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The Power of the Pen at the Museum of the City of NY

April 24, 2013

Thursday, May 2 at 6:30 pm The Power of the Pen: Literature and Politics During The Great Depression at the Museum of the City of New York During the economic crisis of the 1930s, the written word became an activist political tool. America’s “proletarian literature” movement produced novels, poems, essays, Read More

United We Dream Awarded ALBA/Puffin Prize

March 13, 2013

United We Dream wins ALBA/Puffin Award for Human Rights Activism “Undocumented and Unafraid”: DREAMers Network Tapped for Human Rights Award New York — On May 5, 2013 the third Abraham Lincoln Brigade Archives (ALBA)/Puffin Award for Human Rights Activism will be presented in New York City to United We Dream Read More

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Puffin Seeks To Establish Museum Celebrating Women Artists

March 6, 2013

The Puffin Foundation is looking to establish a museum that celebrates women artists in Teaneck. We welcome your inquiries, ideas, and partnership suggestions about the construction of the museum. You can contact us at Read More

National Significance Attributed to Puffin/Nation Award for Ben Jealous of NAACP

December 12, 2012

When Benjamin Todd Jealous stepped on stage last week to receive one of the ideological left’s most prestigious awards, he was greeted with thunderous applause from the assembled audience, a collection of this nation’s most unrepentant liberals. NAACP President and CEO Benjamin Todd Jealous (Photo: Diane Bondareff, AP) via USA Read More

2012 Peccerelli & Doyle

ALBA/Puffin Award for Human Rights Activism Para más información en español sobre el Premio ALBA/Puffin al Activismo en pro de los Derechos Humanos de este año, pinche aquí. Kate Doyle and the National Security ArchiveFor two decades, Kate Doyle has worked to shed light on the history of state violence Read More

NAACP Head Ben Jealous Wins 2012 Puffin/Nation Prize for Creative Citizenship

November 19, 2012

Benjamin Todd Jealous Announced as Winner of the 2012 Puffin/Nation Prize for Creative Citizenship Prize Recognizes NAACP’s Leadership In Civil and Human Rights Movement; Efforts to “Rebrand” Civil Rights for a New Era November 15, 2012 (New York, NY): The Nation Institute and The Puffin Foundation announced today that Benjamin Read More

2012 Benjamin Todd Jealous

Winner of the 2012 Puffin Prize for Creative Citizenship (formerly the Puffin/Nation Prize for Creative Citizenship). Prize Recognizes NAACP’s Leadership In Civil and Human Rights Movement; Efforts to “Rebrand” Civil Rights for a New Era The Nation Institute and The Puffin Foundation announced today that Benjamin Todd Jealous, President and Read More

TIFF Opening Night Gala

November 11, 2012

Gladys Miller Rosenstein (Executive Director, Puffin Foundation, Ltd.), Jeremy Lentz (Executive Director of TIFF) and Perry Rosenstein (President, Puffin Foundation, Ltd.) at the opening night gala of the Teaneck International Film Festival, a project of the Puffin Foundation, Ltd. Photo by Jeremy Smith via Read More

Special Peace Train Youth Summit – Sharon Katz & The Peace Train

November 8, 2012

International Performers Visit Teaneck & Englewood Sharon Katz & The Peace Train – South Africa’s Cultural Ambassadors November 29th & 30th, 2012 give workshops to students in our schools AND Special Peace Train Youth Summit 7pm Friday November 30th at Puffin Cultural Forum Sharon Katz, founder of The Peace Train Read More

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Lifetime Achievement Award Dinner For Perry & Gladys Rosenstein

October 11, 2012

In the spirit of community, we have postponed the Bergen Museum of Art & Science Lifetime Achievement Award dinner so that our guests and supporters can recover from the recent storm with their families and friends. New Date : Wednesday, Nov 28th, 2012 at the Il Villaggio in Carlstadt, NJ Read More