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Our Department’s mission has been to document, celebrate, and support the experiences and struggles of Puerto Ricans and Latinos in New Jersey. These articles and blogs are the product of the work of the Book Chapter authors, our students, and other scholars and activists whose work focuses on New Jersey.

 

Honorary red street sign labeled “El Salvador Blvd” mounted beneath the official green “47th Street” sign at Bergenline Avenue in Union City, NJ, with a CVS y mas visible in the background.

Salvadorans in New Jersey since 1960

Carmen Molina Tamacas

Building a Culture of Health for Latinos in New Jersey

Peter Guarnaccia

Karen D’Alonzo

Sandra Echeverría

The New Brunswick Community Walk

Mentoring for Social Justice and Community-Building
Douglass Residential College, Rutgers University, New Brunswick