Rosanne Cash with John Leventhal
2016-10-21 20:00 - 22:00 (America/New_York) | Pollak Theatre
Beloved singer-songwriter Rosanne Cash will play a concert featuring music from her acclaimed 2014 album The River & the Thread which garnered 3 Grammy awards in 2015. The recording includes eleven original songs written by Cash and her longtime collaborator—and husband—John Leventhal, who also served as producer, arranger, and guitarist. The River & the Thread evokes the American South’s rich landscape—physical, musical, and emotional—and examines the indelible impressions it’s made on our collective culture and on Cash, who was born in Memphis, Tennessee. The songs portray a multigenerational cast of characters—from a Civil War soldier off to fight in Virginia, to a New Deal-era farmer in Arkansas, to a present-day couple in Alabama. While Cash and Leventhal were inspired by the many musical styles associated with the South—Delta blues, gospel, Appalachian folk, country, rock, and others—the resulting collection of songs is contemporary. Cash, who has just been inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, has recorded fifteen albums and has charted twenty-one top forty country singles, eleven of which reached number one. A Chicago Tribune reviewer describes Composed, her 2010 memoir, as “one of the best accounts of an American life you will likely ever read.”

Met Opera: Don Giovanni (Broadcast Live in HD)
2016-10-22 13:00 - 15:00 | Pollak Theatre
Simon
Keenlyside makes his Met role debut as the unrepentant seducer in Tony Award
winner Michael Grandage’s staging of Mozart’s masterpiece. Met Principal
Conductor Fabio Luisi leads a cast that includes Hibla Gerzmava as Donna Anna,
Malin Byström as Donna Elvira, Serena Malfi as Zerlina, Adam Plachetka as
Leporello, Matthew Rose as Masetto, Kwangchul Youn as the Commendatore, and
Rolando Villazón in his Live in HD debut as Don Ottavio.

Run Time: 3:45

Bolshoi Ballet: The Golden Age - Live in HD
2016-10-23 15:00 - 17:00 | Pollak Theatre
In a seaside town where business and mafia are flourishing, The Golden Age cabaret is the favorite nightly haunt of dancers, bandits and young revelers, where the young fisherman Boris falls in love with Rita, a beautiful dancer, but also the friend of a local gangster…

A satire of Europe during the Roaring 20s, The Golden Age makes for an original, colorful, and dazzling show with its jazzy score and music-hall atmosphere. This ballet that can only be seen at the Bolshoi has everything to it: mad rhythms, vigorous chase scenes, and decadent cabaret numbers. With its passionate love story featuring beautiful duets between Boris and Rita, the Bolshoi dancers plunge into every stylized step and gesture magnificently.
Running time 2:20
Music – Dmitri Shostakovich
Choreography – Yuri Grigorovich
Libretto – Yuri Grigorovich and Isaak Glikman
Cast The Bolshoi Principals, Soloists and Corps de Ballet

Art Now: Tim Miller: PERFORMANCE! BODY! SELF! A performance, lecture & rant
2016-10-25 16:30 - 18:00 | Pollak Theatre
Free and Open to the Public
Internationally-acclaimed solo performer Tim Miller is known for his charged performances that tackle challenging social issues, including the culture wars, performance of identity, and queer strategies for the future. Miller shares fierce and funny performance excerpts and speaks about how performance can be used to embolden communities and connect people with one another.
“Tim Miller sings that song of the self which interrogates, with explosive, exploding, subversive joy and freedom, the constitution and borderlines of selfhood. You think you don’t need to hear such singing? You do! You must!” – Tony Kushner, author of Angels in America
Bio: Hailed for his humor and passion, Tim Miller’s solo performances and workshops have been presented all over the world. He is the author of the books SHIRTS & SKIN, BODY BLOWS, and 1001 BEDS. His theater works have been published in the play collections O Solo Homo: The New Queer Performance (1998) and Sharing the Delirium – Second Generation AIDS Plays and Performances (1993). Miller has taught performance in theater departments at UCLA, Cal State LA and NYU. He is a founder of Performance Space 122 in NYC and Highways Performance Space in Santa Monica, CA.

