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The Center for Migration and the Global City (CMGC) is an incubator for multidisciplinary scholarship, innovative pedagogy and civic engagement that addresses both the local and global dimensions of migration. CMGC fosters migration research across academic disciplines and the development of educational resources, media curriculum, and public programming that contribute to a better understanding of the impact of contemporary migration and its historical roots.

The Center’s work is oriented by our location; situated on the Newark campus of a public university in a state with the nation’s third highest percentage of immigrant residents. New Jersey’s immigrant population is particularly diverse in comparison with the rest of the country. Although nearly half of New Jersey’s immigrants are Latinx, New Jersey’s foreign-born residents originate from nearly 100 different countries and speak more than 165 languages. The material effects of these statistics are apparent on the Rutgers-Newark campus—a migratory hub that U.S. News and World Report has designated the most diverse national university in the United States for the past two decades. For these reasons, CMGC is particularly interested in the impact of global migration on the Newark region and the state of New Jersey. In this capacity, CMGC is also a catalyst for generating collaborative partnerships between Rutgers faculty and New Jersey immigrant communities and the organizations that represent them
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NEWEST AMERICANS
A digital storytelling project
Halsey Festival
September 15, 2022 @ 3PM
Rutgers University - Newark and Newark Alliance
Halsey St, Newark
PAST EVENTS
Honoring the Spirit of Rebellion: A Celebration of Nat Turner Park
August 20, 2022
The Friends of Nat Turner Park, United Parks as One, and NJ Council for Humanities
Nat Turner Park, Newark
NJPAC Sounds of the City
August 4, 2022
New Jersey Performing Arts Center
Center Street, Newark.
Newark’s National Night Out
August 2, 2022
Newark Department of Public Safety
Weequahic Park, Newark
NJPAC Sounds of the City
July 14, 2022
New Jersey Performing Arts Center
Center Street, Newark
Newark Juneteenth
May 18, 2022
SOURCE OF KNOWLEDGE
Halsey Street, Newark
Festival of Praise
April 27, 2022
Newark Symphony Hall
Broad Street, Newark
BREAKOUT NEWARK
October 8 & 9, 2021
Break out Newark
Treat Place, Newark
Halsey Festival
September 23, 2021
Rutgers University-Newark and Newark Alliance
Halsey Street, Newark
NJPAC Sounds of the City
August 26, 2021
New Jersey Performing Arts
Center Street, Newark
Newark Story Bus Launch
Saturday, July 10
Music/Market/Murals Festival
Treat Place, Newark
NEWARK STORY BUS

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Express Newark, #422
54 Halsey Street
Newark, NJ 07102
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