Restoring Hope and Health Through Poetry
Join acclaimed poets Patrick Rosal and Shawn R. Jones for a healing workshop that will encourage participants to take an unflinching look at personal and collective traumas and create a roadmap for hope.
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Community History Showcase
https://njhumanities.org/event/community-history-showcase-2/Join us for this showcase of projects created by the participants in NJCH’s most recent Community History cohort. This virtual event will give you an opportunity to learn about how […]
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Democracy Conversation Project Program: “We the People…Wait, Which People?”
Montville Township Public Library 90 Horseneck Rd., Montville, NJ, United StatesWe’ve all heard those first three words of the preamble of the Constitution. But what does that mean? And can “We the people” mean different things at different times to different people? Join Dr. Christopher Fisher at Montville Township Public Library for an exploration of these complex historical topics.
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“Visualizing Democracy” Information Session
Join NJCH program staff to learn more about “Visualizing Democracy: Contemporary Conversations,” an initiative seeking digital projects that will explore, curate, and visualize a recently created “conversation” archive on the state of democracy within New Jersey and beyond. This information session will review program and eligibility guidelines, application process, and timeline, and we will leave plenty of time for Q&A.
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Three Early Black American Women in Words: A Literary Historic Houses Tour
Wallace House & Old Dutch Parsonage State Historic Sites 71 Somerset Street, Somerville, NJ, United StatesNJCH is proud to sponsor this tour of Wallace House & Old Dutch Parsonage introducing the works of three early Black American women in words—Phillis Wheatley, Hetty Saunders, and Sojourner Truth.
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Out-of-Doors Evening Redwood Reading Room
Wallace House & Old Dutch Parsonage State Historic Sites 71 Somerset Street, Somerville, NJ, United StatesNJCH is a proud sponsor of the Wallace House & Old Dutch Parsonage State Historic Sites’ “out-of-doors” reading room, where visitors will read and discuss selected passages from an historic author.
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Living History Visit with Sojourner Truth
Wallace House & Old Dutch Parsonage State Historic Sites 71 Somerset Street, Somerville, NJ, United StatesNJCH is proud to sponsor this Living History Visit with Sojourner Truth, as portrayed by Dr. Daisy Century.
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Philosophy Walk-and-Talk: “Perception and Nature”
Cheesequake State Park 300 Gordon Rd, Matawan, NJ, United StatesJoin Middlesex College philosophy professors Giuseppe Rotolo and Anthony Celi for a guided hike and discussion on the topic of perception and nature.
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“Slavery, It Happened Here, Too – Stories from New Jersey”
Grounds for Sculpture 80 Sculptors Way, Hamilton Township, NJ, United StatesNJCH is proud to sponsor the Sankofa Collaborative‘s June 6 workshop “Slavery, It Happened Here, Too – Stories from New Jersey.”
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In the Weeds – The Grey Areas: Incorporating the Humanities in Arts & Social Service Organizations
(In-person) You don’t have to have a humanities mission to find value in the humanities. Learn from some of the arts and social service organizations who have incorporated the humanities into their work. And join us for an ice cream social afterwards!
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“For the Love of Art” Juneteenth Celebration
Montclair Art Museum 3 South Mountain Avenue, Montclair, NJ, United StatesNJCH is proud to sponsor Empower the Village’s “For the Love of Art” Juneteenth celebration on June 16th and 17th at Montclair Art Museum.
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“For the Love of Art” Juneteenth Celebration
Montclair Art Museum 3 South Mountain Avenue, Montclair, NJ, United StatesNJCH is proud to sponsor Empower the Village’s “For the Love of Art” Juneteenth celebration on June 16th and 17th at Montclair Art Museum.