TUESDAY NIGHT RECORD CLUB: BOB DYLAN'S Blonde On Blonde
2016-10-25 19:30 - 21:00 | Pollak Theatre
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…there will be special guest moderators and panelists at each event!
This discussion will feature BOB DYLAN’S Blonde On Blonde. This event is free but registration is required. Please note this event has moved to Pollak Theatre!

National Theatre Live: THE DEEP BLUE SEA
2016-10-27 19:30 - 23:00 | Pollak Theatre
Helen McCrory (Medea and The Last of the Haussmans at the National Theatre, Penny Dreadful, Peaky Blinders) returns to the National Theatre in Terence Rattigan’s devastating masterpiece, playing one of the greatest female roles in contemporary drama. Tom Burke (War and Peace, The Musketeers) also features in Carrie Cracknell’s critically acclaimed new production. When Hester Collyer is found by her neighbors in the aftermath of a failed suicide attempt, the story of her tempestuous affair with a former RAF pilot and the breakdown of her marriage to a High Court judge begins to emerge. With it comes a portrait of need, loneliness and long-repressed passion. Behind the fragile veneer of post-war civility burns a brutal sense of loss and longing.

Homecoming Weekend
2016-10-28 - 2016-10-30
The commemoration takes place Saturday after the 1 p.m. Monmouth vs Kennesaw State matchup at Kessler Field, the final football game planned for the sporting location.
Join the Monmouth community in the OceanFirst Bank Center’s Varsity Club (third floor) as the university closes out 24 seasons of excellence at Kessler Field. Expect to see familiar alumni and coaching representatives from football, track & field and lacrosse. The event is free and will include a cash bar.
If you are planning to attend this reception, please RSVP to srosenbl@monmouth.edu with a count of how many guests you expect to bring.

Monmouth Madness
2016-10-28 18:00 - 19:00 | OceanFirst Bank Center
BELIEVE. COMPETE. SUCCEED.
Join the Monmouth Men’s Basketball team for a preview of the ’16-’17 season. The event will feature giveaways, contests, free food and a chance for fans to meet and greet the university basketball coaches and players.

A Marvelous Night: The Music of Van Morrison
2016-10-29 20:00 - 23:00 | Pollak Theatre
New Jersey’s favorite entertainers will take the stage to share the music of Van Morrison with their friends. Legendary front man Rob Paparozzi (Original Blues Brothers Band, Blood Sweat ‘n Tears) and Master Song Stylist Pat Guadagno (BobFest, The Candle Brothers) will lead an all-star band on a musical journey through the lifework of one of the most influential and unusual artists of our time. Last year’s capacity crowd was mesmerized by an eclectic selection of Morrison’s mystical compositions, performed by an ensemble of Jersey musical nobility that included Pam McCoy, Steven Delopoulos (Burlap to Cashmere) Irish Tenor Steve Reilly, Michael Ghegan (Michael Jackson Cirque de Soleil), John Korba, (Hall & Oates, Phoebe Snow, Roseanne Cash) Tom Labella, Joe Bellia & Jillian Reyes McCoy (John Bon Jovi’s Kings of Suburbia). The memorable evening was highlighted by a surprise visit from ‘the worlds most recorded drummer’ Bernard “Pretty” Purdie. The whole crew is back for a transcendental evening of genre defying music presented by Charles Moran and Christopher Neary on what is sure to be A Marvelous Night ….. You will be healed!
Rock it! is an organization for young musicians ages 8 to 18 will open the evening with a selection of Van Morrison songs.

