The Princeton Prize in Race Relations of Central and Southern New Jersey is a committee made up of alumni volunteers, chaired by Linda Blackburn ’71. The committee warmly thanks the sponsors for hosting this event and for their contributions to this ceremony:
· The Princeton Area Alumni Association (PA3).
· The Office of Alumni Affairs of Princeton University, with the special staff assistance of Livia Wong McCarthy h74, Joy Allen, and Grace Penn ’99.
· The Alumni Council Princeton Prize in Race Relations Committee, chaired by Mickey Faigen ’73.
RECEPTION STARTING AT 6 P.M. - AWARDS CEREMONY AT 7 P.M.
Welcoming Remarks Linda Blackburn '71
Comments About the Princeton Prize Mickey Faigen '73
Introduction of Guest Speaker Audrey Henry '76
Keynote Speaker Sheena C. Howard, PhD.
Associate Professor of Communication, Rider University.
Presentation of Awards
[each award winner is invited to give a brief descriptions of the project]
Certificates of Accomplishment
Sarah Oneira Benedith
Nisha Khan
Katie McCarthy
The Princeton Prize Award
Jonathan Nwigwe
Closing Remarks
Henry von Kohorn '66
Photo Session
Guest Speaker:
Sheena C. Howard, Associate Professor of Communications at Rider University, is an award-winning author, including a 2014 Eisner Award winner for her first book, Black Comics: Politics of Race and Representation (2013). Howard’s work can be found on NPR (National Public Radio), CCP-TV, ABC, and PBS, as well as in the Washington Post and the Philadelphia Weekly, as an expert on popular culture, race, politics and sexual identity negotiation. She is also the producer, writer and director of Remixing Colorblind, a documentary about the ways higher education shapes our perception of race and "others.”