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SUMMARY:Give a DAM - Activist Strategies
DESCRIPTION:Join the Democratic Activists of Metuchen (DAM) as we welcome Tom Lynch\, Chief of Staff to Metuchen’s state senator representing District 18\, to discuss successful activist strategies with our state & federal legislators.\nN.B.: District 18 represents East Brunswick Township\, Edison Township\, Helmetta Borough\, Highland Park Borough\, Metuchen Borough\, South Plainfield Borough and South River Borough.
URL:https://www.metuchendemocrats.org/event/give-a-dam-activist-strategies/
LOCATION:Old Franklin Schoolhouse\, 491 Middlesex Ave\, Metuchen\, NJ\, 08840\, United States
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SUMMARY:Vigil for Trayvon and All Victims of Racial Violence
DESCRIPTION:This event honors the fifth anniversary of Trayvon Martin’s killing. It will involve a reflection\, reading\, singing\, and candle lighting\, and a silent march for Trayvon and all the people harmed by police officers\, security guards\, and vigilantes supported by a system of racially coded violence against people of color.\nThose of you can’t make it\, please light a candle for Trayvon and post it to this page and your own facebook profile in his honor.\nOur march will end at a TBD location\, where there will be open mic performances (monologues\, commentary\, poetry\, etc) on police brutality and racial violence.
URL:https://www.metuchendemocrats.org/event/vigil-for-trayvon-and-all-victims-of-racial-violence/
LOCATION:Spiotta Park\, S Orange Ave & Village Plz\,\, South Orange\, NJ\, 07079\, United States
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SUMMARY:Visit The Muslim Center of Middlesex County - Piscataway NJ
DESCRIPTION:The Members at the Muslim Center of Middlesex County cordially invite their non muslim neighbours to come visit their Mosque\, converse and socialize with muslims in the area and enjoy some awesome South Asian food. You will get to\n– Take a tour of the mosque\n– Listen to the call to prayer\n– Observe the muslim congregational prayer\n– Meet the Imam and other congregants\n– Ask any questions about Islam in general\n– Enjoy some awesome food !\nPlease RSVP at imam@mcmcnj.org\nLooking forward to meeting you all
URL:https://www.metuchendemocrats.org/event/visit-the-muslim-center-of-middlesex-county-piscataway-nj/
LOCATION:MCMC:The Muslim Center of Middlesex County\, 1000 Hoes Ln E\, Piscataway\, NJ\, 08854\, United States
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SUMMARY:Dialogue on Race & Ethnicity in America
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URL:https://www.metuchendemocrats.org/event/dialogue-on-race-ethnicity-in-america/
LOCATION:Anshe Emeth Memorial Temple\, 22 Livingson Ave\, New Brunswick\, NJ\, United States
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SUMMARY:No Ban: A Refugee Benefit Concert
DESCRIPTION:#NoBan: A Benefit Concert for Refugees\, Immigrants\, and Asylum-Seekers is our response to the Trump administration’s recent immigration ban.\nWe believe that people of all races and religions are welcome in the US\, and we feel that it is our responsibility as Americans to extend both aid and asylum to those who are less fortunate or less safe than ourselves.\nAs musicians\, we hope to use our art to stand in solidarity with people of all backgrounds and to raise funds for organizations that provide aid and work to resettle refugees\, both abroad and in the US.\nCome join us for an evening of Klezmer music and solo\, chamber\, and orchestral repertoire.\nProgram:\nAaron Copland – Quiet City\nAntonin Dvořák – Symphony No. 9 “From the New World”\nMalek Jandali – Phoenix in Exile\n& more\nPerformers:\nKlezmer band Zu Fil Duvids\nMembers of the Scarlet Wind Quintet\nSoloists: Mark J. Donellan\, Emilio Guarino\, and JoAnn Lamolino\nMichelle Rofrano\, Conductor and Orchestra of local NJ and NY musicians\nEvent Organizers: Natasha Loomis\, Michelle Rofrano\, Michael Santoro\, Ian Vlahović\nDate: Saturday\, February 25\, 2017 at 7pm\nLocation: Social Hall of the Reformed Church of Highland Park\nAdmission is free with suggested donation of $20\nFind out more about the organizations to which we will be donating:\nDoctors Without Borders: http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/\nHIAS: http://www.hias.org/\nInterfaith-RISE: http://www.interfaithrise.org/
