Life Tapestries is an interactive workshop series that combines personal storytelling and hands-on crafting. Participants will explore their familial ties to New Jersey through two intertwined mediums; quilting and weaving. This three-part workshop is for artists of all ages interested in drawing connections between cartography, creative writing, and fiber arts. Students will create a personal …
Life Tapestries is an interactive workshop series that combines personal storytelling and hands-on crafting. Participants will explore their familial ties to New Jersey through two intertwined mediums; quilting and weaving. This three-part workshop is for artists of all ages interested in drawing connections between cartography, creative writing, and fiber arts. Students will create a personal …
Saturday, March 29th, 2pm-4pm The HUUB, 35 Cleveland Street Orange, NJ 07050 The University of Orange is honored to welcome Dr. Mindy Fullilove in her new role as the Helen and Robert Fullilove Professor of Community Health, named in honor of two exemplary Essex County leaders whose lives demonstrated a commitment to education, health and society. We will be celebrating the …
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Join us for a discussion about place-based knowledge and autonomous movements in Latin America. We will hear from Raul Zibechi, author of Constructing Worlds Otherwise, and George Ygarza Quispe, translator of the English edition of the book. More details coming soon! Register for the class here. Raúl Zibechi is a Uruguayan writer, popular educator, and …
UofO is partnering with the West Orange Public Library to lead a historical walking tour of the Orange Valley. The walk will be centered around a 3/4-mile stretch that once housed over 10 hat factories. This tour will be offered in English and Spanish. Meeting location: parking lot behind How Delish restaurant (55 Kingsley St, …
Join UofO and Jersey Bee for a walking tour of Orange! The walk will take us between Main Street and Central Ave. This is an area where you can see the city’s history, the current real estate development boom, people’s investment in their homes and small businesses, investment and disinvestment in public infrastructure, highway development, …
Autonomous Spaces Series: George Ygarza “Learning from our lives” Sunday, March 29th, 3-5pm George Ygarza is a popular educator, militant researcher and interlocutor of critical theory between abiayala and turtle island. His main areas of research are extractivism, critical thought, biopower and popular power. He will talk with us about ‘place-informed methods’, starting with criticisms …
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Join us for a birding walk in Orange! We will walk around Orange Park to see the park's resident birds and birds migrating through the area. Please wear comfortable shoes, bring water, and bring binoculars if you have them! The walk will be along a paved 1 mile path. Please REGISTER HERE!
Patria o Muerte, Venceremos Sunday, May 3rd, 3pm-5pm at The HUUB Join us on Sunday, May 3rd for the fourth session of our autonomous spaces series. We will hear a report-back from Douglas Farrand who recently was part of a delegation to Cuba, followed by a teach-in about the embargo. Register online here.