Today marks a significant step in honoring and remembering the thousands of Yazidi and Shiite lives brutally taken by ISIS in one of the darkest chapters in recent history. In the summer of 2014, ISIS launched devastating attacks in Iraq, leading to the massacre of thousands, particularly targeting Yazidis in Sinjar and Shiites in Tal Afar. Among the most horrific...
In March 1962, NASA Administrator James Webb addressed a two-paragraph memorandum to NASA Public Affairs Director Hiden T. Cox about the possibility of bringing in artists to highlight the agency’s achievements in a new way. In it, he wrote, “We should consider in a deliberate way just what NASA should do in the field of fine arts to commemorate the … historic...
April 27, 2016
The Puffin Foundation and The Teaneck Creek Conservancy offer our condolences to the family of Mayor Lizette Parker. She was a steadfast friend of Puffin and a former member of TCC’s Board of Directors. Lizette had a extraordinary love and commitment to Teaneck. You can read more about Lizette’s remarkable life here.
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Tyrik, Remember when we were kids and I used to take you out of Time Out after you did something you weren’t supposed to do? Ma would put you in the high chair so you could think about your actions, but I’d take you right down. I remember always feeling the need to rescue you. I felt like everyone saw you as “bad,” but I saw you as a kid who...
By August 15th, 2014, ISIS had already taken control of most of the Sinjar region and encircled the village of Kocho. The internationally declared genocide resulted in the murder of hundreds of innocent men, violent separation of families, abduction of women and children, massacre of the elderly, and forced displacement of the entire Kocho community. It has been nine...
April 18, 2024 We celebrate and honor the life and legacy of Faith Ringgold, the brilliant artist, activist, author, and educator. Her work illuminated stories of joy and struggle and insightfully reflected upon the many injustices of our society, while also reminding us to celebrate the connections we make in our daily lives. Learn more about Faith’s life in the New...