URL:https://www.metuchendemocrats.org/event/no-ban-a-refugee-benefit-concert/
LOCATION:Reformed Church of Highland Park\, 19 S 2nd Ave\, Highland Park\, NJ\, 08904-2238\, United States
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SUMMARY:ATNJ School Board Training
DESCRIPTION:For details\, click here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/atnj-school-board-training-tickets-32107611731
URL:https://www.metuchendemocrats.org/event/atnj-school-board-training/
LOCATION:Presbyterian Church of Madison – 19 Green Avenue – Madison\, NJ 07940
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SUMMARY:Black Lives Matter-Newark 2017 - Panel Discussion
DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, February 25\,  2-4:30 PM\nPanel Discussion\n“Black Lives Matter-Newark 2017”\nAli McBride\, NJ Dept. of Corrections\nModerator\nA panel discussion on the community’s challenges and triumphs in the areas of mental health\, LGBTQ issues\, incarceration\, education and community activism.\nBlack Lives Matter-Newark is an in-depth examination of why Black Lives Matter in Newark and other communities like Newark\, from the perspective of individuals who work in the trenches of social activism\, mental health\, law enforcement and education. At the end of the discussion\, panelists will give “Action Steps” in their particular areas\, that you can take to improve your own lives and the lives of your family members and friends.\nPANELISTS\nDr. Adwoa Akhu\, Psychologist /Author\nAntoinette Baskerville-Richardson\, Chief Education Officer\, City of Newark\nBryan Epps\, Political Activist/ Member\, National Black Lives Matter Movement\nGary Paul Wright\, Executive Director\, African American Office of Gay Concerns\nFREE ADMISSION
URL:https://www.metuchendemocrats.org/event/black-lives-matter-newark-2017-panel-discussion/
LOCATION:Newark Public Library\, 5 Washington St\, Newark\, NJ\, 07102\, United States
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SUMMARY:Congressman Leonard Lance (R-7) Town Hall
DESCRIPTION:Event Organizer: NJ Citizen Action\nCongressman Lance is hosting 2 town halls this week. Both events are only open to residents of New Jersey’s 7th Congressional District and are currently totally full. However\, many of us are going to join together outside the town hall to show how broad and deep support for the Affordable Care Act truly is!\nPlease join us on Wednesday and Saturday as concerned citizens make their voices heard!\nOn Wednesday February 22 we will gather outside the town hall at 5:30pm.\nOn Saturday February 25 we will gather outside the town hall at 8:30am.\nPlease let us know below which event you plan on attending. \nEvent Location\nRaritan Valley Community College\, Edward Nash Theatre\n 118 Lamington Road\nBranchburg\, NJ 08876\nInformation\n\nhttp://org2.salsalabs.com/o/5699/p/salsa/event/common/public/?event_KEY=85218
URL:https://www.metuchendemocrats.org/event/congressman-leonard-lance-r-7-town-hall/
LOCATION:Raritan Valley Community College\, 118 Lamington Rd\, Branchburg\, NJ\, 08876\, United States
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SUMMARY:No to SJ Gas Pipeline in the Pines
DESCRIPTION:On February 24th\, the Pinelands Commission will vote on whether or not to allow a pipeline to be built under the Pinelands region.  You can show up to this public meeting to show your opposition.
