Between 1949 and 1973, 2,532 federal urban renewal projects were carried out in 993 US cities. Seventy-five percent of the people displaced were people of color, leading to James Baldwin’s famous remark, “Urban renewal is Negro removal.” In honor of the 20th anniversary of Dr. Mindy Fullilove’s book Root Shock: How Tearing Up City Neighborhoods …
Wednesday, October 23rd, 1pm-2pm ET. Between 1949 - 1973, 2,532 federal urban renewal projects were carried out in 993 US cities. Seventy-five percent of the people displaced were people of color, leading to James Baldwin’s famous remark, “Urban renewal is Negro removal.” In honor of the 20th anniversary of Dr. Mindy Fullilove’s book Root Shock: …
Rev. Greg Jarrell, author of Our Trespasses: White Churches and the Taking of American Neighborhoods, will be visiting with us on October 24th from 11am to 2pm. We will be touring Orange, having lunch and learning about his study of the role of white churches in urban renewal in Charlotte, NC. You are welcome to …
Join our partners at the HUUB for their 3rd annual Harvest Festival! The Harvest Festival will run from 2:30-5pm, followed by the monthly Solidarity Potluck from 6-8pm. Bring a dish, bring a friend! 35 Cleveland Street, Orange, NJ 07050
Dharma Yoga is a modern interpretation of classical Eight-limbed or Hatha-Raja Yoga, deeply rooted in ethical precepts that includes elements of flowing Vinyasa, inversions and held poses that will help you to discover concentration, meditation, abiding contentedness and deep healing relaxation. Breathing exercises (pranayama) and meditative techniques regulate the heartbeat, de-stress the nervous system and …
The Wind Down Concert Series is back! Come hear local emerging artists perform at the HUUB on October 26th. There will be performances by Cloud Jae, Janetza, and Amanda is Tall.
Join us for a fall reading group of The Path: What Chinese Philosophers Can Teach Us About the Good Life. This reading group will be led by social psychiatrist Dr. Mindy Fullilove. Mindy says: This class will do a “slow read” of The Path, a wonderful book by Michael Puett and Christine Gross-Loh. The book …
Steel Pan Band of Orange The Steel Pan Band of Orange launched this summer during University of Orange’s summer session with both a children’s intensive and an adult intensive! We are continuing the program for kids this fall, weekly from September through December. See below for details. Open to children from Orange and its surrounded …
WHAT: Both the adult and children Steel Pan classes are designed to introduce people to playing Steel Pans, musical instruments originating from Trinidad and Tobago. Participants will get introduced to playing the tenor pan, double guitar pan, double seconds pan, and four-bass pan. Classes are taught by local steel pan musician and educator Jevaun Grant. …
10-week virtual memoir class offered by UofO, taught by developmental editor Susan Hasho The class is held on Wednesdays 11:00am to 12:15pm, and will run 18 September - 20 November, 2024. Do you have some stories you’d like to tell? There may be stories about your life that you want to tell your children or …
Join us for a fall reading group of The Path: What Chinese Philosophers Can Teach Us About the Good Life. This reading group will be led by social psychiatrist Dr. Mindy Fullilove. Mindy says: This class will do a “slow read” of The Path, a wonderful book by Michael Puett and Christine Gross-Loh. The book …
WHAT: Both the adult and children Steel Pan classes are designed to introduce people to playing Steel Pans, musical instruments originating from Trinidad and Tobago. Participants will get introduced to playing the tenor pan, double guitar pan, double seconds pan, and four-bass pan. Classes are taught by local steel pan musician and educator Jevaun Grant. …