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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

National Significance Attributed to Puffin/Nation Award for Ben Jealous of NAACP
December 12, 2012
When Benjamin Todd Jealous stepped on stage last week to receive one of the ideological left’s most prestigious awards, he was greeted with thunderous applause from the assembled audience, a collection of this nation’s most unrepentant liberals. NAACP President and CEO Benjamin Todd Jealous (Photo: Diane Bondareff, AP) via USA Read More

2012 Peccerelli & Doyle
ALBA/Puffin Award for Human Rights Activism Para más información en español sobre el Premio ALBA/Puffin al Activismo en pro de los Derechos Humanos de este año, pinche aquí. Kate Doyle and the National Security ArchiveFor two decades, Kate Doyle has worked to shed light on the history of state violence Read More

NAACP Head Ben Jealous Wins 2012 Puffin/Nation Prize for Creative Citizenship
November 19, 2012
Benjamin Todd Jealous Announced as Winner of the 2012 Puffin/Nation Prize for Creative Citizenship Prize Recognizes NAACP’s Leadership In Civil and Human Rights Movement; Efforts to “Rebrand” Civil Rights for a New Era November 15, 2012 (New York, NY): The Nation Institute and The Puffin Foundation announced today that Benjamin Read More

2012 Benjamin Todd Jealous
Winner of the 2012 Puffin Prize for Creative Citizenship (formerly the Puffin/Nation Prize for Creative Citizenship). Prize Recognizes NAACP’s Leadership In Civil and Human Rights Movement; Efforts to “Rebrand” Civil Rights for a New Era The Nation Institute and The Puffin Foundation announced today that Benjamin Todd Jealous, President and Read More

TIFF Opening Night Gala
November 11, 2012
Gladys Miller Rosenstein (Executive Director, Puffin Foundation, Ltd.), Jeremy Lentz (Executive Director of TIFF) and Perry Rosenstein (President, Puffin Foundation, Ltd.) at the opening night gala of the Teaneck International Film Festival, a project of the Puffin Foundation, Ltd. Photo by Jeremy Smith via Read More