Women at NJPAC

Women at NJPAC A Sisterhood for Good. Women@NJPAC are change makers, rabble-rousers, artists, moms, bosses - women

From the first proposal to build a world-class performing arts center in the heart of Downtown Newark, NJPAC has been the focus of great hope, inspiration, and excitement! The Women's Association of NJPAC was formed to build support for this cultural treasure and engage women throughout the state to share the vision, artistry, and diversity that have made our world-class performing arts center nationally acclaimed.

It's ! Celebrate the power of women at our Gathering of Givers this Friday! This annual event features empowering spe...
03/03/2025

It's ! Celebrate the power of women at our Gathering of Givers this Friday! This annual event features empowering speakers, a delicious breakfast, and fierce female leaders. Don't miss out: njpac.org/givers

It was a remarkable evening! Yesterday, Dear America: A Letter From Black Women, written by Women@NJPAC's Trustee , made...
02/28/2025

It was a remarkable evening! Yesterday, Dear America: A Letter From Black Women, written by Women@NJPAC's Trustee , made its debut at NJPAC. Following this powerful film was an electrifying conversation with speakers including , and .

Hear from the incredibly talented —historian, artist and New York Times best-selling essayist—when you join us for our a...
02/26/2025

Hear from the incredibly talented —historian, artist and New York Times best-selling essayist—when you join us for our annual Gathering of Givers on 3/7. Grab seats: njpac.org/givers

02/21/2025

Check out this recap of last year's Gathering of Givers! We can't wait to gather again this year, on 3/7, and learn from our esteemed lineup of speakers how to break barriers and reach our full potential. You won't want to miss it! njpac.org/givers

Join us on 3/7, in celebration of International Women’s Day, for a morning of insight, inspiration, and instruction on h...
02/19/2025

Join us on 3/7, in celebration of International Women’s Day, for a morning of insight, inspiration, and instruction on how to erase lines and move past barriers of all kinds, as we hear from remarkable women who have crossed borders, both those they created themselves and those others imposed on them.

Speakers include historian, artist and New York Times best-selling essayist ; opera singer , the first Sri Lankan woman to attend Juilliard; Ferlanda Fox Nixon, the first female CEO of the Newark Regional Business Partnership; and Newark Council Member At-Large,

Grab seats: njpac.org/givers

On 3/7, join us for our annual Gathering of Givers! Learn how to break boundaries — imposed on you by yourself and other...
02/12/2025

On 3/7, join us for our annual Gathering of Givers! Learn how to break boundaries — imposed on you by yourself and others — when you hear from remarkable women who have successfully broken barriers in their lives. Get tickets: njpac.org/givers

12/10/2024

“There is always something to do. There are hungry people to feed, naked people to clothe, sick people to comfort and make well. And while I don’t expect you to save the world, I do think it’s not asking too much for you to love those with whom you sleep, share the happiness of those whom you call friend, engage those among you who are visionary and remove from your life those who offer you depression, despair and disrespect.”
- Nikki Giovanni

NJPAC mourn the passing of the extraordinary poet, activist and professor Nikki Giovanni, beloved for works that fiercely celebrated Black life and for decades of performances that married spoken word poetry with jazz and gospel. She was 81.

Nikki, who appeared at the Arts Center many times (including virtually during the pandemic), believed strongly that her words had the power to be a catalyst for change and were strongest delivered aloud. As recently as this October she appeared here during the Dodge Poetry Festival, performing alongside Javon Jackson and Christian McBride. During her long career, she published children’s books as well as poetry, taught at Rutgers University, Queens College and Virginia Tech, made numerous television appearances (including a two-hour interview of James Baldwin) and toured the country repeatedly as both a performer and lecturer. Her final publication, titled The Last Book, is due to be published next year.

We are proud to announce that , Managing Director, Women@NJPAC, is being recognized as a Tribute to Women of INfluence ...
12/05/2024

We are proud to announce that , Managing Director, Women@NJPAC, is being recognized as a Tribute to Women of INfluence Honoree on 12/10 at the Park Avenue Club.

Please join this special event and help celebrate all Sarah has accomplished personally and professionally to empower women and the community.

Tickets, ad journals and sponsorships available at bit.ly/YMCANorthernNJ

12/04/2024

The leading ladies panel was full of inspiring moments! Nina Wells shared this memory from bringing her young ones to experience the arts. Thank you for your leadership and support, Nina!

We're excited to join together in sisterhood tomorrow at the Annual Meeting celebrating Leading Ladies doing great work ...
12/03/2024

We're excited to join together in sisterhood tomorrow at the Annual Meeting celebrating Leading Ladies doing great work in our community! We look forward to seeing you there. Tag all your posts with to join the conversation. Register: bit.ly/njpacladies

NJPAC team member Valerie Blau was honored by the last week, alongside some of our Women@NJPAC trustees Aisha Glover an...
11/01/2024

NJPAC team member Valerie Blau was honored by the last week, alongside some of our Women@NJPAC trustees Aisha Glover and Helen Archontou. Congrats!

