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Hispanic Heritage Celebration @ Dunellen Public Library

Dunellen Public Library 100 New Market Rd., Dunellen, NJ, United States

Join Raíces Cultural Center at the Dunellen Public Library on September 19 for their Hispanic Heritage Celebration. We will present our first live, in-person musical collaboration of the Raíces Folkloric Ensemble with one of the founding members of the new Raíces Cultural Arts Collective, Contramestra Amazonas of Grupo Liberdade de Capoeira - USA.

Free

Film Screening & Discussion: The Meaning of the Seed

Zoom

Register to attend this virtual film screening of "The Meaning of the Seed", featuring stories from the Ramapough Lunaape, musical performance and discussion facilitation by Francisco G. Gómez and Nicole Wines of Raíces Cultural Center. Hosted by Rutgers Public History Program as part of the Humanities Action Lab’s Climates of Inequality: Stories of Environmental Justice exhibit programming.

Free

Raíces Caribbean Culture & History Discussion Group

Raíces Cultural Center

Reading: Foreward and Introduction from Aftershocks of Disaster: Puerto Rico Before and After the Storm, (pg ix-xii and 1-17) & Viewing: Aftershocks of Disaster, a film by Juan Carlos Dávila and Yarimar Bonilla. Register to become a member of the Raíces Caribbean Culture & History Discussion Group & join this meeting.

Free

Raíces Caribbean Culture & History Discussion Group

Raíces Cultural Center

Reading: The Trauma Doctrine: A Conversation between Yarimar Bonilla and Naomi Klein from Aftershocks of Disaster: Puerto Rico Before and After the Storm, (pg 21-37). Register to become a member of the Raíces Caribbean Culture & History Discussion Group & join this meeting.

Free

NJCH Community History Showcase

Zoom

Join Raíces Cultural Center and 8 other members of the NJCH Community History Cohort '21 Wednesday, October 27, 2021 for a Showcase about our Community History projects.

Free

Raíces Caribbean Culture & History Discussion Group

Raíces Cultural Center

Reading: ¡Ay María! from Aftershocks of Disaster: Puerto Rico Before and After the Storm, (pg 38-60). Register to become a member of the Raíces Caribbean Culture & History Discussion Group & join this meeting.

Free

Raíces Caribbean Culture & History Discussion Group

Raíces Cultural Center

Reading: WAPA Radio and María’s Death Toll from Aftershocks of Disaster: Puerto Rico Before and After the Storm, (pg 63-79). Register to become a member of the Raíces Caribbean Culture & History Discussion Group & join this meeting.

Free

Raíces Caribbean Culture & History Discussion Group

Raíces Cultural Center

It's a Community History Story Sharing! Let's MAKE some Community History. All participants are invited to share a story, memory, poem, reflection, etc. on the topic, "My Pueblo".

Free