WHERE: Express Newark, # 213

WHEN: Tuesday, November 12

TIME: 1:30PM

“Aftermaths of War: Memory and Histories for the Future” is the second series of 2024-2025 Sawyer Seminar, ” Potentialities of Justice: Toward Collective Reparative Futures. The event will be held at Express Newark #213.

WHERE: RU-N Dana Library,

WHEN: Wednesday, October 23

TIME: 4:00PM

Join us on Wednesday, October 23 at 4:00PM with Photojournalist Lisette Poole Gonzalez, to talk about her book “La Paloma y La Ley/ The Dove and The Law” a 360-page bilingual ethnography that outlines the journey of two women she followed through 13 countries from Cuba to the US. The event will be held in the Dana Room, at the RU-N Dana Library.

WHERE: Express Newark #213

WHEN: Tuesday, September 17

TIME: 4:00PM

Join us on Tuesday, September 17 at 4:00PM with Dr. Wendy Pearlman, professor of Political Science at Northwestern University to talk about her book “The Home I Worked to Make: Voices From the New Syrian Diaspora.” The event will be held at Express Newark, Lecture Hall #213 in Newark, NJ

WHERE: Express Newark #213

WHEN: Friday, April 26, 2024

TIME: 1:00PM

Join us on Friday, April 26 at 1:00PM with Dr. Diya Abdo, Founding Director, Every Campus a Refuge, to talk about her book “American Refuge: True Stories of the Refugee Experience. The event will be held at Express Newark, Lecture Hall #213 in Newark, NJ.

WHEN: Thursday, March 30, 7PM

WHERE: Newark Museum of Art

Join us for a screening of three Newest Americans films that portray the reality for refugee youth in Syria, Malta, and Newark, followed by a discussion of how to sponsor, support, and expand educational opportunities for refugees in New Jersey.

🗣 SPEAKERS

• Diya Abdo, Founding Director, Every Campus A Refuge
• Nancy Cantor, Chancellor, Rutgers University-Newark; Co-Chair, Presidents Alliance on Immigration and Higher Education
• Tim Raphael, Director, Center for Migration and the Global City; Co-Director, Newest Americans
• Hourie Tafech, Postdoctoral Fellow, Guilford College; Co-Founder, Spark 15
• Erik Cruz Morales, Policy & Advocacy Manager at the New Jersey Alliance for Immigrant Justice
• Julie Winokur, Executive Director, Talking Eyes Media; Co-Director, Newest Americans

This event will take place while the Museum is closed to the public. Please access the Museum through the South Wing entrance, located near the Museum parking lot. Doors open 30 minutes before the event’s start time.

WHEN: Wednesday, Nov. 16 – 6:00PM

WHERE: ODR Studios, Newark, NJ

Join us in an evening of Music and Migration with Amir ElSaffar and his Two Rivers ensemble, singer-songwriter and classical Spanish guitarist Janetza Miranda, and Afro-Caribbean and Brazilian dancer Deborah Fogo Ovalles.

This performance and party will follow Rutgers University—Newark‘s Sawyer Seminar on Migration, Displacement, and the Arts. The seminar will examine the intersections between migration and the arts and consider questions about the role of music, dance, and performance in articulating displaced identities in urban migration.

WHEN: Tuesday, Oct. 11 – 5:30PM

WHERE: Newark Public Library Courtyard, Newark, NJ

Join us on Tuesday Oct 11th (5:30-8:00pm) The Newark Story bus will be at JAM Story Slam at the Newark Public Library courtyard for #NationalComingOutDay. Hop on board, get your portrait taken then step in the audio booth and tell us your story. It’s going to be beautiful night, hope to see you there!

WHEN: Friday, October 7 – 6:00PM

WHERE: Harriet Tubman Square Park, Newark, NJ

Join us on Friday Oct 7th (6:00-9:00pm) The Newark Story bus will be at AfroVibration at Harriet Tubman Sq. Park. Hop on board and get your portrait taken, step in the audio booth to talk about your history and culture. It’s going to be beautiful night, and there will be great music and food.

WHEN: Thursday, September 15 – 3:00PM

WHERE: Halsey Street, Newark

Join us on Thursday 9/15 at Halsey Festival. The Newark Story bus will be back again to honor and document the stories of the people in Newark. Hop on board and get your portrait taken. Step in the audio booth and talk about how you arrived in Newark.