(Please note this is a rental event and gift certificates and ticket vouchers are not valid on this event)

Met Opera Encore: Tristan und Isolde (Broadcast Live in HD)
2016-10-30 13:00 - 15:00 | Pollak Theatre
The season begins with a new production of Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde, conducted by Sir Simon Rattle in his first Live in HD performance. Nina Stemme stars as Isolde—a touchstone role she has sung with major opera companies around the world. Her Tristan is Australian heldentenor Stuart Skelton, who sang Siegmund in the Met’s Ring cycle in 2013. The cast also includes Ekaterina Gubanova as Brangäne and Evgeny Nikitin as Kurwenal (both in Met role debuts), with René Pape reprising King Marke, a role he has sung to acclaim in three previous Met seasons. The staging, by Mariusz Treliński (who directed the 2015 Met double bill of Iolanta and Bluebeard’s Castle) is a co-production with the Festival Hall Baden-Baden, Teatr Wielki – Polish National Opera, and China National Centre for the Performing Arts (NCPA) Beijing.
Run Time: 5:15

Visiting Writers: Gerald Stern
2016-11-01 16:30 - 18:00 | The Great Hall Auditorium
Gerald Stern was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1925 and was educated at the University of Pittsburgh and Columbia University. He is the author of 16 books of poetry, including, most recently, Divine Nothingness (Norton, 2014) and In Beauty Bright (Norton, 2012), as well as This Time: New and Selected Poems, which won the 1998 National Book Award and a kind-of memoir of a year in 85 sections titled Stealing History, was published by Trinity University Press in the spring of 2012. Stern was awarded the 2005 Wallace Stevens Award by the Academy of American Poets, was the 2010 recipient of the Medal of Honor in Poetry by the American Academy of Arts and Letters, he was inducted into the 2012 class of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and was the 2012 recipient of the Rebekah Johnson Bobbitt National Prize for Poetry from the Library of Congress. He was the 2014 winner of the Frost Medal. Stern has two books coming out in 2017, a poetry collection from W. W. Norton called Galaxy Love and a book of non-fiction titled Deathwatch, to be released by Trinity University Press.

Click Clack Moo
2016-11-03 10:00 - 12:00 | Pollak Theatre
Tickets on sale July 1. “Cows that type? Hens on strike!
Whoever heard of such a thing!” Farmer Brown cries.
When his granddaughter Jenny comes for a
visit, Farmer Brown declared the farm a “tech-free zone.” He
confiscates her laptop in the cold barn along with the shivering cows who use
her computer to type messages requesting blankets.
“No way,” replies Farmer
Brown. “No blankets!”
So the cows go on strike and the
chickens join them in solidarity. No blankets: no milk, no eggs!
Will Farmer Brown give in to the
animals’ demands? Will Jenny get her computer back? Find out in a hilariously
“mooooo-ving” musical about negotiation and compromise, based on the
Caldecott Honor Book by Doreen Cronin and Betsy Lewin.
(One hour in length,
recommended for grades K -4) Curriculum Connections: Communication and Language
Arts, Literature-Based, Music, Social Studies.

One Last Waltz
2016-11-05 20:00 - 23:00 | Pollak Theatre
Tickets on sale July 1. Glen Burtnik,
Salvatore Boyd, Bob Burger & Arne Wendt, performing as The Band. Together
they will be joined on stage by both local and national talent. Recreating not
only the music but the celebration, camaraderie and talent that took over the
stage November 25th back in 1976. The Band’s style of writing and music has
influenced so many artists, bands and songwriters, from the Grateful Dead and
The Beatles to Elvis Costello and Pink Floyd to our own local artists,
throughout the years and continue to do so. This cast will bring you to your
feet and take you back in time. A wise man once said it’s better to burn out
than fade away, and on Thanksgiving Day of 1976, one of the best live acts of
the rock era went out in a blaze of glory. Special Guests include: Vini Lopez, Matt Wade, Bruce Gassman, Puggy Derosa, Emily Grove, Tommy LaBella, Sonny Kenn, StringBean, Fred Scribner, Kate Taylor, Arlan Fieles & more to be announced!

