Our Charge:

  • Investigate and summarize the history of significant buildings and names on-campus that tie to a history of slavery.
  • Connect with Lawrence Township on this discovery project to determine mutual interests and opportunities for historical documentation and educational opportunity.
  • Propose specific actions to educate students, faculty, staff, alumni, visitors and the surrounding community about the history of slavery in New Jersey, and as related to Rider’s campus.
  • Propose specific actions to memorialize enslaved people who served on our campus (if the information is known), and/or prominently display educational materials in physical locations on campus to promote awareness of the history of slavery associated with the campus and community.

Membership

  • Karen Bognar, Associate Director of Advancement Services 
  • Bob Congleton, Associate Professor, Librarian 
  • Lisa Arnold-Dempsey, Executive Assistant
  • Leanna Fenneberg, Vice President for Student Affairs 
  • Adam Grybowski, Director of Communications 
  • Brooke Hunter, Associate Dean, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences (co-chair) 
  • Jerome Manning, Rider student 
  • Eugene Marsh, Doctoral Candidate, Veterans Affairs Review Board and Rider alumnus 
  • Cynthia Martinez, Assistant Professor of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
  • Evelyn McDowell, Chair and Associate Professor of Accounting (co-chair) 
  • Pam Pruitt, Executive Director, Center for Diversity and Inclusion 
  • Wright Seneres, Princeton Entrepreneurship Council, Rider alumnus 
  • Dana Walcott, Rider student