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Category Archives: Faith and Social Justice
Moral Mondays on Friday: Reverend William Barber, a civil rights leader and president of the North Carolina NAACP, will speak on Moral Mondays, a grassroots movement against conservative politics, at 6 p.m. Friday, Nov. 15, in McCosh Hall, Room 50.
A bully? Igcognito vs Martin: Analysis by Clarence Lang, a labor expert who is African American.
Boots on the Ground in Civilian Life: A new program, funded by Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, employs veterans to help New Jersey residents negotiate the new health care plan. An all round win.
i PUT THE WRONG TIME, IT IS AT 5:30, NOT 7:30
Count on Eddie Moore to call it like it is — who gets to use the N word, and when? Ever? He speaks on Thursday, November 14, at 5:30 p.m. at the Carl Fields Center.
Breakfast with the real Tony Auth
“I don’t try to be balanced,” says former Inquirer cartoonist Tony Auth. “I try to tell the truth as I see it.” Auth will speak and show his Pulitzer Prize-winning drawings at the Princeton Chamber’s breakfast this Wednesday, November 13 at 7:30 a.m. at the Nassau Club. Cost: $25 for members.
For an example of his work, here is his cut-to-the-bone Veteran’s Day cartoon. Now Auth is digital artist-in-residence for WHYY’s NewsWorks.org blog, Behind the Lines, where he uses a $5 app on his iPad to pioneer in online cartooning. After appearing on NewsWorks, his cartoons are syndicated across the country. His topic on Wednesday: Sacred Cows Make the Best Hamburger: A political cartoonists observations of the absurdities and ridiculousness of the past several years.
For more than 40 years Inquirer readers “had breakfast” with his cartoons. Now we can have breakfast with the real Tony Auth.
Day is Done . . .
Above, the MIA table, set for one.
We observed a Veterans Day with a long-time friend at the Washington Crossing National Cemetery, which was recently established but is filling up all too quickly.
It was a reverent and moving ceremony with some wonderful musical selections, particularly those by soprano Tiffany Pao and trumpeters Tom Molnar and Kathleen McCall, who did an echo version of Taps. Here are some of the photos.
Cantor David Wisnia, an 86-year-old Auschwitz escapee who found his way to — and fought with — the 101st Airborne Division, gave a moving sung-and-translated Aaron’s blessing. He is the father of Rabbi Eric Wisnia who leads Congregation Beth Chaim.
“May the Lord bless us and keep us and cause his face to shine upon us and be gracious unto us . . . “
Sam Daley-Harris will speak at the One Table Café, this Friday, November 15, at Trinity Church, 233 Mercer Street, Princeton, 6:30 p.m. To make a reservation for dinner, please call 609-924-2277 ext. 352.
His latest oped is here.
A Princeton resident and author of “Reclaiming Democracy: Healing the Break Between People and Government,” he founded RESULTS, a citizens advocacy group focused on ending poverty. He also founded the Microcredit Summit Campaign and the Center for Citizen Empowerment and Transformation.
Jazz for Congo Charities
The Democratic Republic of Congo is one of the worst places in the world to be a woman. But as peace talks begin there, a concert in Princeton offers a glimmer of hope to women in the DRC. Karrin Allyson, a Grammy award-nominated artist, presents jazz ranging from John Coltrane to Elton John in “A Song for Congo” on Thursday, November 14, at 7 p.m. The concert, which takes place at a private Princeton clubhouse, benefits charities in the DRC, including Women, Cradle of Abundance, and UFAR, United Front Against Riverblindness. Refreshments will be served. Tickets are $60, $30 for students, and $250 for sponsors and may be reserved at http://www.womancradleofabundance.org/getinvolved.
Based in the capital city of Kinshasa, Woman, Cradle of Abundance provides a community where women gather to share their stories and envision breaking the cycle of poverty and violence. Founded in 1999 by an ecumenical group of Congolese women. it supports a sewing school where girls learn a marketable trade, enabling them to earn a living wage, support a family, and educate their children. Other projects include education in reading and writing as well as economic literacy, micro-finance opportunities for women, school uniforms and tuition fees for destitute children. medical care and support for women and children living with HIV / AIDS, and counseling for survivors of rape and forced prostitution.
Founded by Lawrenceville resident Daniel Shungu, UFAR is the African-inspired, nonprofit charitable organization that aims – in partnership with other organizations — to eradicate onchocerciasis, a major public health problem in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Though the medicine for riverblindness is provided free by Merck & Co., distributing it to remote villages costs 58 cents per person per year for 10 years. One-third of the 60 million people in that country are at risk for getting riverblindness, which starts with a rash and leads to sight loss, forcing children to leave school to care for parents.
It’s a rare opportunity to hear the Karrin Allyson, whose latest album, Yuletide Hideway, was just released. The New York Times said she was “a complete artist — one of the jazz world’s finest.”
One Simple Wish: one dynamic woman
Danielle Gletow is one of the most compelling speakers I have ever heard. Shown above on the left at a WIBA event, she speaks at the Princeton Chambertoday, November 7, at the lunch at the Forrestal Marriott.
Formerly a marketing executive at Rosetta, She has a heartrending story about foster care but is doing an amazing job, through the charity she founded (One Simple Wish) of helping children in foster care. You’ll be glad you heard this CNN Hero, who says “achievement should be measured in love — how much you are willing to give.”
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