IRVINGTON, NJ — People’s Organization for Progress Chairman Larry Hamm often refers to the members of his grassroots social and economic justice activist group as being his “comrades in arms.” When a member dies, it is like losing a friend or family member. Hamm and the People’s Organization for Progress will be honoring Douglas Tucker, […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — The city of East Orange and the City Council observed the 16th anniversary of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City, the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., and the foiled attempt on the nation’s capital that ended in an field in Pennsylvania by holding an Interfaith Call […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — East Orange 4th Ward Councilman Casim Gomez held an anti-gun and anti-violence rally Saturday, Aug. 12. “It was amazing all the support East Orange received today for the March for Peace,” said Gomez on Aug. 12. “The plague of gun violence is not quarantined to a single city or community and […]
NEWARK, NJ — The adage “no rest for the weary” certainly seems to apply to People’s Organization for Progress Chairman Larry Hamm and his members, who take to the streets in protest against acts of social injustice in the country, in addition to their weekly “Justice Monday” protests outside the Peter W. Rodino Federal Building […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — The People’s Organization for Progress hosted a Reparations March and Rally in downtown Newark on Saturday, June 24, which saw U.S. Rep. Donald Payne Jr. showing his solidarity for the cause as he made an announcement of his own. Payne pledged to become a co-sponsor of HR 40, the Commission to Study […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — People’s Organization for Progress Chairman Larry Hamm and the members of the grassroots social and economic justice activist group spent Monday, May 29, doing what they have been doing for the last 70 consecutive weeks — protesting outside the Peter Rodino Federal Building in downtown Newark in an attempt to convince President […]
NEWARK, NJ — On Thursday, May 4, Jim Johnson of Montclair, a former U.S. Treasury official and the only black candidate for governor in the Democratic Party primary set for Tuesday, June 6, became the fourth candidate to appear at a meeting of the People’s Organization for Progress at Abyssinian Baptist Church in Newark. During […]
NEWARK, NJ — The People’s Organization for Progress, a local grassroots activist group, held its 67th consecutive Justice Monday protest outside the Peter Rodino Federal Building on Broad Street in downtown Newark on Monday, May 8, to convince the next U.S. attorney in New Jersey to open civil rights investigations into “The Jersey Four.” P.O.P. […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — Former Essex County Freeholder and East Orange City Councilwoman Carol Clark recently celebrated the 100th birthday of her uncle, Jimmy Daniel, at the Summit Ridge Center senior citizens facility in West Orange. “We’re here to celebrate my Uncle Jimmy’s 100th birthday,” said Clark on Friday, April 28. “He’s part of the ‘greatest […]
NEWARK, NJ — East Orange 5th Ward Councilman Mustafa Brent hosted his “One United” rally against what he said are President Donald Trump’s anti-Islamic, anti-Muslim and anti-immigration rhetoric and policies on Saturday, April 8, with the support of People’s Organization for Progress Chairman Larry Hamm, City Council Chairman and 3rd Ward Councilman Ted Green, Orange […]