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ALBC National Town Hall - Newark

Date:	2009-11-12
Event Type:	ALBC Event
Location:	The Newark Museum
City:	Newark
State	New Jersey
Event Info:	ALBC National Town Hall - Newark Theme: The Humane City: Race, Ethnicity, and Freedom in Urban America Thursday, November 12, 2009 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. Reception to Follow Free and open to the public RSVP at www.LincolnLivesOn.com Follow us on Twitter @lincoln200yrs The Newark Museum The Billy Johnson Auditorium 49 Washington Street Newark, NJ 07102 The town hall will feature a panel discussion on successful mobilization of the city’s physical, financial and intellectual resources to build a compassionate city where the challenges of diversity and social justice are confronted on the streets, in the schools and in the halls of power. Panelists: James O. Horton ALBC Commissioner and Benjamin Banneker Professor of American Studies and History, George Washington University; Historian Emeritus, Smithsonian National Museum of American History Eric Foner DeWitt Clinton Professor of History at Columbia University Nancy Foner Distinguished Professor of Sociology, Hunter College and the Graduate Center, City University of New York Jeff Johnson Award-winning journalist, social activist and political commentator Pedro A. Noguera Peter L. Agnew Professor of Education at New York University; Executive Director, Metropolitan Center for Urban Education; co-Director of the Institute for the study of Globalization and Education in Metropolitan Settings Maria Vizcarrondo Director, Newark Department of Child and Family Well-Being Deborah Willis, Eminent photographer and historian of photography, will present, “Lincoln as Monument, Lincoln as Icon,” a discussion on perceptions of Lincoln through art and photography in communities from 1870 to the present. Docent-led tours of the Historic Courthouse and photo opportunities at the Borglum statue of Lincoln will be available prior to the lecture. The Essex County Historic Courthouse, Room 200 October 28, 2009 at 6:00 p.m. For more information, please call (888) 591-6163 The ALBC Town Hall Series is made possible with support from the Fetzer Institute. Co-conveners to date: Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission of New Jersey Center for Race and Ethnicity, Rutgers-NB Exploritas Honors College, Rutgers-Newark Institute on Ethnicity, Culture, and the Modern Experience, Rutgers - Newark Ironbound Community Corporation New Community Corporation New Jersey Historical Society Newark Museum Newark Public Schools New Jersey Council for the Humanities Office for Academic and Public Partnerships, Rutgers-NB Paul Robeson Cultural Center, Rutgers-NB Rutgers University Institute on Ethnicity, Culture, and the Modern Experience <<< Return to the Town Halls home page