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18 Jul Joint Efforts Safe Streets 2023 | Full Schedule

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FRIDAY, AUGUST 4, 2023
5:00PM-7:30PM
STUDIO HILLIER, 190 WITHERSPOON STREET

“WITHERSPOON JACKSON COMMUNITY DAY”
COMMUNITY KICK-OFF PROGRAM: (Special Salute to Our Ancestors, Mamie Oldham & Barbara Hillier)

  • WELCOME | INTRODUCTIONS | ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
    • John Bailey, Founder & Event Coordinator
      Joint Effort Witherspoon Jackson Community Princeton Safe Streets Program
    • Bob Hillier, Architect & Principal, Studio Hillier
  • REMARKS
    • Honorable Mark Freda, Mayor of Princeton
    • Honorable Andrew Zwicker, NJ State Senator
    • Honorable John Cimino, Mercer County Commissioner
    • Honorable Eve Niedergang, Member, Princeton Council
  • PRESENTATION OF MILDRED TROTMAN COMMUNITY SERVICE AWARD
    • Dr. Carol Kelley, Superintendent, Princeton Public Schools
  • PRESENTATION OF JIM FLOYD MEMORIAL LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
    • Mamie Oldham
    • Barbara Hillier (Presented Posthumously)
  • A VISION FOR WITHERSPOON STREET – WHAT’S NEXT
    • Bob Hillier, Architect & Principal, Studio Hillier
  • ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS OF THE ANCESTORS & ANGELS
    • Shirley Satterfield, Founder & Director, Witherspoon Jackson Historical and Cultural Society
    • Honorable Leighton Newlin, Member, Princeton Council

SATURDAY, AUGUST 5, 2023
10:00AM-12:00PM
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF PRINCETON, 30 GREEN STREET


“BETSY STOCKTON & LAURA WOOTEN DAY”
COMMUNITY DISCUSSION: “Do Black Lives Still Matter” – A Community Discussion and Reflections on Black History, Paul Robeson, Witherspoon Jackson Community, Racism, Reparations, Social Equity, Community Benefits, Truth, Trust, Transparency, Challenges, Choices and Opportunities

  • WELCOME | INTRODUCTIONS | ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
    • John Bailey, Founder & Event Coordinator, Joint Effort Witherspoon Jackson Community Princeton Safe Streets Program
  • COMMUNITY DISCUSSION PANELIST
    • Caroline Clark, Attorney & Member, Not In Our Town (NIOT)
    • Linda Oppenheim, Member, Member, Not In Our Town (NIOT)
    • Joy Barnes Johnson, Science Educator, Princeton Public Schools
    • MuDeen Boyer, Concerned Citizen & grew up in the neighborhood
    • Jason Carter, Educator, Princeton Public Schools & grew up in the neighborhood
    • Honorable Leighton Newlin, Member, Princeton Town Council & grew up in the Neighborhood
    • Grace Kimbrough, Retired Corrections Administrator & grew up in the neighborhood
    • Honorable Martin Whitfield, Member, West Windsor Town Council
    • Sharon Campbell, Concerned Citizen & grew up in the neighborhood
    • Shirley Satterfield, Historian, President, Witherspoon Jackson Historical & Cultural Society & grew up in the neighborhood

1:00PM-7:00PM

FISH FRY – MEET & GREET | WITHERSPOON LODGE ELKS, 124 BIRCH AVENUE

SUNDAY, AUGUST 6, 2023
5:00PM-7:00PM
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF PRINCETON, 30 GREEN STREET

“HOWARD WAXWOOD DAY”
GOSPEL FESTIVAL & BLACK FAMILY RECOGNITION PROGRAM

  • WELCOME | INTRODUCTIONS | ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
    • John Bailey, Founder & Event Coordinator, Joint Effort Witherspoon Jackson Community Princeton Safe Streets Program
    • Honorable Lance Liverman, Former Member, Princeton Council
  • POEM FOR THE OCCASION
    • Rev. Gregory Smith, Pastor, Second Calvary Baptist Church
  • REFLECTIONS ON GROWING UP IN THE WITHERSPOON JACKSON NEIGHBORHOODS
    • Evelyn Counts, Retired & Highly Respected Educator from the Neighborhood
  • PRESENTATION OF WITHERSPOON JACKSON COMMUNITY PRINTS TO PRINCETON BLACK LEGACY FAMILIES