URL:https://www.metuchendemocrats.org/event/no-to-sj-gas-pipeline-in-the-pines/
LOCATION:Crowne Plaza Grand Ballroom\, 2349 West Marlton Pike\, Chery Hill\, NJ\, United States
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SUMMARY:What would you like to share with your Congressman? Essex County
DESCRIPTION:For details\, click here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/what-would-you-like-to-share-with-your-congressman-essex-county-tickets-31934233151\nAn open invitation to Congressman Frelinghuysen to address the concerns of his constituents in Essex County.\nRep. Rodney Frelinghuysen says that he values constituent contact and makes it “a priority to meet regularly with constituents.” However\, he has not held a town hall since 2013.\nWe invite Rep. Frelinghuysen to meet with us\, the voters of Essex County\, at a town hall meeting on February 23rd\, 7 PM\, at Temple B’nai Abraham in Livinston (please note change of venue). Please come with questions for the Congressman.\nIn addition to inviting the Congressman\, each town hall will feature a panel of speakers including elected officials from the region and policy experts in health care\, the environment\, immigration\, veterans affairs\, fiscal concerns\, and other issues to address constituent questions.\nThis town hall is part of a series of four events\, one for each county represented in the 11th Congressional District. Join us and let Congressman Frelinghuysen know that voters in all four counties are looking for opportunities to speak with him and for answers to their questions. If possible\, please attend the town hall in your home county.\n 
URL:https://www.metuchendemocrats.org/event/what-would-you-like-to-share-with-your-congressman-essex-county/
LOCATION:Temple B'nai Abraham – 300 E. Northfield Road – Livingston\, NJ 07039
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SUMMARY:Congressman Tom MacArthur (R-3) Tele-Town Hall
DESCRIPTION:Call in to Congressman Tom MacArthur’s (R-3) Tele-Town Hall on WOBM 92.7. Call in 732-237-9626
URL:https://www.metuchendemocrats.org/event/congressman-tom-macarthur-r-3-tele-town-hall/
LOCATION:NJ
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SUMMARY:Town Hall: Donald Norcross
DESCRIPTION:Register at Link or call 856-216-2119.\nPlease join us for an evening with your elected officials from all levels of government. Hear from elected officials about current initiatives\, services and priorities followed by a Q&A session. All county residents are welcome!\nFollowing the town hall meeting will be a services fair with one-on-one help from: \n\nConstituent Services\nVeterans Affairs\nSenior Services\nHealth & Human Services\nOne-Stop Employment Center\nAnd more!
URL:https://www.metuchendemocrats.org/event/town-hall-donald-norcross/
LOCATION:500 White Horse Pike\, Oaklyn\, NJ 08107
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SUMMARY:Demand Hudson County Stop Detaining Immigrants and End 287(g)!
DESCRIPTION:Hudson County currently detains 618 immigrant detainees in its county jail and has a cooperation agreement with ICE to carry out the deportation priorities set by Trump.\nJoin us Thursday at 5:45 PM at the Hudson County freeholders meeting to express our opposition to the county’s 287(g) agreement\, which deputizes Hudson Corrections Officers to function as ICE officers\, and demand that DeGise end the contract with ICE for detaining immigrants in the County Jail for profit. While it is the County Executive Tom DeGise\, not the Freeholders\, who has the authority to terminate this agreement\, we need to educate the Freeholders about the misstatements that DeGise made during his State of the County address last week. Read our op-ed published in the Jersey Journal: http://www.nj.com/opinion/index.ssf/2017/02/pact_means_hudson_county_obligated_to_carry_out_tr.html\nIn last week’s State of the County address\, Hudson County Executive Tom DeGise attempted to defend his decision in July of 2016 to renew the County’s 287(g) agreement with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).  In this morally suspect and poorly conceived attempt\, DeGise made so many factually incorrect assertions that the only conclusion is that he either deliberately lied or fundamentally misunderstands the legal implications of the 287(g) agreement he authorized.\nThe bottom line is that 287(g) agreements deputize local law enforcement to act as ICE officers and participate in the processing and deportation of Hudson County’s immigrant communities. These agreements have nothing to do with setting standards or priorities for who to target.  