WHEN: September 3, 2022 – 6:00PM

WHERE: Springfield Ave, Newark

The Newark Story Bus will be at 24 Hrs. of Peace on Springfield Ave. Come join us move a peaceful Newark forward.

WHEN: August 21, 2022 – 12:00PM

WHERE: Bloomfield Ave, Newark

The Newark Story Bus will be at Newark’s Latin Festival!! Youth, ages 10-18 are invited to step on the bus,

WHEN: August 20, 2022 – 12PM

WHERE: Muhammad Ali Ave and Boyd St., Newark

Join us on August 20th at Nat Turner Park for Honoring the Spirit of Rebellion. Step on the Newark Story Bus and tell us your story. Thank you to The Friends of Nat Turner Park, Trust for Public Land, and the City of Newark.

WHEN: August 2, 2022 – 2:00PM

WHERE: Weequahic Park, Newark

The #NewarkStoryBus will be at Weequahic Park for National Night Out to connect with youth for Newark 360, the City’s Master Plan for how it will grow and evolve over the next 10 years. Youth, ages 10-18 will be invited to step on the bus and share their ideas.

WHEN: July 16, 2022 – 10AM

WHERE: Treat Place, Newark

The #NewarkStoryBus is at Treat Place with Source of Knowledge for their annual Read and Feed. Youth, ages 10-18 are invited to step on the bus.

WHEN: July 14, 2022 – 6:00pm

WHERE: NJPAC, Newark

The Newark Story Bus is at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) with Felix Hernandez to kick off Horizon Foundation: Sounds of the City, a free summer concert series. Come share your story and get your portrait.

WHEN: June 18, 2022 – 12:00PM

WHERE: The Newark Museum of Art, Newark

Join us Saturday 12-5 at The Newark Museum of Art. Hop on the Newark Story bus tell us your story and get your portrait taken. The bus is a mobile media lab created by Newest Americans that collects and shares the rich stories that make Newark a global city. See you Saturday!

WHEN: June 2, 2022 – 6:30PM

WHERE: Facebook Live

This Thursday, we’re premiering our conversation with Hamna Saleem, Dina Sayedahmed, Asmaa Ashraf, to reflect on the 2016 Newest Americans Film, Hijabi World, and where they are today. Don’t miss this riveting conversation about how they have grown as Hijabi women, and activists and what has changed since the release of Hijabi World.

This premiere is a part of the Stories From The Global City series, brought to you by Newest Americans in partnership with New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC)The Newark Museum of ArtNewark Public Library & Newark Symphony Hall

Newest Americans is a multimedia collaboratory of journalists, media-makers, artists, faculty, and students housed at Rutgers University Newark.

WHEN: March 29, 2022 – 6:30PM EST

WHERE: Facebook Live

Join us for a virtual screening presenting the Newark Story Bus, as part of our virtual series Stories From The Global City.

Stories From the Global City, is a virtual screening series, brought to you by Newest Americans in partnership with NJPAC, The Newark Museum of Art, The Newark Public Library, Newark Symphony Hall, & NJ Symphony. Newest Americans is a multimedia collaboratory of journalists, media-makers, artists, faculty, and students housed at Rutgers University Newark.

WHEN: February 22, 2022 – 6:30PM EST

WHERE: Facebook Live

Join us for a virtual screening of our short film, “We Came & Stayed: Coyt Jones/Ras Baraka”.

Stories From the Global City, is a virtual screening series, brought to you by Newest Americans in partnership with NJPAC, The Newark Museum of Art, The Newark Public Library, Newark Symphony Hall, & NJ Symphony. Newest Americans is a multimedia collaboratory of journalists, media-makers, artists, faculty, and students housed at Rutgers University Newark.

We’re proud to screen the short film, We Came & Stayed, which is produced by Talking Eyes Media. This eight-minute documentary juxtaposes an interview with Newark Mayor Ras Baraka with sound bytes from an interview with the voice of his grandfather, Coyt Jones, who migrated to Newark in 1927. Jones had been interviewed for the Krueger Scott African American Oral History Collection, the largest archive documenting the journey of African Americans to the State of NJ during the Great Migration.