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Continued from page 4 be donated to Friends of the Howe [H]ouse so they can pay off the bank note and help preserve the house and give it back to the Black community.”

Montclair Brewery will sponsor a can release party on Friday, Feb. 17, at 5:30 p.m. with a program at 6 p.m. Members ofFriends of the Howe House are expected to be in attendance and there will be a live music performance by the West African jazz band Faso Band from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. There will be a $5 cover charge per person for those staying for the live music session. Contact the Friends of the Howe House via email at friendsofthehowehouse@gmail.com.

Pennington Clergy Forum presents “Learning from Our Past to Build a More Just Future”

The Pennington Clergy Forum will present “Learning from Our Past to Build a More Just Future: American Colonization, Faith and Our Local Heritage” on Thursday, Feb. 16, 7 p.m., at the Pennington Presbyterian Church (13 South Main Street, Pennington, NJ 08534). The program will feature Rev. Dr. Deborah Blanks of the Mt. Pisgah AME Church, Princeton; Rev. Dr. Gordon Mikoski of the Princeton Theological Seminary; Elizabeth Allan, deputy director/curator of the Morven Museum & Garden; and Rev. Dr. Charles Boyer of the Greater Mt. Zion AME Church of Trenton. The event will be moderated by Beverly Mills and Rev. Gregory Smith. For more information, call 609-737-1221.

‘African American History in Westfield from 1720 to the present’

The free exhibit “African American History in Westfield from 1720 to the present” will be at the Center for Creativity at the Rialto (250 East Broad St., Westfield, N.J.) through Feb. 28. For more information, contact the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Association of Westfield at mlkwestfield@gmail.com.

by Karen Juanita Carrillo