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Princeton in Africa Gala in NYC

Please Join Us

MONDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2016
A private club in Manhattan, New York City, NY
6:00 PM Cocktail Reception & Silent Auction
7:00 PM Dinner, Program, Live Auction & Entertainment

For the presentation of
The Princeton in Africa Founders Medal to
DWIGHT & JULIE ANDERSON
Ospraie Management LLC
In recognition of their commitment to Princeton in Africa and to the advancement
of the African continent, through their ongoing investments in African-based
markets and their transformative support of Princeton in Africa’s mission and work.

&

The Princeton in Africa Medal to
LEYMAH GBOWEE
Nobel Peace Laureate & Founder of The Gbowee Peace Foundation
For her commitment to peace and justice, dedication to
empowering the youth of Liberia and other parts of West Africa, and ongoing
advocacy on behalf of women and girls around the world.

For more information, please email events@princetoninafrica.org
or call (609) 258-7215.
www.princetoninafrica.org




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A4P Mid-Autumn Festival Potluck


Asian American Alumni Association of Princeton

A4P Princeton Area - Mid-Autumn Festival Potluck Picnic

Event: A4P Princeton area Mid-Autumn Festival Potluck Picnic for Princeton alumni, staff, students, and friends

Date: Sunday, Sept. 18, 2016; Rain date: Sept. 25, 2016 

Time: 12 – 3 p.m. (Picnic area reserved for A4P)

Place: Village Park, 100 Maidenhead Lane, Lawrenceville, NJ 08648 Yeger Drive Entrance

 http://lawrencetwp.com/rec-village-park.html

Bring: Dish (main or side) to share – Each family please bring enough for 8 - 10 people. All kinds of cuisine welcome.

Cost: Depends on participation. Group expenses will be cost of picnic area reservation, mooncakes, Chinese small eats (egg tarts, various buns, sweets, etc.), paper products, utensils, and beverages. Suggesting: $5/ Adult and $10/Family. If you would like to come but cannot bring a dish, please pay $10/adult or $20/family.

RSVP and questions: Warren Suen *99 Chem hzws2001@gmail.com. If you know what you will be bringing, please tell Warren.

You are welcome to bring games you enjoy and your own picnic blankets and chairs. Picnic tables are available. The Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival is traditionally a time to have a reunion with family and friends. Let’s come together and celebrate a new school year and visit with each other.


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Community and Staff Day 2016

We are writing today to invite you to participate in Princeton University’s Community and Staff Day to be held on Saturday, September 17, 2016 at the Princeton Stadium from 3:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.  

 

Participation in this event is FREE.  There will be lots of interactive, child-focused activities. In addition, there will be entertainment, games, food and a free Youth Sports Clinic conducted by Princeton University student-athletes on Weaver Track adjacent to the stadium.  The Princeton Tigers will take on Lafayette at 5 p.m. with a spectacular fireworks display at the conclusion of the football game.

Please email Lydia at activities@princetonaaa.org if you are interested in volunteering at the PA3 booth anytime betwen 3:00 and 6:00 PM.   

 

The day is sure to be one that you don’t want to miss! 


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September Book Club Meeting

All,

I hope you're enjoying your summer, despite how humid and miserable it's been this past week. Hard to believe we're already nearing the fall and time to start book club meetings again! As temporary book club leader, Chip has made a September selection as well as an optional additional read for those who have the time. 

We will reserve space for a September 20th meeting (7-9pm as usual), but if this date is not doable for you, please let me know and if we have enough objections, we can work on finding a better time. 

September book: Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
Review: http://www.nytimes.com/2002/09/15/books/my-big-fat-greek-gender-identity-crisis.html?pagewanted=all

Additionally, if you have the time, members are encouraged to read a book (any book) by Jennifer Weiner '91. The group will discuss Weiner's writing and storytelling style, experimenting with having members read various selections by one author instead of having the entire group  focus on the same book. Additionally, there will be an effort to arrange a small event with Weiner sometime this fall, which may interest some of the book club members. 

All the best,
Linsay and Chip

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June Book Club Meeting

All:

 

First, apologies for the delay in reaching out. The book club had a reportedly lovely meeting on May 18th to discuss Digging to America by Anne Tyler. 

 

On May 13th my husband and I welcomed our first child, a baby boy named Jack, who has completely monopolized our time since, but we've enjoyed every minute!

 

Chip Jerry communicated to me that it was decided at the May meeting to have one final meeting this spring and then take a hiatus in July and August. Additionally, he suggested that for the sake of time, we forgo the usual vote and instead have the group read Ta-Nehisi Coates' Between the World and Me. 

 

  • In a profound work that pivots from the biggest questions about American history and ideals to the most intimate concerns of a father for his son, Ta-Nehisi Coates offers a powerful new framework for understanding our nation’s history and current crisis. Americans have built an empire on the idea of “race,” a falsehood that damages us all but falls most heavily on the bodies of black women and men—bodies exploited through slavery and segregation, and, today, threatened, locked up, and murdered out of all proportion. What is it like to inhabit a black body and find a way to live within it? And how can we all honestly reckon with this fraught history and free ourselves from its burden?Between the World and Me is Ta-Nehisi Coates’s attempt to answer these questions in a letter to his adolescent son. Coates shares with his son—and readers—the story of his awakening to the truth about his place in the world through a series of revelatory experiences, from Howard University to Civil War battlefields, from the South Side of Chicago to Paris, from his childhood home to the living rooms of mothers whose children’s lives were taken as American plunder. Beautifully woven from personal narrative, reimagined history, and fresh, emotionally charged reportage, Between the World and Me clearly illuminates the past, bracingly confronts our present, and offers a transcendent vision for a way forward.

 

Unless there is significant conflict with the date, I will reserve a room on Wednesday, June 29th at 7pm for the next meeting. 

 

All the best,

Linsay


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All:

First, apologies for the delay in reaching out. The book club had a reportedly lovely meeting on May 18th to discuss Digging to America by Anne Tyler.

On May 13th my husband and I welcomed our first child, a baby boy named Jack, who has completely monopolized our time since, but we've enjoyed every minute!

Chip Jerry communicated to me that it was decided at the May meeting to have one final meeting this spring and then take a hiatus in July and August. Additionally, he suggested that for the sake of time, we forgo the usual vote and instead have the group read Ta-Nehisi Coates' Between the World and Me.

• In a profound work that pivots from the biggest questions about American history and ideals to the most intimate concerns of a father for his son, Ta-Nehisi Coates offers a powerful new framework for understanding our nation’s history and current crisis. Americans have built an empire on the idea of “race,” a falsehood that damages us all but falls most heavily on the bodies of black women and men—bodies exploited through slavery and segregation, and, today, threatened, locked up, and murdered out of all proportion. What is it like to inhabit a black body and find a way to live within it? And how can we all honestly reckon with this fraught history and free ourselves from its burden?Between the World and Me is Ta-Nehisi Coates’s attempt to answer these questions in a letter to his adolescent son. Coates shares with his son—and readers—the story of his awakening to the truth about his place in the world through a series of revelatory experiences, from Howard University to Civil War battlefields, from the South Side of Chicago to Paris, from his childhood home to the living rooms of mothers whose children’s lives were taken as American plunder. Beautifully woven from personal narrative, reimagined history, and fresh, emotionally charged reportage, Between the World and Me clearly illuminates the past, bracingly confronts our present, and offers a transcendent vision for a way forward.

Unless there is significant conflict with the date, I will reserve a room on Wednesday, June 29th at 7pm for the next meeting.

All the best,
Linsay

Location: East Pyne 111
Organized by: PA3 Book Club

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