(This is a rental event and gift certificates and ticket vouchers are not valid for this event)

Met Opera Encore: Don Giovanni (Broadcast Live in HD)
2016-11-06 13:00 - 15:00 | Pollak Theatre
Tickets on sale July 20th, 2016
Simon
Keenlyside makes his Met role debut as the unrepentant seducer in Tony Award
winner Michael Grandage’s staging of Mozart’s masterpiece. Met Principal
Conductor Fabio Luisi leads a cast that includes Hibla Gerzmava as Donna Anna,
Malin Byström as Donna Elvira, Serena Malfi as Zerlina, Adam Plachetka as
Leporello, Matthew Rose as Masetto, Kwangchul Youn as the Commendatore, and
Rolando Villazón in his Live in HD debut as Don Ottavio.
Run Time: 3:45

On Screen/in Person: Love Thy Nature
2016-11-09 19:30 - 21:00 | The Great Hall Auditorium
Narrated by Liam Neeson, Love Thy Nature is a cinematic journey into the beauty and intimacy of our relationship with the natural world. Neeson is the voice of Homo Sapiens – our collective humankind – who, in the past few thousand years, has come to believe that we are separate from nature. Through Sapiens’ journey, the film reveals how a connection with nature ignites a sense of meaning and wonder so profound that it touches the very core of what it means to be human. Interweaving mesmerizing imagery and interview footage, Love Thy Nature is a guided tour of our relationship with nature that proposes new approaches to a sustainable future.
There will be a post screening Q&A with the director Sylvie Rokab .
Run time: 1 hour 16 minutes
On Screen/In Person is a program of Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation made possible through the generous support of the National Endowment for the Arts. For more information on the Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation visit http://www.midatlanticarts.org.

Arlo Guthrie
2016-11-11 20:00 - 22:00 | Pollak Theatre
On the heels of the sold-out Alice’s Restaurant 50th Anniversary Tour, Arlo Guthrie plunges into another musical trip certain to be a flashback inducing, mind-expanding show. For the Running Down The Road Tour, Arlo will again hit the road with a full band to fully embody the best of Guthrie’s catalogue from the late sixties and early seventies. Featuring the most outstanding cuts from Arlo (1968), Running Down The Road (1969), Washington County (1970) along with others, this tour exemplifies the sound that shaped a generation. Guthrie’s latest tour promises to take the audience back to the most remarkable, far-out era.

Also on November 11 – Come to the opening reception for Bob Dylan: Photographs by Daniel Kramer a gallery exhibition Curated by the GRAMMY Museum taking place from 5-7 PM in the adjacent Pollak Gallery. Daniel Kramer and Bob Santelli from the GRAMMY Museum will give a talk during the opening reception at 6:00 PM.

Spring Awakening
2016-11-11 20:00 - 2016-11-20 23:00 | Lauren K. Woods Theatre
November 11-13 & 16-20
All shows 8 PM except Sun. matinees at 3 PM
The winner of 8
Tony Awards, including Best Musical – told by Duncan Sheik and Steven Sater
through “the most gorgeous Broadway score this decade” (Entertainment
Weekly) – Spring Awakening explores the journey from adolescence to adulthood
with poignancy and passion that is illuminating and unforgettable. The landmark
musical is an electrifying fusion of morality, sexuality and rock & roll
that is exhilarating audiences across the nation like no other musical in
years. ADULT THEMES AND LANGUAGE: CONTENT MAY NOT BE SUITABLE FOR YOUNG CHILDREN
Presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI. www.MTIshows.com

