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Rutgers hosts town meeting for coalition’s discussion of the ‘Language of Respect’
The newly formed Language of Respect Coalition is launching a series of town hall meetings at the Rutgers Student Center Monday, April 30, at 7:30 p.m. This inaugural town meeting will be moderated by Pat Battle, WNBC-TV correspondent and anchor.
The meetings will involve students and community leaders in a dialogue about the tone and content of language used in media, politics, and entertainment. The goal is to motivate individuals and institutions to endorse a pledge to use language that nurtures and promotes respect for all people.
The coalition was formed by ministers and community leaders who believe that derogatory words, such as Don Imus’ comments about the Rutgers women's basketball team, represented an example of a larger problem of disrespectful and derogatory language that harms people and lowers our quality of life. For more information, call 732-828-2009.
Ag Field Day on Cook Campus April 28
The Office of the Executive Dean and the Office of Scholarship Programs and Alumni Relations will host a tent adjacent to the Alumni House, where visitors can meet the deans, alumni can connect with their classmates and prospective students and their parents can gather for tours of Cook Campus. Visitors can also tour the Rutgers Science Bus and enjoy fun and games for the kids, including face painting, balloon animals, magic tricks, and clowns.
Other events include the animal shows featuring student exhibitions of dairy cattle, goats, horses, pigs and sheep; the New Jersey State 4-H Dog Show; plant and flower sales, student club activities and tours of Rutgers Gardens. The event will take place rain or shine. For more information, click here.
Music, crafts from the Dominican Republic come to Rutgers for annual NJ Folk Festival
The New Jersey Folk Festival will feature the rich variety of Dominican music and culture as it fills the grounds in front of the Wood Lawn mansion on the Douglass Campus from 9:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, April 28. Admission is free, and the festival will take place rain or shine. It will take place oon the same day and across the street from the Ag Field Day at the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, the newly named Cook College.
Yaya, a nine-member female a cappella group, will headline the festival this year. Yaya is dedicated to preserving and promoting the rich cultural legacies and African-based musical traditions of Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic, with particular emphasis on the role of women in those cultures and traditions. Yaya will be joined by Conjunto Folklorico, consisting of 40 young people from 6 to 22, who will perform Dominican folk dances; the Latin Heat dance group from New Brunswick High School; and Scarlet Mambo, a dance company focused on teaching and performing salsa music.
While the New Jersey Folk Festival features music and culture from a particular tradition each year, each year it includes a rich mix of music on each of its three stages – Skylands, Pinelands and Shore. The Shore Stage is home to the singer/songwriter showcase, emcee’d this year by “Spook” Handy, the folksinger/guitarist and veteran of many New Jersey Folk Festivals, and Dan O’Dea, a senior, and a member of the folk festival management class. The Pinelands Stage is the workshop stage, where musicians, folklorists, singers and story tellers gather to jam, swap stories and discuss the tricks of their various trades. The stage is overseen by folksinger and guitarist Jim Albertson and singer/songwriter Roger Dietz. The Skylands Stage is the main stage of the festival, where the featured acts will perform, and awards will be presented. This year, the New Jersey Folk Festival Lifetime Achievement Award will be given to the Irish flutist Mike Rafferty.
Center for Study of Jewish Life presents lectures
The Allen and Joan Bildner Center for the Study of Jewish Life presents a lecture by Yaacov Yadgar, "Israeli Traditionalists: Modernity without Secularization" Monday, April 30, at 7:30 p.m. in Trayes Hall, Douglass College Center. Yadgar, the Schusterman Visiting Professor in Israel Studies at the Bildner Center, will examine religious identification and practices of Israeli Jews of Middle Eastern origin.
On Sunday, May 13, Rutgers professor Mike Aronoff will discuss his research conducted in Israel, focusing on community building and political conflict, the Labor party, and the failure of the Oslo peace process. The lecture will take place at 10:30 a.m. in the Rutgers Student Center. Studies and Hebraic Studies alumni and their families are invited for a light lunch following the lecture. Both programs are free and open to the public. For more information, click here.
Update on Harrison A. Williams Archives Project
The Rutgers Libraries invite the university community to celebrate a milestone in the progress of the Harrison A. Williams, Jr. Archives Project. The event will be held Monday, May 7, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. in the Alexander Library, 4th floor, College Avenue Campus. Senior archivist Larry Weimer will report on the project's progress. Dr. James Wooten of the University at Buffalo Law School will discuss his book, "The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974: A Political History," and how collections like the Williams papers preserve the legacy of elected representatives. To RSVP, call 732-932-7505 or email events@rci.rutgers.edu.
Advancement for women professionals topic of ACENET luncheon
Lisa Bonick, Margaret Brennan, Sandra Rocio Castro, Marianne Gaunt, and Lisa Sanon-Jules will speak on the "Keys to Successful Advancement for Rising Women Professionals" at the ACENET Luncheon Thursday, May 3, at the Rutgers Club, College Avenue Campus. Networking and buffet lunch begin at 11:30 a.m. Preregistration with payment of $15 is required by Friday, April 27. Late payment or registration after April 27 is $18.
The event is sponsored by the Rutgers chapter of the American Council on Education, Network for Women Leaders in Higher Education. For more information or to register, click here.