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Colin Kaepernick is the winner of the 2017 Puffin/Nation Prize for Creative Citizenship

December 5, 2017

During last year’s NFL pre-season, then-San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick began refusing to stand for the playing of the national anthem in protest of racism and police violence. “I am not going to stand up to show pride in a flag for a country that oppresses black people and Read More

Major New Work Arriving Soon at the Puffin Sculpture Garden

November 17, 2017

Recent visitors to Puffin have been asking about the excavation site in the Puffin Sculpture Garden. We are pleased to announce that a new sculpture honoring the extraordinary life of activist-folk singer Pete Seeger will soon arrive. This major work, commissioned by the Puffin Foundation has been created by renowned Read More

Journalist Juan Gonzalez Speaks at Puffin Educational Forum

October 18, 2017

Journalist Juan Gonzalez spoke at our lunchtime lecture series The Puffin Educational Forum. His topic of discussion was “Reclaiming Gotham: Bill de Blasio and the Movement to End America’s Tale of Two Cities.” Juan is an American progressive broadcast journalist and investigative reporter. He was also a columnist for the Read More