CANCELLED: SHENANDOAH
2016-11-13 19:00 - 22:00 | Pollak Theatre
PLEASE NOTE THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED AND WILL NOW BE RESCHEDULED FOR A LATER DATE. When country music lovers talk about the greatest groups in the genre, Shenandoah is always at the forefront of any discussion. Fueled by Marty Raybon’s distinctive vocals and the band’s skilled musicianship, Shenandoah became well known for delivering such hits as “Two Dozen Roses”, “Church on Cumberland Road” and “Next to You, Next to Me” as well as such achingly beautiful classics as “I Want to be Loved Like That” and the Grammy winning “Somewhere in the Vicinity of the Heart” duet with Alison Krauss. Today that legacy continues as original members Raybon and Mike McGuire reunite to launch a new chapter in Shenandoah’s storied career. Shenandoah has recorded nine studio albums (3 certified gold) and placed 26 singles on Billboard’s Hot Country Songs chart. The boys from Muscle Shoals have left a potent legacy at country radio with over a dozen hit records.

Gallery Talk: Bruce Dorfman & Ira Goldberg
2016-11-15 13:00 - 14:00 | Joan and Robert Rechnitz Hall
Please join us for an informal gallery talk with exhibiting artist Bruce Dorfman and Ira Goldberg, Executive Director of the Art Students League of New York. The discussion will offer visitors the opportunity to ask questions, and hear stories about the artists life, work, and experiences working as a professional artist in NYC. In addition, Mr. Goldberg’s long association with Mr. Dorfman will add addition insight into the artists work and history.

World Cinema Series: The Official Story
2016-11-15 19:30 - 21:00 | Pollak Theatre
World Cinema Series
2016-2017
“Breaking the Silence,
Confronting the Past”
A global look at five filmmakers who defy repressive
regimes and their “official line” to promote human freedom, historical truth,
and social justice“The Official Story” (Director: Luiz Puenzo, Argentina
1985)
After
the end of the Dirty War, a high school teacher sets out to find out who the
mother of her adopted daughter is. Not Rated
(112 minutes)
(Director: Luiz Puenzo, Argentina 1985)
Organized by the Office for
Global Education
All synopses are based on
IMdB website

The Financial Crisis of 2008: An Insider's Prospective
2016-11-17 16:30 - 18:00 | Pozycki Hall Auditorium

CANCELLED: Jarrod Spector & Kelli Barrett This Is Dedicated: Music's Greatest Marriages
2016-11-19 20:00 - 22:00 | Pollak Theatre
DUE TO SCHEDULING DIFFICULTIES THIS SHOW HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
Newly-married Broadway veterans Jarrod Spector and Kelli Barrett are often asked, “What’s it like to be married to a fellow artist?”
Bringing to life the greatest songs birthed from the greatest marriages, the two attempt to answer the question. From Barry Mann & Cynthia Weil and Alan & Marilyn Bergman to Sonny & Cher to Beyonce & Jay-Z, the themes of love, heartbreak, triumph, and despair infuse not only these incredible songs but also the storied partnerships themselves. In an evening filled with humor, heart, and powerhouse vocals, Barrett & Spector celebrate marriage as the driving force behind this timeless music and tackle the difficult questions behind keeping it all together.
Audiences can expect to hear such classics as Bruce Springsteen/Patti Scialfa’s “Because The Night,” Sonny & Cher’s “The Beat Goes On,” Johnny Cash & June Carter’s “Going To Jackson,” The Bergman’s “How Do You Keep The Music Playing” and many more songs written and/or performed by iconic married couples.
Tony Award nominee Jarrod Spector originated the role of Barry Mann in Beautiful. About his 54 Below debut, The New York Times wrote: “Witty, energetic and infused with a jolt of passion!” Jarrod is also known for his vocal prowess in the role of Frankie Valli in Jersey Boys, which he played on Broadway.
Kelli Barrett recently originated the leading role of Lara in Broadway’s Doctor Zhivago. She has also appeared on Broadway in Wicked, Baby It’s You!, and The Royal Family.
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Ink & Electricity: Up From Middlebrow
2016-11-29 16:30 - 17:30 | Bey Hall
For its fourth annual Ink & Electricity event, Monmouth will host the lecture “Up from Middlebrow” by Jonathan Rose, a William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of History from Drew University. Taking the title of his talk from Booker T. Washington’s Up from Slavery, Rose will survey the recent historiography of American middlebrow literature—from nineteenth-century black Shakespeare clubs to Oprah.
This event is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served.
Sponsored by the Wayne D. McMurray Endowed Chair in the Humanities. For more information, contact Kristin Bluemel.

