IRVINGTON, NJ — The Irvington NAACP was well-represented at the Institute of the Black World’s State of the Black World Conference at the Robert Treat Hotel in Newark from Wednesday, Nov. 16, through Sunday, Nov. 20. “An august crowd of African-American and Latino people attended the conference that was a tribute to the life and […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — Essex County Board of Chosen Freeholders President Britnee Timberlake is on a mission to spread the good news that there is help for struggling homeowners trying to stave off foreclosure and stay in their homes, thanks to the nonprofit organization Boston Community Capital and its Stabilizing Urban Neighborhoods initiative. Timberlake is planning […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — The Irvington NAACP will host its annual Freedom Fund Banquet on Friday, Oct. 21, at the Galloping Hill Inn in Union, starting at 7 p.m. “The Freedom Fund Banquet is our main fundraiser for the year, because we do have some expenses, although the church is offered to us free of charge […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — According to Irvington NAACP Vice President Kathleen Witcher, the organization hosted a workshop on discrimination in housing and employment on Saturday, July 9, at Greater New Point Baptist Church. Witcher said the NAACP will be hosting another workshop on Saturday, July 16, from noon to 2 p.m., at the New Jersey Institute […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — The Irvington NAACP will host the play “A State of Profiling,” on Saturday, June 11, at 11:30 a.m. at the VFW Hall, 56 Chestnut Ave., in Irvington. The play, written by Georgiana Hart and directed by Robert Pape, is about the NJ state troopers racially profiling a carload of minority students on […]