Families Organizing For Racial Justice

Each year the Newton Human Rights Commission (HRC) awards a Human Rights Award to those who have improved the quality of life in Newton by promoting greater… Read more “FORJ Members Honored by HRC”

FORJ Asian American & Pacific Islander (AAPI) Solidarity Night  Wednesday, April 14th 2021  7-8:30pm, with open discussion until 9pm RSVP HERE to receive the Zoom Link Come… Read more “FORJ Asian American & Pacific Islander (AAPI) Solidarity Night”

  FORJ Coordinator 2021 Position  Families Organizing for Racial Justice (FORJ) is actively looking for a new Coordinator for the 2021-2022 school year. The FORJ Coordinator, along… Read more “FORJ Coordinator 2021 Position”

Dear FORJ Community,  We want to acknowledge the fact that many of you are in mourning after yesterday’s assault on the nation’s capital where an angry, riotous… Read more “Response to Insurrection at the Capital”

December 2020 FORJ Meeting – Restoration and Reflection WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 16th, 7-8:30  Join us for our December city-wide FORJ meeting on Wednesday, December 16th from 7:00-8:30 p.m.  Amy… Read more “December 16th FORJ City Wide Meeting”

In, The Color of Law, A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America, national best selling author Richard Rothstein argues with exacting precision and fascinating insight how segregation in America… Read more “On November 17th: Conversation with Richard Rothstein, The Color of Law”

Dear FORJ Community,   We are concerned and working to understand the complexities involved in the reopening plan and in particular the educational inequities that it poses. We… Read more “NPS School Reopening Plan”

A Conversation with Ibram X. Kendi Wednesday, August 12th, 6:30-8pm Hosted by the Newton Public Library Cosponsored by FORJ, The Harmony Foundation, and the Newton Human Rights… Read more “A Conversation with Ibram X. Kendi on August 12th”

“How To Talk About Race With Your Children” with Mike Feldstein and Daniel Arroyo Wednesday, July 29th from 7 – 8: 15 pm, with optional meeting time… Read more “UPCOMING JULY & AUGUST FORJ EVENTS”

Learn about Rabindranath Tagore, a Bengali poet, novelist and painter who was the first non-European to be awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature, in this uplifting, multimedia, webinar.… Read more “June 25th – Rabindranath During Social Distancing”