FORJ Coordinator 2021 Position For the 2021-2022 year, Newton Public Schools authorized a stipend to hire a FORJ (Families Organizing for Racial Justice) Coordinator. For more information… Read more “Learn about the FORJ Coordinator position”
Response to Insurrection at the Capital
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 16th FORJ City Wide Meeting
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”
On November 17th: Conversation with Richard Rothstein, The Color of Law
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”
NPS School Reopening Plan
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 on August 12th
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”
UPCOMING JULY & AUGUST FORJ EVENTS
“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”
June 25th – Rabindranath During Social Distancing
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”
Fundraising event w/ GELF on June 13th
Want to have fun learning to cook Spanish food and drinks while raising money for GELF (funds trips for low-income students) and FORJ? Join us tonight from 4-6:30pm for a… Read more “Fundraising event w/ GELF on June 13th”
How to Help Fight Racism – FORJ
How to Help Fight Racism Families Organizing For Racial Justice (FORJ) June 2020 We are very encouraged to see the incredible interest in joining in the fight… Read more “How to Help Fight Racism – FORJ”