DeGise’s claim that the County’s 287(g) agreement “narrow the category of individuals who may be flagged for an ICE detainer to only those who pose a meaningful threat to public safety” is patently false.\nIn reality\, the County’s 287(g) agreement now requires the County to carry out Trump’s Executive Order 13768\, targeting nearly all immigrants\, including those whom have been merely charged but not convicted of a crime\, and those whom ICE merely suspects of criminal activity.\nThe term “287(g)” refers to Section 287(g) of the federal Immigration and Nationality Act (INA)\, which allows\, but does not require\, state or local governments to enter into a contract with ICE pursuant to which local law enforcement officers perform the function of immigration officers at the expense of the state or local government.\nHudson County’s 287(g) agreement with ICE deputizes County Corrections Officers at the County Jail to function as ICE officers – to interrogate\, charge\, and detain any immigrant detained at the jail – all at the expense of Hudson County taxpayers.  In this remark\, Hudson County is an anti-immigrant outlier in New Jersey; only two of New Jersey’s twenty other counties – Salem and Monmouth – also have 287(g) agreements.\nNeither Section 287(g) of the INA nor the text of Hudson’s 287(g) agreement set any standards for prioritizing which individuals to target.  Instead\, these priorities are set by the Executive Branch – first Secure Communities\, then the Priorities Enforcement Program (PEP)\, and now Trump’s EO 13768.\nDeGise claimed that Hudson’s 287(g) agreement operates under PEP standards set by President Obama\, but he failed to mention that Trump’s EO 13768 abolished PEP and replaced it with a set of priorities that targets almost everyone\, including immigrants who have been merely charged but not convicted of a crime\, and those whom have not been charged with any crime but ICE merely suspects of having committed a crime.  The Department of Homeland Security issued a memo to implement EO 13768 on February 17\, which lists these priorities and states\, that DHS “no longer will exempt classes or categories of removable aliens from potential enforcement.”\nThe County’s 287(g) agreement explicitly states that the Hudson County Department of Corrections “shall follow ICE’s civil immigration enforcement priorities\,” which means that Hudson County is now legally obligated to carry out Trump’s Executive Order.\nTherefore\, when DeGise falsely claimed that Hudson has the right under law to “continue to operate 287(g) under the standard we signed on for — the Obama standard\,” he was either deliberately lying or has no idea how 287(g) works.  Hudson County Corrections Officers are now legally bound\, deputized agents of the Trump Administration’s “deportation force.”\nSo why did DeGise defend this immoral\, heartless\, and indefensible program? Perhaps because Hudson County pairs its 287(g) agreement with a contract with ICE by which ICE pays the County to detain immigrants in the county jail. The County profits financially\, when\, rather than being released\, immigrants whose criminal charges are dismissed or otherwise resolved continue to be held on immigration matters.  The County’s 2016 budget reveals that in Fiscal Year 2015 the County received $20.5 million from the federal government for incarcerating immigrant detainees.\nOver the past year\, the number of immigrant detainees has increased from about 450 to about 618. Simultaneously\, since January 1 of this year\, the number of criminal defendants detained in the jail pretrial has decreased to 550 under the State’s new pretrial release law. It seems that Hudson County is in a race to fill empty criminal defendant beds with immigrant detainees to collect federal cash.Yet DeGise mentioned none of this in his address.\nIn short\, DeGise:\n    Falsely claimed that the reach of 287(g) is limited to a “tiny number of very dangerous individuals”;\n    Falsely claimed that the priority enforcement standards set by President Obama are still in effect;\n    Falsely claimed that Hudson County has the right to continue to operate 287(g) under the Obama standards; and\n    Failed to disclose that 287(g) is a tool to funnel immigrants into detention beds to fill the County’s purse.\nAs noted by advocates in a March 2016 Letter to the Editor\, 287(g) “denies immigrants due process rights\, funnels them into detention and deportation and tears apart vulnerable families.” Hudson County residents demand that the County immediately end 287(g) and its immigrant detention contract with ICE because under it our County is legally obligated to carry out the racist\, anti-immigrant\, anti-Muslim policies of Donald Trump.
