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Teaneck Advisory: Transportation for Senior & Disabled Residents
June 25, 2013
The Department offers free transportation for senior and disabled residents to medical appointments five days a week; we also provide grocery shopping on Wednesdays and Thursdays. Residents may call the Department to schedule medical appointments in Teaneck, Englewood, and Hackensack, Mondays through Fridays with the exception of Municipal Holidays. In Read More
Puffin Fights to Commemorate Historic Oak
May 30, 2013
The Record: Bough to history article via northjersey.com DAYS MAY be numbered for a large, historic red oak that has deep roots in Teaneck’s past, but if science is any indication, and a little luck holds, the tree may live on as more than memory. Even as its likely demise Read More
The Truth Commission Campaign Project
May 29, 2013
2011 ALBA/Puffin Human Rights Award winner Baltasar Garzón’s Truth Commission Campaign Project. The Truth Commission Campaign ProjectThe Baltasar Garzón International Foundation (FIBGAR) is a non-governmental and non-profit foundation dedicated to promoting human rights and the principles of Universal Jurisdiction. Founded upon the basis, FIBGAR’s mission is to defend victims of Read More
2013 United We Dream/Puffin ALBA Award
United We Dream wins ALBA/Puffin Award for Human Rights Activism “Undocumented and Unafraid”: DREAMers Network Tapped for Human Rights Award New York — On May 5, 2013 the third Abraham Lincoln Brigade Archives (ALBA)/Puffin Award for Human Rights Activism will be presented in New York City to United We Dream Read More
The Bergen County Coalition to Prevent Gun Violence Rally
April 30, 2013
Stand Up For Gun Sanity Took place on April 21, 2013 Photo courtesy of Teaneck Patch For more info and event photos visit http://www.bergengunviolenceprevention.com/ Speakers included: Loretta Weinberg NJ State Senate Majority Leader Robert Gordon NJ State Senator Carole Stiller NJ Million Mom March Chapters of the Brady Campaign Read More
Faith Ringgold Limited Edition Prints
April 26, 2013
Printing made possible through a generous grant form the Puffin Foundation, Ltd. The Puffin Foundation Ltd. has sought to open the doors of artistic expression by providing grants to artists and art organizations who are often excluded from mainstream opportunities due to their race, gender, or social philosophy. Why the Read More
The Power of the Pen at the Museum of the City of NY
April 24, 2013
Thursday, May 2 at 6:30 pm The Power of the Pen: Literature and Politics During The Great Depression at the Museum of the City of New York During the economic crisis of the 1930s, the written word became an activist political tool. America’s “proletarian literature” movement produced novels, poems, essays, Read More
United We Dream Awarded ALBA/Puffin Prize
March 13, 2013
United We Dream wins ALBA/Puffin Award for Human Rights Activism “Undocumented and Unafraid”: DREAMers Network Tapped for Human Rights Award New York — On May 5, 2013 the third Abraham Lincoln Brigade Archives (ALBA)/Puffin Award for Human Rights Activism will be presented in New York City to United We Dream Read More
Puffin Seeks To Establish Museum Celebrating Women Artists
March 6, 2013
The Puffin Foundation is looking to establish a museum that celebrates women artists in Teaneck. We welcome your inquiries, ideas, and partnership suggestions about the construction of the museum. You can contact us at Read More
