In recognition of Sexual Assault Awareness Month, Lillian Ribeiro, MA, RDT, co-facilitates a roundtable discussion alongside Stacy Kievning from the Union County Rape Crisis Center.

Representing the YWCA of Union County's lead domestic violence agency, Lillian joins a conversation featuring nationally recognized violence prevention educators, activists, and filmmakers Jackson Katz and Byron Hurt.

Together, the panel explores the importance of prevention, education, accountability, and community engagement in addressing sexual violence. Through dialogue, advocacy, and public education, conversations like these help create greater awareness and support meaningful social change.

This discussion highlights the critical role that educators, advocates, artists, and community leaders play in fostering safer, more informed, and more compassionate communities.

Featuring:
* Lillian Ribeiro, MA, RDT – Domestic Violence Prevention Specialist, YWCA Union County
* Stacy Kievning – Union County Rape Crisis Center
* Jackson Katz – Educator, Author, and Violence Prevention Advocate
* Byron Hurt – Filmmaker, Writer, and Activist

Editor: Michael Vincenty, NJIT Student

Funded by a Newark Arts Start grant, artists take elders and youth "Back 2 the Future", in a virtual intergenerational art program. Newark students at Roberto Clemente Elementary School and Elliott Street Elementary School will meet virtually with adult seniors living with first and mid stages of Alzheimer's and dementia. Students and adult seniors will explore theatre, art, poetry and music together. A culmination session invites participants, students, school administration and participating artists to celebrate works created during program.  

"Back 2 the Future", a virtual intergenerational arts program on ZOOM. Students from Elliott Street Elementary School meet with senior adults living with Alzheimer's and Dementia in NJ nursing homes . The goal of this program is to bring two different groups of people together, youth and seniors, during times of COVID to interact with each other and learn about each other's lives through arts-based programming. Our mission is to provide multi-disciplinary arts mentorship, accessibility to all, create bridges to new experiences and networking opportunities for our Newark residents, through the specific focus of using visual arts, theatre, poetry, and music.  

Editor: Emmanuel Ogbonnaya, NJIT Student

Funded by a Newark Arts Start grant, artists take elders and youth "Back 2 the Future", in an intergenerational arts program. This program brings youth and seniors together to interact with each other and learn about each other's lives through arts-based programming. Newark eighth grade students at Elliott Street Elementary School met in person with adult seniors living with first and mid stages of Alzheimer's and dementia who reside at Marquis Health Care NJ Nursing Homes at North End Library - Newark Public Library while Roberto Clemente Elementary School students met seniors virtually. Students and adult seniors explored theatre, art, poetry, music and film in the weekly month long program.

Editor: Michael Bifano, NJIT Student

Funded by a Newark Arts Start grant, artists take elders and youth "Back 2 the Future", in an intergenerational arts program. This program brings youth and seniors together to interact with each other and learn about each other's lives through arts-based programming. Newark eighth grade students at Elliott Street Elementary School met in person with adult seniors living with first and mid stages of Alzheimer's and dementia who reside at Marquis Health Care NJ Nursing Homes at North End Library - Newark Public Library while Roberto Clemente Elementary School students met seniors virtually. Students and adult seniors explored theatre, art, poetry, music and film in the weekly month long program.