Events from December 12, 2024 – February 22, 2025 – Page 2

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June 2026
Graveside Celebration

June 28 @ 2:00 pm

Harleigh Cemetery

June 28 at Harleigh Cemetery at Nick's podium, by the goose pond, near Walt Whitman's tomb Join us once again on our namesake's birthday for a celebration of life, poetry […]
August 2026
Midnight Notes | Featuring Phantom Troupe

August 22 @ 8:30 pm

Nick Virgillio Writers House 1801 Broadway, Camden, NJ, United States

Join us for NVHA's signature reading series and salon that puts Camden artists and writers in the center. Hosted by Reet Starwind
Animodule and Mural Ribbon Cutting

August 29 @ 12:00 pm

Camden Fireworks 1813 Broadway, Camden, NJ, Camden, NJ, United States

As part of the Camden Fireworks Makers and Music Festival.
September 2026
Midnight Notes | Featuring Blanc

September 5 @ 8:30 pm

Join us for NVHA's signature reading series and salon that puts Camden artists and writers in the center. Hosted by Reet Starwind
Midnight Notes

September 22 @ 7:00 pm

Rutgers Writers House 305 Cooper Street, Camden, NJ, United States

Join us for NVHA's signature reading series and salon that puts Camden artists and writers in the center. Hosted by Reet Starwind
October 2026
Midnight Notes | Alyesha Wise-Hernandez

October 17 @ 7:00 pm

Nick Virgillio Writers House 1801 Broadway, Camden, NJ, United States

Join us for NVHA's signature reading series and salon that puts Camden artists and writers in the center. Hosted by Reet Starwind

Albert J. Dansbury, Sr

Alfred taught English to junior and senior high school students in New Jersey and Massachusetts prior to working for the municipal government of the City of Camden, New Jersey. He began working with the City of Camden Department of Planning & Development, Division of Housing Services, as a Cost Estimator for Property Improvement in 1984.

He spent the next thirty-eight years working in both the Division of Housing Services, and the Finance Department Bureau of Grants Management, helping the City administer state and federally funded affordable housing projects in Camden.

Alfred spent ten years working with the Bureau of Grants Management, where he reviewed and evaluated grant applications and proposals for funding from non-profit and for- profit housing developers. These agencies included St. Joseph’s Carpenter Society, Heart of Camden, Camden County OEO, Habitat for Humanity,

Camden Lutheran Housing, RPM Development and others. He also worked with social service agencies such as Dooley House, Respond Inc., Sikora House, Center for Family Services, and Volunteers of America, that applied for grant funding.

He also played a significant role in the planning and implementation of the Annual Consolidated Plan grant application submitted to the Department of Housing and Urban Development each year. The Bureau holds an annual grant funding seminar along with public meetings and technical assistance sessions concerning the C-Plan.

Working for the City of Camden Division of Housing Services Alfred also served as the coordinator of the federal funded HOPWA housing Program for 14 years.

HOPWA funds provided safe, affordable, secure, housing for persons with HIV/AIDS, by issuing housing vouchers to their participants. He managed the delivery of services to 80-90 clients a year, covering Camden, Burlington and Gloucester counties.

During his time working for the City of Camden Mr. Dansbury was a member of the CPAC Homeless Network Planning Committee, the Local Law Enforcement Block Grant Advisory Committee and United Neighbors of Whitman Park.

Outside of his work with the City of Camden, Alfred worked as an Adjunct Instructor of Reading Skills and Writing Skills at Camden County College, teaching at both the Camden and Blackwood campuses. In 2022 Alfred published,

“The Strength of Courage” a novel he embarked on as a graduate student in Rowan University’s M.A. in Writing program in 2014-2018.

He earned a Bachelor of Arts in English and Journalism from Rutgers University, a Master’s of Arts degree in Business Administration from Eastern University, a Master’s of Arts in Education from Eastern Michigan University and a Master’s of Arts in Writing from Rowan University.

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