URL:https://www.metuchendemocrats.org/event/demand-hudson-county-stop-detaining-immigrants-and-end-287g/
LOCATION:Hudson County Board Of Chosen Freeholders\, 567 Pavonia Ave\, Jersey City\, NJ\, 07306\, United States
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SUMMARY:Resisting the Trump Administration: A Teach-In for Action
DESCRIPTION:Resisting the Trump Administration: A Teach-In for Action Sponsored by Rutgers AAUP-AFT and The United Methodist Church at New Brunswick \nPanels with Rutgers Faculty\, Students\, and the New Brunswick Community\nAudience Participation\nOrganizing Breakout Sessions\nFebruary-23-Teach-In-Flyer
URL:https://www.metuchendemocrats.org/event/resisting-the-trump-administration-a-teach-in-for-action-sponsored-by-rutgers-aaup-aft-and-the-united-methodist-church-at-new-brunswick/
LOCATION:United Methodist Church\, 323 George St\, New Brunswick\, NJ\, United States
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SUMMARY:Rally Thursday to Stop Assault on EPA
DESCRIPTION:Join with us this Thursday\, February 23rd as Congressman Frank Pallone Jr.\, the New Jersey Sierra Club and activists come together against the attack on the EPA and President Trump’s environmental rollbacks. We are coming together to oppose Scott Pruitt as the new Administrator and stop him from dismantling the EPA. We will rally to defend the EPA’s vital programs to ensure we have clean air\, safe drinking water and are taking immediate action on climate change. Our event will demand the Trump Administration continues to clean-up New Jersey’s toxic sites\, protect our waterways\, and stop any plans to drill off our coasts or on public lands.\nThe event will be held outside the EPA’s Region 2 Laboratory and Environment Center in Edison\, New Jersey\, since the lab and its staff could be impacted by the Trump Administration’s cuts. The rally will begin at 2:00 PM on Thursday\, February 23rd at 2890 Woodbridge Ave in Edison\, NJ 08837.  Please arrive early to find parking.\nRSVP and more information: Jamie Zaccaria at jamie.zaccaria@sierraclub.org
URL:https://www.metuchendemocrats.org/event/rally-thursday-to-stop-assault-on-epa/
LOCATION:2890 Woodbridge Ave in Edison\, NJ 08837
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SUMMARY:D.I.R.E Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Event Source: InterFaith Rise\nInterFaith Rise is helping form a rapid response team in Middlesex County. Thursday\, February 23rd\, is the first meeting of D.I.R.E. It will be held at 12 noon in the Reformed Church in HP parlor. You can call in at 605-475-4850 code 5897 if you are interested in hearing our conversation but cannot attend.\nSign up information in the website link below: http://www.direteam.org/\nD.I.R.E is a rapid response team that is local to Middlesex County but part of a network of Rapid Response Teams being planned in partnership with Faith In New Jersey.\nThe goal of D.I.R.E is to run interference between ICE and its Enforcement & Removal Operations in our communities.\nWe will… \n\nform text/app systems for communicating emergencies while they are occurring.\ncreate an ‘army’ of concerned citizens who will rush to places of crisis to bear witness\, take video and offer support to victims and families.\nInform the news media immediately if ICE is hurting members of our community.\npush for towns to use their NIXEL systems to inform communities of ICE/ERO action in their neighborhoods.\nencourage school boards\, municipalities etc…to adopt Sanctuary City resolutions that disconnect them from the work of ICE/ERO.\ncreate a media\, social media nightmare for the President in the aftermath of any raid or detention of a resident in our community.\nspeak truth to power.\npush our legislators to introduce real immigration reform based on the Senate bi-partisan plan from 2012.\nwork with attorneys to seek legal responses to the Executive Order.\naccompany immigrants to scheduled appointments with ICE.
