Racial Healing: Practical Activities to Help You Explore Racial Privilege, Confront Systemic Racism, and Engage in Collective Healing In this session, Anneliese Singh describes core racial healing strategies that people can practice in the aim of collective racial justice and liberation. In doing so, Singh invites people to explore their own racial healing so they […]
It’s just like book club but with albums! With new advances in technology, the way we consume music through our devices, apps and on demand streaming services like Pandora, Spotify and iTunes is making the idea of the “album” as an art form extinct. Get together with other music enthusiasts on Tuesday nights to discuss some of the greatest records of all-time! Listen to the album beforehand and then come prepared to discuss. This event will feature Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong’s Ella & Louis.
Join us for Tuesday Night Book Club! Hosted by Monmouth University’s Ken Womack. This month’s novel is Zora Neale Hurston’s Their Eyes Were Watching God. One of the most important and enduring books of the twentieth century, Their Eyes Were Watching God brings to life a Southern love story with the wit and pathos found only in the writing of Zora Neale Hurston. Out of print for almost thirty years—due largely to initial audiences’ rejection of its strong black female protagonist—Hurston’s classic has since its 1978 reissue become perhaps the most widely read and highly acclaimed novel in the canon of African-American literature.
Presented by The Intercultural Center, Alumni Engagement and Annual Giving, and Career Development Join us for a panel discussion with Black Alumni as they share their stories from college to career, obstacles they had to overcome and offer advice on how to prepare for a successful career. All alumni are invited to attend the panel […]
Join us for a night of celebrating Black Excellence. This formal event will celebrate the accomplishments of the Black Student Union and honor students, staff and alumni for their contributions and support this academic year.
June 26, 2024 6 p.m. – Alumni Reception | Library 7 p.m. – Performance: Gem of the Ocean | The Joan and Robert Rechnitz Theater Two River Theater 21 Bridge Ave, Red Bank, NJ 07701 Free tickets for Monmouth Alumni Join us for August Wilson’s “Gem of the Ocean”, directed by Delicia Turner Sonnenberg. An […]
In an effort to continue to create meaningful connections for historically underrepresented alumni (including, but not limited to, Asian/Asian American, Black, Latinx, LGBTQ+) in both professional and social settings, a breakfast will be held at the Intercultural Center the morning of Homecoming. Kick off your Homecoming day at the Intercultural Center!
Social Justice Academy Professional Development Series Fall 2024 Series A Conversation with Ruby Bridges in recognition of the 70th Anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education Co-moderated by Vernon Smith, Ph.D., and Zaneta Rago-Craft, Ph.D. Co-sponsored with the Monmouth University Intercultural Center Ruby Bridges is a civil rights icon, activist, author, and speaker who at […]
Race and the Freedom to Learn Cosponsored by the William Monroe Trotter Institute for the Study of Black Culture at UMass Boston Location: Monmouth University Campus The freedom to learn has been inextricably linked to race across time and space. From the era of enslavement in the Americas to book burning in Nazi Germany down […]
