New Jersey residents who have been wrongly convicted of crimes and seek exoneration have a new resource: the New Jersey Innocence Project, based at Rutgers University‒Camden, which focuses the expertise of Rutgers faculty in law, forensic science, criminal justice, and social work.
In the more than five decades since the Stonewall uprising in New York City gave birth to the modern LGBTQA rights movement, there has been transformational progress and momentous causes for celebration including the legalization of gay marriage and extension of workplace protections under the Civil Rights Act.
Rutgers School of Health Professions Program Director Valerie Johnson, a longtime member of the nation’s first Black Greek-letter sorority made famous by Alpha Kappa Alpha member Vice President Kamala Harris, didn’t fully grasp its 113-year legacy of empowering Black women and advancing civil rights.