URL:https://www.metuchendemocrats.org/event/d-i-r-e-meeting/
LOCATION:Reformed Church of Highland Park\, 19 S 2nd Ave\, Highland Park\, NJ\, 08904-2238\, United States
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SUMMARY:Recess Resistance: Immigrant Rights Day of Action
DESCRIPTION:As our members of Congress return home for the recess\, join us to oppose Trump’s deportation machine and its corporate beneficiaries\, and call for an end to ICE Raids that divide our families.\n•11am: Action at Elizabeth Detention Center\, 625 Evans St\, Elizabeth\, NJ a privately run immigration detention center where 300 immigrants are held awating deportation proceedings. Call for and end to raids and private detention centers.\n•1:30pm: Rally at Congressman Lance (R-07) office 425 North Avenue East\, Westfield\, NJ to demand he call for an end to immigration raids.\nThe Trump Administration has escalated raids on immigrants and their families over the past weeks. Hundreds of immigrants from across New Jersey and the East Coast are detained in the Elizabeth Detention Center\, a nerve center in the deportation network and privately owned detention center.\nCOSPONSORS: American Friends Service Committee\, Faith in New Jersey\, Make the Road Connecticut\, Make the Road New York\, Make the Road Pennsylvania\, SEIU 32BJ\, Wind of the Spirit\, Working Families Alliance NJ\, New Jersey-Delaware Chapter of the National Lawyers Guild.
URL:https://www.metuchendemocrats.org/event/recess-resistance-immigrant-rights-day-of-action/
LOCATION:NJ
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170222T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170222T210000
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SUMMARY:Citizen's Town Hall in New Jersey's 3rd Congressional District
DESCRIPTION:Constituents of the NJ’s third congressional district are invited to be a part of a citizens’ town hall\, organized by fellow constituents and co-sponsored by New Jersery Citizen Action and South Jersey NOW – Alice Paul Chapter.\nIn the tele-town hall that Congressman Tom MacArthur hosted on Monday Feb 13th\, he was asked by a constituent why he refuses to hold an in-person event so that his constituents can be seen and heard by their representative. His response included accusations of paid protesters and people from outside the district being brought in to hijack and disrupt town halls. And because of the nature of a telephone town hall\, or a radio call-in show (like the one he has scheduled for Thursday Feb 23rd)\, his constituents do not have the opportunity to follow up on his responses. The Congressman knows that there are a lot of people in his district who have expressed interest in an in-person event\, but he knows that if he meets his constituents face-to-face\, he can be called out on responses like the ones he gave at the tele-town hall. And he lacks the evidence needed to support such claims.\nWe\, the constituents of District 3\, deserve an opportunity to speak with our congressman. We want to show him that we are peaceful\, respectful\, intelligent\, informed\, and concerned. We are not agitators brought in from outside the district\, and we are certainly not being paid to participate in democracy. We are the people who live in this district\, and he is supposed to represent us.\nSo\, Congressman MacArthur has been invited to attend a town hall organized by his constituents. We need to show him how much we care about what Congress is doing. We need to show him that the people he represents are not to be feared\, we are to be respected and valued. We deserve to be seen and heard. And we have questions that deserve to be answered.\nEveryone who attends will have the opportunity to submit a question to the congressman. There will be an opportunity to ask your question live at the town hall or to write you question down. All written and spoken questions will be delivered to Congressman MacArthur’s Marlton office on March 1st.\nThe event organizers are prepared for an event with or without the participation of the Congressman. But we hope that he comes. So please show your interest in this event\, and let us know if you are planning on coming. SHARE THIS EVENT! Tell your friends\, co-workers\, and neighbors that their presence is needed. Whether you have a question prepared or not\, we need you to show up so that the Congressman sees just how many people feel like his avoidance of his constituents is unacceptable.
