Thanks to all who attended BLAST!

Our BLAST! Regional Gathering was held from January 23 and 24. The Sunday events were held by Zoom because of the winter storm


Join our literacy outreach!

Help to spread the word about Northern New Jersey Mensa’s Literacy Program. We are providing free resources for teaching reading! For information about how you can help, contact us.


Renew Your Membership!

If your membership has lapsed or your membership expires on March 30, you can renew by clicking here.


Admissions testing

For information on how to qualify for Mensa, click here.

February 2026
Feb 21
Feb 21, 202610:00 am – 12:00 pm
Admissions Testing
Morris County Library, 30 East Hanover Ave.,
Whippany, NJ 07981 United States

Please arrive 10 minutes early to allow for registration. Please bring a printed copy of your voucher and your picture ID to the session. If you are under the age of 18, but at least 14, you need to bring a parent or guardian and complete additional forms. You must contact Richard A. Schaefer via[…]

March 2026
Mar 21
Mar 21, 202610:00 am – 12:00 pm
Admissions Testing

Please arrive 10 minutes early to allow for registration. Please bring a printed copy of your voucher and your picture ID to the session. If you are under the age of 18, but at least 14, you need to bring a parent or guardian and complete additional forms. You must contact Richard A. Schaefer via[…]


Who We Are

Northern New Jersey Mensa (NNJM) is a chapter of Mensa, the international society for people who score in the top 2% on IQ tests. The goals of the group are to provide and encourage social and intellectual interaction among members.

Mensa is the largest and oldest high IQ society in the world. It is a non-profit organization open to people who score at the 98th percentile or higher on a standardized, supervised IQ or other approved intelligence test.


News

Hippocrates: On the Sacred Disease and the Hippocratic Oath
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Tartuffe: Molière’s Classic Comedy
Molière's classic comedy offers vital lessons to modern audiences.

Upcoming events

February 2026
Feb 07
Feb 07, 20264:00 pm – 5:30 pm
James Baldwin: Go Tell It on the Mountain

Go Tell It on the Mountain (published 1953) is a semiautobiographical novel by James Baldwin. The novel is set in Harlem, a neighborhood in New York City that was home to the “New Negro” movement and the Harlem Renaissance: a flowering of Black culture involving music, poetry, novels, theater, and the visual arts. Go Tell[…]

Feb 08
Feb 08, 20269:00 pm – 10:30 pm
Brainstorming

Ken Lawrence’s Brainstorming group meets by Zoom each Sunday at 9PM Eastern Time to discuss how to build Mensa. https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82908600785?pwd=Kzl4YUhFbklwSnpCTTl4TDdHN0Jsdz09 Meeting ID: 829 08600785 Passcode: 1234

Feb 09
Feb 09, 20267:00 pm – 8:30 pm
French Conversation

Are you interested in French Language and Francophone Culture? All levels of French welcome. Interested Mensans, please contact: kathysteinsmith@gmail.com. We meet virtually on Zoom every Monday at 7pm.

Feb 12
Feb 12, 20267:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Armchair Conversations: Kindness

Northern New Jersey Mensa Armchair Conversations are a friendly setting for serious conversations.

Feb 14
Feb 14, 20264:00 pm – 5:30 pm
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave, Written by Himself

Frederick Douglass was born into slavery in Maryland in 1818.  He had no birth certificate and thus never knew his precise age. However, he chose February 14 as his official birthday because his mother regarded him as her “little Valentine.” While he was still a boy, a kindly woman taught him to read, which was[…]


Volunteer opportunities

Learn valuable new skills while helping to build Northern New Jersey Mensa! We need a Vice Chair and a calendar coordinator, among others