heritage Month at Union College with a presentation, "It Wasn’t Just Greece – Evidence for Democracy in Native Amerindian Societies," by historian Joseph M. Margiotta, MA.

"Voices and Votes: Democracy in America," a traveling exhibit based on a major exhibition currently on display at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History, will be on display at Middlesex College from December 1, 2022 to January 6, 2023 at the Studio Theatre Gallery.

Thomas Mundy Peterson is celebrated as the first African American to vote under the Fifteenth Amendment. This presentation by Gordon Bond, independent historian and publisher of NJ history website Garden State Legacy, will introduce attendees to Peterson’s life, as detailed in Bond’s latest book.

Join Dr. Lucia McMahon, Professor and Department Chair of History at William Paterson University, for an exploration of the multi-faceted mosaic of the women’s suffrage movement and the long history of women's activism over the course of the 19th century.