Orchestra of St. Peter by the Sea
2016-12-02 20:00 | Pollak Theatre
A limited number of artist tickets for this concert have just been released!! They are available on a first come first serve basis.
An annual holiday tradition, the ever lovable and charismatic
Father Alphonse Stevenson returns to conduct the Orchestra of St. Peter by
the Sea for their 26th concert of carols and seasonal favorites. There’s simply no better way to start the
holiday season than to spend a special evening with Father Alphonse, his
42-piece orchestra and distinguished vocalists as he provides humorous and
personal anecdotes amidst a program of holiday classics and carols. Be sure to
get your tickets early for this annual sell out!

Holiday at the Hall
2016-12-03 19:00 - 22:00 | The Great Hall

Now What? Assessing the 2016 Election and What it Means for the Future
2016-12-05 18:30 - 19:30 | The Great Hall Auditorium

The Barbera-Villegas International Social Work Lecture
2016-12-06 17:30

Barbera-Villegas International Social Work Lecture: Lena Dominelli
2016-12-06 17:30 - 19:00 | The Great Hall Auditorium
Barbera-Villegas International Social Work Lecture
December 6, 2016
5:30 p.m., Wilson Hall Auditorium
5 p.m., Reception, Wilson Hall Auditorium Lobby

Lena Dominelli, Professor of Applied Social Sciences, University of Durham, United Kingdom
Beyond Social Exclusion: Incorporating Environmental Justice with Social Justice
Lena Dominelli, Professor of Applied Social Sciences and Academician in the Academy of the Learned Societies for Social Sciences, is an experienced educator, practitioner and researcher. Professor Dominelli is also a Co-Director for the Institute of Hazard, Risk and Resilience Research with specific responsibility for the Vulnerability and Resilience Programme. In this latter capacity, she endeavours to bring people together in research dialogues across the physical sciences, social sciences, health sciences, arts and humanities. She is currently also the Chair of the International Association of Schools of Social Work’s (IASSW’s) Committee on Disaster Interventions, Climate Change and Sustainability.
Professor Dominelli argues passionately for the realization of human freedom from social inequalities and injustices in her writings, policy-making forums and communities seeking to change their social and physical environments. Her current research interests include: climate change and environmental social work; globalization; social and community development; social change; women’s well-being and welfare; motherhood; fatherhood; child well-being and children’s rights.
Among Lena’s most recent single authored books are: Social Work in a Globalizing World (2010); Introducing Social Work (2009); Anti-Racist Social Work (2008, 3rd Edn.); Women and Community Action (2006, 2nd Edn.); Social Work: Theory and Practice in a Changing Profession (2004). Key edited works include Social Work: Themes, Issues and Dilemmas (3rd Edn.); Critical Practice in Social Work (2nd Edn.); and Practicing Social Work in a Complex World; (all 3 edited with R Adams and M Payne, 2009); and Broadening Horizons: International Exchanges in Social Work (edited with W Thomas Bernard, 2003).
Lena has received accolades for her contributions to social welfare in the international arena, including a medal from the Social Affairs Committee of the French Senate; and an Honorary Doctorate from the Univeristy of KwaZulu Natal in Durban, South Africa.
Abstract to the Presentation by Professor Dominelli
Wealthy societies are becoming increasingly polarized as wealth is accumulated by a few wealthy individuals, mainly but not all, from the global North, to the detriment of working class children, women, older people, people from black and minority ethnic groups, asylum seekers and refugees. Wealth distribution has become so distorted that Oxfam (2016) has published, An Economy for the 1%, to argue that 62 individuals hold more wealth between them than 50 per cent of the world’s population (3.6 billion people). Moreover, 53 of this super-wealthy elite group are men. According to the Forbes list of billionaires, the world’s richest man (Bill Gates) holds twice the wealth of the richest woman (Christy Walton). Women also hold only 24 Chief Executive Officer (CEO) positions in the Fortune 500 companies. While CEO salaries have become hugely inflated, salaries at the bottom end have remained stagnant or been reduced. For example, American CEOs have seen their salaries increase by 54 per cent since 2009 while salaries at the bottom have not moved. In India, a CEO earns 416 times the salary of the average worker. Women are concentrated in the lowest-paid, most precarious jobs, including dangerous work in the sweatshops of the world. These inequalities have been exacerbated in Europe through what I term ‘state-induced inequalities’ whereby public expenditure cuts and privatized welfare states are becoming the norm, and leading to rising social exclusion and inequality. Discourses about social justice are becoming marginalized, and environmental justice is scarcely considered, including in the post-Paris Agreement world.. The loss of re-distributive transfers through the welfare state mean that more and more people are struggling at society’s margins, merely to survive. Substantial numbers of people rely on food-banks and begging in major, affluent cities like London and Paris, as institutionalized solidarity in the shape of welfare benefits as of right become harder and harder to obtain.
Income inequalities lead to other forms of inequalities, including lost opportunities for the full growth and development of the talents of an individual. The ravages of a neo-liberal industrial model of development produce more losers than winners – the ‘one per cent and the rest’ as the Occupy Wall Street Movement put it. Intervening to prevent its march across the world demands a more sophisticated analysis than is evident to the public which is fed myths by a media that is dominated by right-wingers and right-wing politicians who have appropriated the words of progressive-minded individuals and turned them to their advantage. Such messages have legitimated racist discourses and intensified despair, social protests, loss of solidarity and empathy with those in difficulty, and lack of hope for a future that can deliver basic rights ranging from civic to environmental rights for all peoples living within a particular nation-state. In this presentation, I consider what social workers can do to promote a form of social justice that includes care for people, plants, animals and the planet in meeting human needs.

