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  • Click Here (to Start Your Order): Performance and Talkback

    The 2022 Dobbs decision, which led to the loss of national abortion access, has ushered in a new era for women’s health, one marked by worsening health outcomes, maternal health deserts, uncertainty and fear. This 4-woman performance of a new verbatim play is based on oral history interviews and shares the stories of women across the country most impacted by state abortion restrictions in order to inspire social action and compassion.

    The performance will immediately be followed by a talkback facilitated by Dr. Katie Parkin and Dan Swern (writer/director).

    Written and directed by Dan Swern of coLAB Arts in New Brunswick, with contributions from the ensemble.

    Ensemble:
    Karen Alvarado
    Debjani Banerjee
    Chantal Jean-Pierre
    Kaitlin Ormerod

    This project was made possible by grants from the New Jersey Council for the Humanities, a state partner of the National Endowment for the Humanities; the Middlesex County Board of Commissioners’ Cultural and Arts Trust Fund, and funding through the New England Foundation for the Arts.

    This event is co-sponsored by the Program in Gender and Intersectionality Studies (PGIS)

    For more information, contact the co-chairs of ArtNOW, Prof. Amanda Stojanov at astojano@monmouth.edu or Prof. Dickie Cox at rcox@monmouth.edu

  • The Eighth Biennial International Interdisciplinary Conference on Race

    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 to the present humans around the globe have demanded the freedom to learn as a fundamental human right. This right to learn is intrinsically linked to race, gender, sexuality, and class -the denial of which diminishes society while threatening democracy. Denying groups and individuals the right to learn impacts everyone in society and oftentimes involves the censoring of curriculum, arrest of educators, and book banning or book burning. The freedom to learn has been particularly denied to marginalized communities including people of color, women, and members of the LGBTQIA+ community.

    In November 2024, the International Interdisciplinary Conference on Race will focus on “Race and the Freedom to Learn” and invites papers from a range of disciplines, including history, anthropology, education, gender studies, ethnic studies, sociology, and other disciplines that have grappled with this subject. We welcome individual papers or complete panels from scholars, educators, artists, and activists whose work is related to race, its intersections, and the freedom to learn in history, society, and culture. We also seek papers from international scholars and offer a few travel stipends to scholars traveling from abroad to attend the conference.

  • The Courage to Challenge Racial Injustice and Build Equity in Education: A Conversation with Ruby Bridges

    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, Ed.D.

    Co-sponsored with the Monmouth University Intercultural Center

    Ruby Bridges is a civil rights icon, activist, author, and speaker who at the age of 6 was the first Black student to integrate an all-white elementary school alone in Louisiana. She was born in Mississippi in 1954, the same year the United States Supreme Court handed down its landmark decision ordering the integration of public schools. Her family later moved to New Orleans, where on Nov. 14, 1960, Bridges began attending William Frantz Elementary School, single-handedly initiating the desegregation of public education. Her walk to the front door of the school was immortalized in Norman Rockwell’s painting “The Problem We All Live With”, in Robert Coles’ book “The Story of Ruby Bridges”, and in the Disney movie “Ruby Bridges”.

    She established the Ruby Bridges Foundation to provide leadership training programs that inspire youth and community leaders to embrace and value the richness of diversity. Bridges is the recipient of numerous awards, including the NAACP Martin Luther King Award, the Presidential Citizens Medal, and honorary doctorate degrees from Connecticut College, College of New Rochelle, Columbia University Teachers College, and Tulane University. Bridges is also the author of “Through My Eyes”, “This Is Your Time”, “I Am Ruby Bridges”, and “Dear Ruby, Hear Our Hearts”, released in January 2024. In March 2024, she was inducted into the National Women’s Hall of Fame.

  • Identity Theft Protection Webinar

    The Alumni Insurance Program has partnered with Generali Global Assistance, Inc. to offer Monmouth University alumni and their families the opportunity to attend a complimentary, informative live event on identity theft protection.

    Learn how ID Theft Protection plans offered to Monmouth University alumni give you peace of mind with benefits such as prevention, monitoring, suspicious activity alerts and 24/7 comprehensive resolution care from our expert guest speaker, Megan Crutchfield. Megan is a senior account director at Iris, powered by Generali, and has had nearly a decade of experience in the identity theft protection industry.

    This live event will also include a Q&A session so come with all your identity theft protection questions. Monmouth alumni receive an extra 20% discount on ID Theft Protection by attending our live event.

  • Affinity Networks Breakfast (Homecoming and Reunion Weekend)

    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!

  • Monmouth Alumni FoodBank Volunteering

    We invite you to reconnect with fellow alumni, make new friends, and experience the joy of giving back. Join us for a meaningful volunteer opportunity at the Community FoodBank of New Jersey! Together, we can fight hunger and make a difference in our community. Sign up today by following the directions below. We look forward to coming together to support those in need!

  • Class of 1974 Golden Hawks Brunch (Homecoming and Reunion Weekend)

    The Class of 1974, plus any other graduates who have already celebrated a 50th reunion, are invited to a special brunch to celebrate this milestone.

  • Alumni Tailgate (Homecoming and Reunion Weekend)

    The Alumni Tailgate will take place before the football team takes on the Bryant Bulldogs! Join us as we celebrate all alumni, with a special focus on graduates celebrating milestones (class years ending in 5 or 0).

    Please note: Only MVP ticket holders and their guests under 21 are eligible for early entry. If you plan to tailgate in the parking lots prior to joining us at the Alumni Tailgate, please follow all University tailgating guidelines.

  • Adult Education Series: Christmas Time Is Hear Again

    Class Schedule: Thursday, December 19 | 7:30 – 9:00 PM

    From 1963 to 1969, the Beatles sent Christmas messages on flexidiscs to their US and UK fan clubs. In 1970, a compilation of these messages was sent out, and they were re-released as a collector’s set in 2017. Join SCOTT FREIMAN and KEN WOMACK for a one-session virtual course to explore this unique aspect of the Beatles’ history.

    Zoom Link will be provided upon registration.

  • Poetry Readings with Q&A Featuring Alicia Ostriker & Joan Larkin

    ALICIA OSTRIKER has published 19 collections of poetry, been twice nominated for the National Book Award, and has twice received the National Jewish Book Award for Poetry, among other honors. Her work has appeared in The New Yorker, The Yale Review, American Poetry Review, Best American Poetry , The Atlantic , Prairie Schooner, and other journals, and has been translated into numerous languages including Hebrew and Arabic. Her most recent collections of poems are Waiting for the Light and The Volcano and After:Selected and New Poems 2002 – 2019 . She was New York State Poet Laureate for 2018 – 2021 and a Chancellor of the Academy of American Poets in 2015 – 2020.

    JOAN LARKIN is the author of five previous collections of poetry, including Blue Hanuman (2014); My Body: New and Selected Poems (2007), which received the Audre Lorde Award from the Publishing Triangle; Lambda Literary Award winner Cold River (1997); and Housework (1975). With Jaime Manrique, Larkin translated Sor Juana’ s Love Poems, a bilingual edition of Sor Juana Inez de la Cruz’ s poetry (1997). Her prose works include I f You Want What We Have: Sponsorship Meditations (1998) and Glad Day: Daily Meditations for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender People (1998). Her plays include The AIDS Passion, The Living, and Wiretap.

    This event is being held in conjunction with A Tribute to Jean Valentine – Panel Discussion on October 29 at 2:50 in the Julian Abele Room.

    Hosted By Department of English (Brother Austen Poets-in-the-Classroom Series) in partnership with the Visiting Writers Series. Also cosponsored by PGIS (Program in Gender and Intersectionality Studies)