(Every year during the Joint Effort Princeton Witherspoon Jackson Community Safe Streets Summer Program we will recognize 12 Black Families who have lived or are connected to Princeton. These are our 2023 Black Family Legacy Honorees:

    • The Spruill Family
    • The Boyer Family
    • The Saunders Family
    • The Hines Family
    • The Brown Family
    • The Brown Family
    • The Brown Family
    • The Brown Family
    • The Yates Family
    • The Robinson Family
    • The McQueen Family
    • The Burrell Family
    • The Johnson Family
    • The Johnson Family
    • The Johnson Family
    • The Rhodes Family
    • The Turner Family
  • GOSPEL MUSICAL FEST
    • Musical Selections – First Baptist Church Choir
    • Musical Selections – Sam Frisby & Friends
    • Musical Selections – Karen Yvette Jones
    • Music Selections – Dennis Rogers
    • Music Selections – Jennifer Bell
    • Musical Selections – Dr. G. Preston Wilson, Jr., Asst. Professor of Music, Westminster Choir College, Rider University

TUESDAY, AUGUST 8, 2023
(5:30pm Networking – 6:00pm Discussion)
ARTS COUNCIL OF PRINCETON
102 WITHERSPOON STREET


“ALBERT HINDS DAY”
COMMUNITY DISCUSSION: Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and The Future of Princeton and Mercer County – Can We Have An Authentic Conversation

  • WELCOME & ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
    • John Bailey, Founder & Event Coordinator, Joint Effort Witherspoon Jackson Community Princeton Safe Streets Program
  • PRESENTATION ON DIVERSITY, EQUITY, & INCLUSION
    • Barbara Lawrence, Vice President of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Access & Belonging, University of New Haven
  • DEI FIRESIDE CHAT #1 – BUSINESS
    • Phil Woolfolk, Vice President, African American Chamber of Commerce of NJ
  • DEI FIRESIDE CHAT #2 – GOVERNMENT
    • Honorable Dan Benson, NJ Assemblyman & Candidate for Mercer County Executive
  • DEI RESPONSE PANEL
    • Deborah Preston, President, Mercer County College
    • Honorable Sam Frisby, Member, Mercer County Commission
    • Christine Symington, Executive Director, Sustainable Princeton
    • Hal English, President/CEO, Princeton Mercer Regional Chamber of Commerce
    • Sheldon Sturges, Founder, Princeton Future
    • Honorable Lance Liverman, Former Princeton Councilman
    • Honorable Leighton Newlin, Member, Princeton Council
    • Josh Zinder, Principal, JZ Architect & Design
    • Honorable Mia Sacks, Member, Princeton Council
    • Honorable Douglas H. Palmer, Principal, Palmer & Associates, Former Mayor, Trenton NJ

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 9, 2023
5:30PM ART EXHIBIT & RECEPTION – 6:00PM PROGRAM ARTS COUNCIL OF PRINCETON
102 WITHERSPOON STREET


“JIM FLOYD & ROMUS BROADWAY DAY”
I REMEMBER YESTERDAY, WHEN ….. Reflections On Growing Up In The WJ Neighborhood (Food, Culture, Scholarships, Jim Floyd Memorial Lecture Panel, Chip Fisher Memorial Art Exhibit)

