ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — To express their grief and anger over the death of Tyre Nichols, area residents gathered in Newark on Jan. 28 to demand justice for Nichols, who was beaten to death by five police officers in Memphis, Tenn. On Jan. 7, five police officers from the Memphis Police Department severely beat 29-year-old […]
NEWARK, NJ — The Martin Luther King Jr. “We Won’t Go Back” March and Rally will be held Sunday, Jan. 15, at 2 p.m., beginning at the Martin Luther King Jr. statue at 495 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. in Newark. The event is sponsored by the People’s Organization for Progress. The group has […]
ORANGE, NJ — As the Community Wealth Preservation Program bill sits on Gov. Phil Murphy’s desk awaiting his action to become law, faith-based leaders, members of the New Jersey Urban Mayors Association, and labor and grassroots organizations collaborated with Assemblywoman Britnee N. Timberlake, the author of the bill, to rally support in asking the governor […]
NEWARK, NJ — The People’s Organization For Progress is calling for a “Million People’s March for Voting Rights, Equality and Democracy.” The march is scheduled for Monday, April 4, the anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination. It will start at 5 p.m. at the Lincoln Statue, 12 Springfield Ave. in Newark. There will be […]
ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — On Oct. 8, the People’s Organization for Progress, a longtime activist group that has expanded from Essex County to statewide, held “A Long Walk.” POP Chairperson Larry Hamm led the long-distance walk, starting in Montclair and moving the full 67 miles to Trenton, the state’s capital. Many marches, rallies and demonstrations […]
MONTCLAIR, NJ — The People’s Organization For Progress will hold a march to Trenton for police accountability, social justice and economic progress on Monday, Oct. 11, starting at 11 a.m. at the intersection of Church Street and Bloomfield Avenue in Montclair. The march route is approximately 67 miles long and will wind its way through […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The annual West Orange High School Black History Scholarship dinner, held Feb. 7, connected the community to the past, present and future history of the black experience locally and worldwide through words, song and dance. Guest speaker Lawrence Hamm offered a powerful historical perspective of black history in New Jersey, describing […]
ORANGE, NJ — Gov. Phil Murphy on Wednesday, Jan. 30, signed Senate Bill 1036 into law, which orders the state attorney general to handle the investigation and prosecution of a crime involving a person’s death that occurs during an encounter with a law enforcement officer acting in their official capacity or while the decedent was […]
NEWARK, NJ — At the People’s Organization for Progress’ weekly Justice Monday protest outside the Peter W. Rodino Federal Building in downtown Newark on Monday, Jan. 28, the organization called for Gov. Phil Murphy to establish an independent prosecutor to investigate deaths that occur during encounters with police or while in their custody. P.O.P would […]
NEWARK, NJ — The People’s Organization For Progress began its annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. March For Equality, Justice, Peace and Democracy at the Martin Luther King Jr. statue, 465 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd in Newark on the slain civil rights leader’s birthday, Tuesday, Jan. 15, at 5 p.m. And on Thursday, […]