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Past Events from April 20, 2022 – September 6, 2022 – Page 2 – Partnerships & Engagement Past Events from April 20, 2022 – September 6, 2022 – Page 2 – Partnerships & Engagement

Rutgers Newark Dialogue

    2021-2022 marks the 75th Anniversary of Rutgers University-Newark’s designation as a public institution of higher education. In this 75th anniversary, as our nation reckons with deep racial, political, and ideological fracture, our University is once again called upon, as a public, anchor institution, to provide a space for critical conversation that can lead … Read More

Newark & Its University – Part I

Celebrating Rutgers University-Newark’s 75th anniversary as a public institution also means confronting its history of exclusion. In this panel, we reflect on the mobilization that students and activists undertook in the 1960s and 1970s, and that has led the University to become more inclusive and discuss the continued efforts and challenges of ensuring that the … Read More

Newark & Its University – Part II & Opening Reception

Dialogue between Chancellor Nancy Cantor and Mayor Ras Baraka Moderator:Marcia Brown, Former Vice Chancellor for External and Governmental Relations Opening Reception6:45pm-7:30pm Refreshments will be served. REGISTER for Newark & Its University - Part II.

The Moment of Racial Reckoning

As nationwide protests raged in the summer of 2020 following the killings of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor at the hands of police, many believed that our nation was finally experiencing “a moment of racial reckoning.” In this conversation, a panel of race and ethnicity scholars situate the 2020 protests in a historical context and … Read More

Creative Practice, Activism & Dialogue

The City of Newark has a deep history of civil rights activism and socially engaged artistic practice. In this conversation, creative practitioners from different disciplines will discuss their role in both addressing and helping us understand societal fracture, and its potential to create space for voices that need to be heard, and contribute to transformation … Read More

Woman’s History Month: Campus Trailblazers , 75 years of celebration

On behalf of the RU-N Women's History Month Committee, please join us this Wednesday, March 30, 2022 during free period at 2:30pm for a virtual event, Campus Trailblazers: 75 Years of Celebration, honoring our past, present, and future sheroes!   This event features a keynote conversation with former RU-N Vice Chancellor Marcia Brown, a student panel … Read More