  • CYNTHIA “CHIP” FISHER MEMORIAL ART EXHIBIT
    • Art provided by Aaron Fisher & Onome Olotu
  • REMARKS, WELCOME, ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS & INTRODUCTIONS
    • John Bailey, Founder & Event Coordinator, Joint Effort Witherspoon Jackson Community Princeton Safe Streets Program
  • POEM FOR THE OCCASION
    • Rev. Gregory Smith, Second Calvary Baptist Church
  • SPECIAL REMARKS
    • Honorable Mark Freda, Princeton Mayor
    • Honorable Sam Frisby, Mercer County Commissioner
    • Honorable Leighton Newlin, Princeton Town Council
  • SPECIAL COMMUNITY RECOGNITION
    • The Broadway Family
    • The Arts Council of Princeton
    • (Adam Welch, Executive Director, Joe Kossow, President, Board of Directors, & John Thompson, Vice President)
  • PRESENTATION OF JOINT EFFORT BOOK SCHOLARSHIPS
    • Jay Jackson
    • Marshawn Ferguson Jr.
    • Bri’elle Blake
    • Naveyah Morgan
    • Kyle Morris
    • Savannah Liverman
    • Jordan Young
    • Skai Amani Walden-Bennett
    • Janiyah Williams
    • Toniyah Harris
    • Jaden Hall
    • Tyler Owens
  • JIM FLOYD MEMORIAL LECTURE COMMUNITY DISCUSSION PANEL Discussion and Reflections – I Remember When ………. Growing Up In The WJ Neighborhood
    • Grace Kimbrough
    • Sharon Campbell
    • Evelyn Turner Counts
    • Shirley Satterfield
    • Leighton Newlin
    • Joyce Gillette Johnson
    • Earl McQueen
    • Peter Young Jr.
    • John Thompson
  • WITHERSPOON-JACKSON COMMUNITY AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION

FRIDAY, AUGUST 11, 2023
6:00PM | MEET & GREET
WITHERSPOON LODGE ELKS, 124 BIRCH AVENUE

 

“JOINT EFFORT COMMUNITY ALUMNI DAY”

SATURDAY, AUGUST 12, 2023

“PAUL BUSTILL ROBESON DAY”

 

10:00AM-12:00PM

FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF PRINCETON, 30 GREEN STREET

 

COMMUNITY DISCUSSION: Candidates Forum and Hot Topics Community Discussion on Affordable Housing, Witherspoon Street Design, Cannabis, Climate Change, Education, Social Equity, Public Safety & More….

  • Welcome & Acknowledgements
    • John Bailey, Founder & Event Coordinator, Joint Effort Witherspoon Jackson Community Princeton Safe Streets Program
  • FIRESIDE CHAT
    • Honorable Mark Freda, Mayor of Princeton
  • HOT TOPICS
    • Witherspoon Street Overlay – Josh Zinder, Principal, JZ Architect & Design
    • Climate Change – Honorable David Cohen, Member, Princeton Town Council
    • Equity Educational Update – Dr. Kimberly Tew, Assistant Supt. of Curriculum and Instruction, Princeton Public Schools
    • Public Safety in Princeton – Jon Buccerre, Chief, Princeton Police Department
    • Cannabis/Open Space/Emerald Necklace Project – Honorable Eve Niedergang, Member, Princeton Town Council
  • CANDIDATE FORUM / REMARKS
    • Janice Mironov, Chair, Mercer County Democratic Prty
    • Nick DiDomizio, Chair, Princeton Democratic Municipal Committee
    • Owen O’Donnell, President, Princeton Community Democratic Organization Democratic
    • NJ SENATE

      Honorable Andrew Zwicker, Member, NJ State Senator & Candidate for Re-Election

    • NJ ASSEMBLY
      Honorable Roy Freiman, Member, NJ State Assembly & Candidate for Re-Election Mitchelle Drulis, Candidate for Election

    • MERCER COUNTY EXECUTIVE
      Honorable Dan Benson, Member NJ State Assembly & Candidate for Mercer County Executive

    • MERCER COUNTY COMMISSION
      Honorable Lucy Walter, Chair, Mercer County Commission & Candidate for Re-Election Honorable John Cimino, Mercer County Commissioner & Candidate for Re-Election

    • PRINCETON TOWN COUNCIL
      Honorable David Cohen, Member, Princeton Town Council & Candidate for Re-Election

    • PRINCETON BOARD OF EDUCATION
      Honorable Michelle Tuck Ponder, Member, Princeton Public Schools Board Education & Candidate for Re-Election

