Wednesday, May 19, 2021, beginning at 7 pm

Diversity United

Before our next Diversity United program, on Wednesday, May 19th at 7 pm, please watch “The Truth About the Confederacy in the United States,” which will be discussed at the third session.  You can watch it on Youtube by clicking here.

If you have not been to our previous Diversity United programs, you can watch our March 16th program by clicking here, the documentary “13^th” by clicking here, and our April 13th program by clicking here.

If you have not yet registered to receive the Diversity United Zoom link, you can do so by clicking here: Registration Form. 

Diversity United is a year-long program of outreach to people of all faiths, ethnicities, and races in Newark and the surrounding suburban communities, to discuss an anti-racist agenda and create a tangible platform to work collectively toward a just society.  Our monthly meetings feature a roundtable discussion featuring:

Mildred Crump: This longtime community leader is Newark’s first African-American Councilwoman and first City Council President  

Rabbi Capers Funnye: “Obama’s Rabbi,” Michelle Obama’s cousin, the leader of 200-member Beth Shalom B’nai Zaken Ethiopian Hebrew Congregation of Chicago

Pastor Steffie Bartley: New Jersey Coordinator, National Action Network and Pastor, New Hope Memorial Baptist Church, Elizabeth, New Jersey

This month, the panel will also include a special guest, Ryan P. Haygood, President and CEO of the New Jersey Institute for Social Justice, which seeks to build reparative systems that create wealth, justice, and power for Black, Latina/Latino, and other people of color in New Jersey

Over the next year, “DIVERSITY UNITED” will discuss issues of social justice, including mass incarceration, education, housing, healthcare, environmental justice, poverty, Jim Crow, and public monuments, all from the viewpoint of the systemic inequalities that have resulted from 401 years of American History.

The forum will be formatted as a book club, with participants viewing films and reading materials before each of the monthly meetings. The panelists, African-American leaders, who have spent their lives in the trenches battling for civil rights, equality, and justice, will lead discussion. 

To register and receive the link for this free program, click here: Registration Form. 

Before our next program, on Wednesday, May 19th at 7 pm, please watch “The Truth About the Confederacy in the United States,” which will be discussed at the third session.  You can watch it on Youtube by clicking here.

If you have not been to our previous Diversity United programs, you can watch our March 16th meeting by clicking here, the documentary “13^th” by clicking here, and our April 13th program by clicking here.

At succeeding programs we will discuss the film “The Untold Story of Emmett Luis Till” by Keith Beauchamp and relevant articles and books.

For further information, contact Eric Freedman at diversityunited@yahoo.com or or 201.988.3799.