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Ponder on the N-Word: May 23 and 24

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“Our dysfunction around race, racism and the N-word not only reflects our inability to collectively deal with nuance, it also shows how our creative energies are diminished because of this fiction called race.”  DSCF7019 poster cropped

So says Rhinold L2014 ponder posteramar Ponder, who has a two-day exhibition of art, poetry, rap, and music, The Rise and Fall of the N-word: Beyond Black and White, at the Carl Fields Center next weekend, Friday and Saturday, May 23 and 24. In addition to Ponder’s paintings, the show includes poetry, rap, a DJ — and logos he commissioned from artists around the world, pictured above.

For details click here.

Ponder says this world needs a public language and environment to honestly and productively discuss the issues of race.

Such an environment does exist in Princeton, I believe. Cosponsored by Not In Out Town and the Princeton Public Library, a forum called Continuing Conversations on Race and White Privilege is held on first Mondays at 7 p.m. at the library, October through June. These forums offer a friendly and confidential place to talk about important but often controversial subjects. The next Continuing Conversation is June 2.

This just in from my friend Eileen. . . . 

Please join us on June 10 to market your business at this business showcase. Become a sponsor or reserve a table, and share this email with friends and business network groups.

With your support and a little help from my friends, this year’s event will be a truly memorable success. Thanks!

Regards,  

 

Eileen N. Sinett

Chair, Plainsboro Business Partnership
CEO, Speaking that Connects

      Click Here for Sponsor & Table Registration Form

Click Here for Online Registration

Small Treasures and Where to Find Them

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Have talk, will travel. Current fave topic:  the world’s smallest antique, buttons.

Carol Meszaros and I will  talk about button collecting at the Lawrence Library on Thursday, May 8, at 7 p.m.  Everybody will have a “hands-on experience” and get to take some buttons home.

Another chance to learn about, and acquire button treasures, is at the New Jersey State Button Society show and sale to be held this Saturday, May 10, 9 to 4. It is at the Union Fire Company on River Road in Titusville, admission $2.

Carol, on2014 4 26 carol NancyBriggsMoss Alice Cruser the left in this picture, is looking through the button jars of Nancy Briggs Moser and Alice Cruser, who attended a talk we  gave at Kuser Farm Mansion last month.

For the Thursday talk, the headquarters branch of the Mercer County Library system is just off Business Route 1 on Darrah Lane. You can also get there from Princeton Pike.

If you have always wondered about your grandmother’s button jar, join us!

Eisgruber Bleeds Orange?

Around Town, Business,

President-Elect Chris EisgruberChristian Eisgruber, the new president of Princeton University, speaks at the Princeton Regional Chamber lunch on Thursday, May 8, at the Forrestal Marriott.

Raised Catholic, he recently discovered that he has Jewish heritage, and now describes himself as a non-theist Jew.

Another intriguing factoid: he used to teach a seminar on the Supreme Court and I’ll bet he has a strong opinion about the Court’s ruling on affirmative action. One of his missions as provost was to increase diversity on campus.

He’s the first president in 25 years to be an alumnus of the university: he is Class of 1989.

It was Jo Butler versus Bernie Miller and Sue Nemeth in the Democratic primary debate for Princeton Council, staged by the League of Women Voters. Click here to see and hear the dialogue.

My neighbor, Shane Farrell, emailed me about events showcasing Andrew Zwicker, running for Rush Holt’s Congressional seat. Fortunately, today’s issue of U.S. 1 tells me what I need to know about him. Click here.

Tonight, Wednesday, April 30, at 7:30 p.m. he will be at Princeton University’s Whig Hall Senate Chamber speaking with the Princeton College Democrats and the American Whig-Cliosophic Society of Princeton.

Tomorrow, Thursday, May 1, 7 p.m. he will be one of the candidates at ACLU primary debate at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Princeton. Registration is encouraged: Click here.

Other events are mentioned in the U.S. 1 story.

Zwicker’s opponents include two formidable women: Linda Greenstein and Bonnie Watson Coleman. But — like Holt, he is a product of Princeton Plasma Physics Lab. He is indeed a rocket scientist.

Surging Seas: Predictions for the Jersey Shore

Surging Seas, a new website, lets you forecast how rising tides will affect your waterfront property on the Jersey shore.

An article in USA Today, just in time for Earth Day, tells about this database compiled by the not-for-profit Climate Central, based at Palmer Square.

Against Racism: Princeton Students Speak

Faith and Social Justice,

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Click on I, Too, Am Princeton.

If you look at the first photo, you can’t NOT page to the end. Please look, please think.

The introduction:

“In the wake of a post-racial ideology circulating in our society today, it is imperative that the light of the struggles that categorize this nation is not erased. With this circulation also comes the muting of the voices that make up the sound of the U.S. This is an opportunity to turn the volume back up….”

April 25: Stand Against Racism

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Everyone is invited to the 7th annual Stand Against Racism on Friday, April 25, from 5:45 to 8 p.m. at the Hinds Plaza, outside Princeton Public Library. Participants will make a pledge and sign a banner.

There will be music and messages, followed by a discussion inside the community room at the library. This event has been arranged by the Princeton YWCA and the Princeton Human Services Commission and it is co-sponsored by Not in Our Town and its member congregations. So come on out to this inspiring community event!