Project for Empty Space in collaboration with the Humanities Action Lab, Newest Americans, Rutgers University-Newark's Graduate Program in Americans Studies, and First Friends of NJ and NY presents States of Incarceration: Seeking Asylum, Resisting Detention. This event includes the Newark premiere of the States of Incarceration exhibit in addition to three other components that examine
Why does the past matter for the future of climate change? The legacies of environmental justice can help us confront the climate crisis. Join us for this preview event to acknowledge the project's creators and explore how this multi-media installation can support student learning and public participation in environmental and climate justice. Reception-------------------------------5:30-6:30pm Screening of
Join leading advocates, scholars, and students from over 20 cities to launch a memory movement for climate justice. These are the creators of Climates of Inequality: Stories of Environmental Justice, a multi-media installation created through collaborations between universities and frontline communities from Newark to New Orleans. Guest Speakers - October 31st: Ana Baptista Chair of
The Humanities Action Lab, a national coalition led from Rutgers University-Newark, is hosting a series of conversations to reimagine public humanities and social justice in the context of the pandemic and anti-racist, Black Lives Matter protests. These conversations will feature HAL partners across the country, including stories from Newark and other community organizations on the
Join us for our fourth HAL Summer Storytelling Session of the summer. This session will focus on storytelling and media making, and will allow us to hear from frontline community partners about their work with Environmental Justice and how COVID has impacted the community and their efforts. This will also be an opportunity to collectively share experiences and
Express Newark Partner, Humanities Action Lab, is opening a studio for developing and expanding anti-racist, decolonial, and community-centered learning practices that activate history and memory for justice-centered movements and mutual aid in the current moment. This studio will be “translocal,” a core tenet of HAL that honors the unique circumstances, autonomy, and tools of hyperlocal
"Humanities Action Lab Hosts 2023 National Convening: "Communities Joining Forces" to Address Climate Crisis The Humanities Action Lab is calling upon organizers, scholars, and students from ten communities at the forefront of the climate crisis to unite for the 2023 National Convening, themed "Communities Joining Forces." This event, scheduled for October 26, 2023, from