12th Annual Future of the Ocean Symposium & Champions of the Ocean Awards Luncheon
2016-12-07 10:00 - 13:30 | The Great Hall
Joint Ocean Commission Initiative Co-Chair and former New Jersey Gov. Christine Todd Whitman will be among the honorees at the Monmouth University Urban Coast Institute’s 12th Annual Future of the Ocean Symposium and Champions of the Ocean Awards Luncheon on December 7, 2016. The theme for this year’s symposium is America’s Ocean Future: Priorities for Congress and Next Administration.
The symposium will be held from 10 a.m. to noon in Wilson Hall, and is free and open to the public.
The awards luncheon will follow from noon to 1:30 p.m. Tickets are required to attend the luncheon, and online ticket orders will be available shortly.
Dr. Donald Boesch, President of the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, will receive the UCI’s Regional Champion of the Ocean Award and serve as the second symposium speaker along with Gov. Whitman.
This year’s State, Coastal and Ocean Leadership Champion of the Ocean honorees will be David Rosenblatt, Assistant Commissioner, Engineering and Construction, at the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP); and Elizabeth Semple, Assistant Director, Division of Coastal and Land Use Planning, NJDEP.
For more information, visit the Urban Coast Institute web site or contact Danica Simmons at 732-263-5662 or via email at dsimmons@monmouth.edu.

SOLD OUT - A MUSICAL WINTER WONDERLAND
2016-12-08 19:30 - 21:00 | The Great Hall
A Musical Winter Wonderland in Wilson Hall on December 8 is SOLD OUT!! Standing Room tickets will be available day of show only for $10.
A cavalcade of Holiday favorites featuring the Monmouth University Chamber Orchestra, The Jazz Hawks, The Concert Choir, the Chamber Choir, soloists, and a special appearance by the Colts Neck Reformed Church Exultation Ringers, all in the magisterial setting of Wilson Hall.
