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  • Fighting Times (Opening Event, Interdisciplinary Conference on Race)

    Isaac Knapper & Amy Banks, MD
    Co-authors of “Fighting Time” and Justice Reform Advocates
    Reading, Discussion, and Book signing

    Public Spaces, Private Places: Constructing Race and Liberation
    Opening Event

  • Monmouth Hawk Night

    Calling All Storytellers

    Have you ever woken up laughing from a funny dream? Do you dream of what the future might hold? Had a terrifying nightmare? Gotten caught daydreaming in class?

    Tell Us Your Dreams

    Come for a night of storytelling and fun as The Monmouth Review and Commworks Present: Monmouth Hawk Night

    There will be snacks and prizes!

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  • Asbury Park and the Great Migration – Film Screening and Panel Talk Back

    A Film by Erin Fleming for Paradoxical Paradise: An African American Digital Oral History and Mapping Project of Asbury Park.

    Featuring Claude Taylor and Madonna Carter Jackson.

    Presented by the Department of History and Anthropology. Made possible in part by funding from the Diversity Innovation Grant (DIG) program administered by the Intercultural Center and Office of the Provost.

    Panelists

    • Hettie V. Williams, Ph.D.: panel moderator and associate professor of African American History, Department of History and Anthropology
    • Claude Taylor: director for Academic Transition and Inclusion and lecturer in the Department of Communications
    • Erin Fleming: director of Production Services and director and producer, “Asbury Park and the Great Migration”

  • A Community Conversation With Dr. Cornel West

    Co-sponsored by the Basie Center, Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield, and Monmouth University’s Social Justice Academy and Intercultural Center.

    Featured Opener: A’Liah Moore ’23

  • Spring Festival – Virginia A. Cory Community Garden

    Located on Beechwood Avenue, between Brookwillow and Pinewood Avenues, in West Long Branch, the Garden comprises a group of people working to improve their community. To celebrate Earth Day and the beginning of the 2022 season, we’re hosting a Spring Festival featuring community-based vendors, activities, and live music! Admission for all interested guests is free.

  • Global Visionary Lecture with Ramu Damodaran, Former Chief of United Nations Academic Impact (UNAI)

  • Social Work Career Day

    Hosted by the School of Social Work

    Zoom Link: https://monmouth.zoom.us/j/3616277591

    Speakers

    2–2:30 p.m.

    Kristie Tapolow, LSW
    Social Behavioral Support Specialist
    Middletown Township Public School District

    2:30-3 p.m.

    Deidre Stamos Lonza, LCSW, LCADC
    Senior Director of Operations
    New Hope IBHC

    3–3:30 p.m.

    Jonelle Rodriquez, LSW
    Social Worker
    American Friends Service Committee – Immigrant Rights Program

    Katie Meola, LSW
    Social Worker
    American Friends Service Committee – Immigrant Rights Program

    3:30–4 p.m.

    Virgina Kinneman, MSW, LCSW
    Social Work Supervisor
    RWJ Barnabas Health Inpatient
    Behavioral Health

  • Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Distinguished Lecture in Social Justice: Alexis Pauline Gumbs

  • How to Use LinkedIn to Attract Your Ideal Job or Client

    Vin Matano

    Whether you are job searching, launching your next side hustle, or already own a business, LinkedIn is a great platform to generate broader visibility for your brand. And like all social media platforms, LinkedIn comes with its own built-in rules, quirks, algorithms, and tricks of the trade. Don’t miss out on the opportunity to learn how to harness the power of LinkedIn. Join this workshop to build a powerful LinkedIn profile, optimized for search, that gets you found! Let’s work smarter, not harder.

    Join us online as Vin Matano ’18, senior account executive and “top salesperson on LinkedIn” at Demandbase, shares how to leverage LinkedIn to create your own personal brand, attract new clients, and have recruiters reach out to you.

  • Combating Racial Injustice Through Education (Featuring Robert Kim, J.D.)

    Social Justice Academy Professional Development Series
    Combating Racial Injustice Through Education – Demystifying Critical Race Theory in Schools: Let’s Talk Law & Policy

    Featuring Robert Kim, J.D.

    Robert (Bob) Kim is a writer, consultant, and leading expert on education law and policy in the United States. A former civil rights attorney, his most recent book is Elevating Equity and Justice: Ten U.S. Supreme Court Cases Every Teacher Should Know (Heinemann, 2020). He is also the co-author of Education and the Law, 5thed. and Legal Issues in Education: Rights and Responsibilities in U.S. Public Schools Today (West Academic Publishing, 2019 & 2017). His column, “Under the Law,” appears monthly in Phi Delta Kappan, a professional journal for educators.