10:00AM – 12PM
JOINT EFFORT & BAILEY BASKETBALL ACADEMY YOUTH HOOPS CLINIC COMMUNITY PARK BASKETBALL COURTS
372 WITHERSPOON STREET 

 

Clinic Coordinator: Kamau Bailey

1:00PM – 7:00PM 
COMMUNITY BLOCK FESTIVAL –
FOOD, FUN, ENTERTAINMENT, FELLOWSHIP YMCA FIELD
59 PAUL ROBESON PLACE

  • Entertainment Features:
    • 1:00pm DJ Darius
    • 2:30pm Jennifer Bell
    • 3:00pm Dennis Rodgers
    • 4:00pm Grace Little Band

7:30PM
COMMUNITY MEET & GREET | WITHERSPOON LODGE ELKS, 124 BIRCH AVENUE

SUNDAY, AUGUST 13, 2023
COMMUNITY PARK BASKETBALL COURTS,
372 WITHERSPOON STREET

 

“PETE YOUNG SR. DAY”

  • PETE YOUNG SR. MEMORIAL BASKETBALL GAMES SCHEDULE [Rear of School]
    • 10:00 a.m. Youth Game
    • 11:00 a.m. Youth Game
    • 12:00 noon Youth Game
    • 1:00 p.m. Youth Game
    • 2:00 p.m. Youth Game
    • 3:00 p.m. Youth Game
    • 4:00 p.m. High School Boys Game
    • 5:00 p.m. Unlimited Men’s Game
    • 6:00 p.m. Unlimited Men’s Game

7:30PM

COMMUNITY MEET & GREET

WITHERSPOON LODGE ELKS, 124 BIRCH AVENUE

Safe Streets Sponsors

  • STUDIO HILLIER
  • DOUGLAS H. PALMER & ASSOCIATES
  • AFRICAN AMERICAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF NJ
  • HONORABLE LANCE LIVERMAN & LATONYA KILPATRICK
  • MCCAFFREY FOODS
  • BAILEY BASKETBALL ACADEMY
  • TED & JESS DEUTSCH
  • TAFT COMMUNICATIONS
  • JOSH ZINDER
  • ARCHITECTURE + DESIGN
  • HONORABLE LEIGHTON NEWLIN
  • HONORABLE DAVID COHEN
  • HONORABLE MARK FREDA
  • HONORABLE KEVIN WILKES
  • PRINCETON DESIGN GUILD
  • BANK OF PRINCETON
  • WITHERSPOON JACKSON NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION WITHERSPOON JACKSON
  • COMMUNITY HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL SOCIETY
  • WITHERSPOON & LEIGH LLC
  • PRINCETON MACLEAN LLC
  • WITHERSPOON CORNER LLC
  • JOHNNIE & MICHAEL HILL
  • NASSAU INN
  • PRINCETON UNIVERSITY
  • PRINCETON PUBLIC SCHOOLS
  • PRINCETON POLICE DEPARTMENT
  • PRINCETON PBA #130
  • PRINCETON RECREATION DEPARTMENT
  • PRINCETON YMCA
  • ARTS COUNCIL OF PRINCETON
  • DOROTHEA HOUSE
  • FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF PRINCETON
  • HONORABLE ANDREW ZWICKER
  • HONORABLE SAM FRISBY
  • HONORABLE JOHN CIMINO
  • HONORABLE NINA MELKER
  • HONORABLE KRISTIN MCLAUGHLIN
  • AARON FISHER ART
  • HALO FARM
  • DOSIER HAMMOND
  • CHAMBER STREET PARTNERS
  • HERRING PROPERTIES
  • MARGARET GRIFFIN & SCOTT SILLARS
  • LASLEY BRAHANEY ARCHITECT + CONSTRUCTION
  • PINNEO CONSTRUCTION
  • PRINCETON DEMOCRATIC MUNICIPAL COMMITTEE
  • PRINCETON COMMUNITY DEMOCRATIC ORGANIZATION
  • CAPITAL HEALTH
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