By Mabel Pais

Come get inspired at The International Day of Women celebration! Discover new connections!

Women@NJPAC, for over 25 years, has enabled women to channel their time, talent and treasure in promoting the beneficial role of the arts in our everyday lives.

Now, more than ever, we need the arts in all of its manifestations as we continue to fight injustice, reaffirm the autonomy and resilience of women and find sustenance for the journey toward equity and justice for all.

The ‘Gathering of Givers’ event is a unique experience, offering women from across the state of New Jersey the chance to gather, connect, heal, motivate each other and recommit their energies to the collective fight ahead.

Join the illustrious group of women on International Women’s Day for inspiration, healing and new connections as we work toward lasting change in our communities, our state and our world.

PROGRAM

What:  ‘Gathering of Givers: Embracing Resilience and Unleashing Hope’

When:  Wednesday March 8, 2023, 8:30-11:30AM

Where: NJPAC, 1 Center Street, Newark, NJ

How:    Rsvp @ njpac.tfaforms.net/257 or call 973.353.7566

Who:    Featuring 

Aisha Glover, VP, Center for Urban Innovation, Audible

Nina Cooke John, Principal, Studio Cooke John; Architect and Artist, ’Shadow of A Face’, The Harriet Tubman Monument, Newark, NJ

Tamara Linde, Executive Vice President and General Counsel, PSEG; and Board Chair, Community Foundation of New Jersey

Nelba Márquez-Greene, Founder, The Ana Grace Project

LaMonica McIver, Council President, Newark Municipal Council

Angelica M. Ogando, MBA, Co-Founder & COO of Yoshida Academy; Co-Founder & CEO of Warrior Queen Cosmetics

fayemi shakur, Arts and Cultural Affairs Director, City of Newark

Senator M. Theresa Ruiz, New Jersey Senate Majority Leader

Lindsay Schambach, Executive Director, Imagine

Scheherazade Tillet, Co-Founder, The Long Walk Home

(Mabel Pais writes on Social Issues, The Arts and Entertainment, Health & Wellness, Cuisine and Spirituality)

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TIK TOK COMEDIAN PINKY PATEL MAKES MILLIONS LAUGH

By Mabel Pais

“I want little Indian girls to watch their moms laugh because they have a phone in front of them and when they peek over their shoulders, it’s me, an Indian woman on their screen, making their mom laugh. To me, that is full circle.” – Pinky Patel

The New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) brings us PINKY PATEL and her ‘NEW CROWN WHO DHIS’ TOUR at the Victoria Theater, Newark on Saturday, March 11, at 8 PM.

Pinky Patel, originally from Illinois, is a PTA mom turned creator, comedian, and social media personality with over 5 M Tik Tok followers. She is a fresh new comedian who got her start on TikTok, making millions of people laugh.

When Pinky is not busy giving out free hits of serotonin, you can find her being an everyday PTA mom to her two young roommates and trying to find new and inventive ways to evict all of the extra eight-legged roommates she keeps acquiring in her glam cave. She is best known for her hilarious commentary and viral videos from her glam cave that has garnered millions of likes on social media. She has worked with brands such as Clorox, Pfizer, Pure Leaf Tea, and many more. You can catch Pinky in a city near you on her much-anticipated ‘New Crown Who Dhis Tour.’

“You are more than a mom or a wife. You are more than the labels society places on you, you become whoever you want to be, whatever that looks like,” says Patel.

“Pinky Patel is real, a comedian for every-woman. This new wave of comedy strays from the overdone approaches of forced shock and awe, unintelligible vulgarity and inflated egos,” says Bridge Magazine.

TICKETS

Tickets to see Pinky Patel can be purchased by visiting NJPAC.org or the NJPAC Box Office or calling 888. GO.NJPAC (888.466.5722).

The New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC)

Follow NJPAC Online:

Website:     njpac.org

Twitter:      @NJPAC

Instagram:    @NJPAC

Hashtag:     #NJPAC

Facebook:    facebook.com/NJPAC

YouTube:     NJPACtv

Follow NJPAC’s Standing in Solidarity Series Online:

Website:     njpac.org/takeastand

Hashtag:       #NJPACTakeAStand

Youtube:       Standing in Solidarity playlist 

(Mabel Pais writes on Social Issues, The Arts and Entertainment, Health & Wellness, Cuisine and Spirituality)

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WOMEN IN POWER: CELEBRATING WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH

By Mabel Pais

‘WOMEN BE SEEN, BE HEARD, BE CELEBRATED’ is the theme of World Channel’s (worldchannel.org) presentation of films for Women’s History Month.

Celebrate women – their history and present – appreciating the hard won battles for gender equality and recognizing how much more we all have to work toward.

 For too long, women in the United States, and around the globe, have been overlooked and oppressed, their intelligence, talents and opinions suppressed to maintain a patriarchal status quo. Today, through the achievement of trailblazers who fought against inequality, and the many waves of the feminist movement, women of all identities are able to demonstrate their leadership and power in science, politics, the arts and beyond.

This Women’s History Month, watch films that showcase how women are working against deep-rooted gender discrimination and stereotypes while advocating for their stories to be told – from the groundbreakers of the suffrage movement to the high school students amplifying their voices to win championships and parity on a Massachusetts high school debate team in the new Local USA special ‘Girl Talk.’

To access the month’s film schedule, visit worldchannel.org. The films are also available on other viewing platforms: pbs.org, youtube.com, Apple Podcasts (apple.com/apple-podcasts) and Spotify (spotify.com).

(Mabel Pais writes on Social Issues, The Arts and Entertainment, Health & Wellness, Cuisine and Spirituality)