URL:https://www.metuchendemocrats.org/event/citizens-town-hall-in-new-jerseys-3rd-congressional-district/
LOCATION:Frances Demasi Middle School\, 199 Evesboro Medford Rd\, Marlton\, NJ\, 08053\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170222T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170222T210000
DTSTAMP:20260407T034629
CREATED:20170218T032829Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170218T032829Z
UID:675-1487790000-1487797200@www.metuchendemocrats.org
SUMMARY:What would you like to share with your Congressman? Passaic County
DESCRIPTION:For details\, click here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/what-would-you-like-to-share-with-your-congressman-passaic-county-tickets-31933980395
URL:https://www.metuchendemocrats.org/event/what-would-you-like-to-share-with-your-congressman-passaic-county/
LOCATION:United Food & Commercial Workers Union\, Local 464A – 245 Paterson Avenue – Little Falls\, NJ 07424
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170222T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170222T190000
DTSTAMP:20260407T034629
CREATED:20170209T225709Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170209T225709Z
UID:453-1487790000-1487790000@www.metuchendemocrats.org
SUMMARY:Congressman Leonard Lance (R-7) Town Hall
DESCRIPTION:Congressman Leonard Lance (NJ-07) today announced he will host his 41st in-person town hall meeting on Wednesday\, February 22 beginning at 7:00pm at Raritan Valley Community College in Branchburg.\nDuring the town hall meeting\, Lance is expected to discuss the important issues facing Congress and the American people. He will take questions and share his views on issues like strengthening the economy\, tax reform\, border security\, international affairs and repealing and replacing Obamacare.\nAdditionally\, members of Lance’s staff will be available to assist residents who are experiencing difficulties with federal agencies such as the IRS\, Social Security Administration\, Veterans Affairs\, the State Department or any other federal agency.\nFacebook Event\nhttps://www.facebook.com/events/417701088572129/
URL:https://www.metuchendemocrats.org/event/town-hall-meeting-with-congressman-leonard-lance/
LOCATION:Raritan Valley Community College\, 118 Lamington Rd\, Branchburg\, NJ\, 08876\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170222T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170222T200000
DTSTAMP:20260407T034629
CREATED:20170218T034111Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170218T034111Z
UID:683-1487786400-1487793600@www.metuchendemocrats.org
SUMMARY:NJ-4 Town Hall with Rep. Chris Smith
DESCRIPTION:Congressman Smith has refused to host a town hall so constituents have organized one for him. Please join us February 22 at 6pm at the Monmouth County Library\nNJ-4 Town Hall with Rep. Chris Smith \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe meeting will be held Wednesday\, February 22\, 2017 from 6-8PM at the Monmouth County Library\, 125 Symmes Drive\, Manalapan\, NJ 07726 (where Smith met with the Alzheimer’s Association). Rep. Chris Smith has been invited to attend a nonpartisan public meeting to address his constituents’ concerns about health care. Questions will be shared with him before the meeting.The goal of the town hall is to provide a platform for members of the 4th District to express their concerns about the Affordable Care Act (ACA). According to research from the Kaiser Family Foundation\, more than 50\,000 people in the 4th District stand to lose coverage if the ACA is repealed.\nA medical professional will explain potential impact on the healthcare field; the audience will share stories and questions; and an expert will explain the recently released proposal to replace the ACA.\nYou do not need to submit a question or concern to RSVP.\n\nLink: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeCuBrCqwVN6B5JYEBR6iysqIDnkzuwZbZT2HV8fCR4bX4iZQ/viewform?c=0&w=1
URL:https://www.metuchendemocrats.org/event/nj-4-town-hall-with-rep-chris-smith/
LOCATION:Monmouth County Library\, 125 Symmes Drive\, Manalapan\, NJ\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170222T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170222T200000
DTSTAMP:20260407T034629
CREATED:20170206T023131Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170206T023131Z
UID:389-1487786400-1487793600@www.metuchendemocrats.org
SUMMARY:Craft Beers for Pap Smears!