NJPAC’s work continues TODAY with the Standing in Solidarity series! This FREE event kicks off at 4PM with engaging wome...
09/29/2024

NJPAC’s work continues TODAY with the Standing in Solidarity series! This FREE event kicks off at 4PM with engaging women leaders Alexis Denise and Rachel Janfarza on a panel with WNYC’s Kai Wright. Be in the building: bit.ly/notestovotes

Tonight! Join us for an engaging panel of motivated youth getting out the vote! This FREE event includes a film screening and a live podcast recording with WNYC’s Kai Wright! RSVP: bit.ly/notestovotes

09/29/2024
We’re counting down the minutes! Today is the when we celebrate New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC)’s work in ar...
09/28/2024

We’re counting down the minutes! Today is the when we celebrate New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC)’s work in arts education, community engagement and arts and well-being. A huge thank you to the sponsors who support our mission and make our work possible!

Lead Sponsor: Prudential
Underwriter - MCJ Amelior Foundation

Visionaries including: Mindy Cohen and David J. Bershad, Merck, Arthur F. Ryan

Vice Chairs including: Toby and Leon G. Cooperman, Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey, PSEG, Life at PwC and Tanenbaum Keale LLP

Learn all about our Annual Spring Luncheon on with this weekend! For more information, visit UpdateNewJersey.com
06/07/2024

Learn all about our Annual Spring Luncheon on with this weekend! For more information, visit UpdateNewJersey.com

05/15/2024

Last week's Spring Luncheon was unforgettable! Check out the setup leading to the big event.

Wow! What a joyous time we had hosting the Annual Spring Luncheon & Auction. We’re so grateful to share that this recor...
05/08/2024

Wow! What a joyous time we had hosting the Annual Spring Luncheon & Auction. We’re so grateful to share that this record-breaking event raised over $410K that will bring arts, wellness, education and more to our community. Thank you to for sharing wisdom and experience, our co-chairs .lev and for guiding the way, Nancy Cantor for your grace, for producing, and to YOU, all our fabulous guests for supporting this Sisterhood for Good.

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Check out this recap of last year's Gathering of Givers! We can't wait to gather again this year, on 3/7, and learn from our esteemed lineup of speakers how to break barriers and reach our full potential. You won't want to miss it! njpac.org/givers

Nina Wells speaks at Women@NJPAC annual meeting
Nina Wells speaks at Women@NJPAC annual meeting

The leading ladies panel was full of inspiring moments! Nina Wells shared this memory from bringing her young ones to experience the arts. Thank you for your leadership and support, Nina!

We caught up with the #NJPACgala co-chairs @mindy.cohen1 and @patricia.capawana at the groundbreaking for @njpac’s campus this week. We’re so grateful for their leadership and excited to welcome them back to the building for the festivities this Saturday! We’ll see you soon ✨

Last week's Spring Luncheon was unforgettable! Check out the setup leading to the big event.

The fabulous @iammikkitaylor here @njpac to kick off our #NJPACLuncheon! It’s one of our signature events and today we welcome @robinrobertsgma as our keynote speaker. Thanks to all who come and support us for this fun day of sisterhood and community supporting the arts!

Happy #NationalPoetryMonoth. Check out this clip of @naomisoextra reciting an original poem, from our recent celebration of Nikki Giovanni.

PSEG True Diversity Film Series: Going to Mars - The Nikki Giovanni Project
PSEG True Diversity Film Series: Going to Mars - The Nikki Giovanni Project

Honor Women’s History Month by joining our in-person Standing in Solidarity celebration of acclaimed poet Nikki Giovanni whose words have inspired the courage to dream for decades. She’s an icon, activist and Afrofuturist feminist who emerged from the Black Arts Movement of the ’60s and ’70s. She speaks her truth with humor and heart, and her themes can feel otherworldly and hopeful in spite of the harsh realities during which they were written. Our PSEG True Diversity Film is Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project, winner of the U.S. Grand Jury Prize for documentary in the 2023 Sundance Film Festival. The film tells Giovanni’s life story through her words including interviews, public appearances and candid interactions with family and friends. Making the film was a seven year project for directors and producers Joe Brewster and Michèle Stephenson. Following the screening, Stephenson will be in conversation with Donna Walker-Kuhne, Senior Advisor of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at NJPAC. Also appearing is Amina Bey, Executive Director of Newark Emergency Services for Families, and Naomi Extra who will perform one of her original poems. This program is a co-production of Women@NJPAC and Dodge Poetry. About the film Winner of the Grand Jury Prize in the Sundance U.S. Documentary Competition, this beguiling documentary portrait follows poet and activist Nikki Giovanni as she approaches 80. The film explores Giovanni’s Afrofuturist-feminist philosophical outlook as well as her poignant relationship with her family, her political audacity, and her poetic eloquence, all knit together with a constant eye and ear for its subject’s own aesthetic verve. Looking back at a personal life and history cast in the long shadow of American racism, and forward to hopeful, possible futures, Giovanni acts as our guide and narrator, with refreshingly unorthodox filmmakers Joe Brewster and Michèle Stephenson refraining from traditional chronologies or talking-head

Speaker Spotlight: @ebokosia, recognized by Forbes as a Millennial on a Mission, is the Founder & CEO of The Gem Project, Inc. Amanda will moderate the conversation with our Next Generation speakers—a panel of stellar young women. Gather with us Friday: njpac.org/givers

Speaker Spotlight: @adorianfornewark is the Founder & CEO of SHE Wins Inc., a leadership and mentoring organization for girls affected by gun violence. Connect with A’Dorian when you gather with us FRIDAY: njpac.org/givers

Meet our keynote speaker! @janainelson is President and Director-Counsel of the Legal Defense Fund, the nation’s premier civil rights law organization fighting for racial justice. Gather with us on 3/8, and be a part of this powerful conversation: njpac.org/givers

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