Social Action: Reminders + Let's Talk About Memorial Day, RB

Tonight: 7 pm, Building a Greenway, Preserving a Watershed, OT

Tomorrow: 5:30 pm, T. Thomas Fortune House fundraiser, Patrizia's, RB

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Let's Talk about...the Surprising Origins of Memorial Day

Wed. May 31

7 pm

Red Bank Public Library

84 West Front Street, Red Bank

Downstairs Meeting Room

This month's "Let's Talk About.." event features Walter D. Greason, dean of the Honors School at Monmouth University. Dr. Greason is the author of several books on race, economics, and segregation in America and currently serves as the co-chair for the “Eminent Domain in the City” conference. He is the recipient of many awards, including Black History Maker, Institute Fellow by the National Endowment of the Humanities, and International Master Teacher. He holds a Ph.D from Temple University, and a B.A. from Villanova.

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Green Networking and Presentation on Local Watershed Preservation

Wednesday May 24

The White House (tea4u.com)

45 Monmouth Road, Oakhurst (Ocean Twp)

7 pm tea

7:30 presentation

Join us to hear from Faith Teitelbaum about the efforts of the Whale Pond Brook Watershed* Association to restore the eroded banks and water quality in the Whale Pond Brook watershed and be able to walk along a 6 mile suburban greenway from the source in Tinton Falls to the ocean.

The watershed area includes historic sites such as the 100 year-old Ross Island stone hut, the old Brinley grist mill site, the Woodrow Wilson Hall at Monmouth University and the beautiful Takanassee Lake in Long Branch.

*watershed: an area or ridge of land that separates waters flowing to different rivers, basins, or seas. The Whale Pond Brook watershed is bounded by West Park Ave, Wayside Rd, Monmouth Mall and Lake Takanasee.

Facebook event page: Building a Greenway, Preserving a Watershed

https://www.facebook.com/events/416880475364338/

https://www.facebook.com/WhalePondBrookWatershedAssociation/

http://restorethewatershed.net/

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Fundraiser for Red Bank's National Historic Landmark,

the T. Thomas Fortune House

A HAPPY FORTUNE HOUR Thursday, May 25 5:30 - 7:30 Patrizia's 28 Broad Street Red Bank, NJ 07701

Enjoy a festive night out to support the rebirth of Red Bank's only National Historic Landmark, the T. Thomas Fortune House. The Cultural Center, now under development, is dedicated to human rights, journalistic integrity, advancement for all people, and celebrating the legacy of T. Thomas Fortune.

Delicious food and wine will be served. Young poets and artists, members of our Fortune Tellers program, will offer a special presentation.

To learn more about T. Thomas Fortune and his home in Red Bank, see http://thomasfortunehouse.weebly.com/

For advance tickets, https://www.eventbrite.com/e/a-happy-fortune-hour-tickets-33911312649?ref=enivte001&invite=MTIwMDQ4MDUvc2FyYWgua2xlcG5lckBnbWFpbC5jb20vMA%3D%3D&utm_source=eb_email&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=invitemodernv2&ref=enivte001&utm_term=attend

For more info, contact thomasfor...@gmail.com

Facebook event page: Happy Fortune Hour Fundraiser

https://www.facebook.com/events/241288926355185/

Social Action: Reminders + Let's Talk About Memorial Day, RB

Sarah Klepner