DESCRIPTION:Enjoy some craft beers at the Flying Fish Brewing Company to help support Planned Parenthood Action Fund of New Jersey! Tickets are just $25 per person (checks can be made payable to Planned Parenthood Action Fund of New Jersey). Proceeds will go to help protect access to lifesaving cancer-screenings\, STD testing/treatments\, and birth control.\nWe are also collecting item donations for Camden County Women’s Center! For a list of what to bring\, please check out → https://sites.google.com/a/njaconline.org/camden-county-women-s-center/get-involved
URL:https://www.metuchendemocrats.org/event/craft-beers-for-pap-smears/
LOCATION:Flying Fish Brewing Company\, 900 Kennedy Blvd\, Somerdale\, NJ\, 08083\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170221T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170221T210000
DTSTAMP:20260407T034629
CREATED:20170218T032741Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170218T032741Z
UID:671-1487703600-1487710800@www.metuchendemocrats.org
SUMMARY:What would you like to share with your Congressman? Morris County
DESCRIPTION:For details\, click here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/what-would-you-like-to-share-with-your-congressman-morris-county-tickets-31933882101
URL:https://www.metuchendemocrats.org/event/what-would-you-like-to-share-with-your-congressman-morris-county/
LOCATION:Jam-e-Masjid Islamic Center – 110 Harrison Street – Boonton\, NJ 07005
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170221T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170221T130000
DTSTAMP:20260407T034629
CREATED:20170220T032343Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170220T032343Z
UID:727-1487678400-1487682000@www.metuchendemocrats.org
SUMMARY:Resistance Tuesday - Menendez & Booker
DESCRIPTION:Source: https://act.moveon.org/event/resist-recess/7491/signup/?akid=&zip=&source=\nWill you join fellow constituents and attend a Resistance Recess action? \n\nCome express your thanks to our Senators for their resistance and urge them to keep standing up to Trump\, Bannon\, and a corrupt administration of hatred.
URL:https://www.metuchendemocrats.org/event/resistance-tuesday-menendez-booker/
LOCATION:Senators Booker's and Menendez's office\, 1 Gateway Center\, Newark\, NJ\, 07102\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170221T113000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170221T140000
DTSTAMP:20260407T034629
CREATED:20170215T025245Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170215T025245Z
UID:644-1487676600-1487685600@www.metuchendemocrats.org
SUMMARY:Rally to Protect the Pines!
DESCRIPTION:On Tuesday\, join us for a rally and protest at the Statehouse in front of Governor Christie’s office. We’re telling him to protect the Pinelands and stop trying to push through dangerous pipelines like South Jersey Gas. We stopped the SJG pipeline once\, defeated it a second time\, and now we need to beat them a third time! In 2014\, the Pinelands Commission voted down this same proposal because it violated the Comprehensive Management Plan. Even though the facts and the application have not changed\, the Christie Administration is still strong arming the Pinelands Commission to move forward with this application.\nThe Pinelands Commission is meeting on Friday\, February 24th and that’s why we’re rallying on Tuesday to show them that the people of New Jersey oppose this pipeline and they need to deny it! Join us for a rally at the Statehouse in Trenton on Tuesday to make say that we oppose the SJG Pipeline and are standing up to protect the Pinelands!\nWHEN: Tuesday\, February 21st at Noon\nWHERE: Steps of the Statehouse in Trenton\, NJ\nCONTACT: toni.granato@sierraclub.org
URL:https://www.metuchendemocrats.org/event/rally-to-protect-the-pines/
LOCATION:New Jersey State House\, 125 W State St\, Trenton\, NJ\, 08608\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170220T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170220T183000
DTSTAMP:20260407T034629
CREATED:20170220T032824Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170220T032824Z
UID:732-1487610000-1487615400@www.metuchendemocrats.org
SUMMARY:Emergency Action: Denounce ICE Raid in Elizabeth!
DESCRIPTION:(Español abajo)\nEMERGENCY ACTION: This week\, ICE conducted a raid here in Elizabeth.\nWe are a city of immigrants. We will not stand for this. We need your support URGENTLY.\nStand with MRNJ\, local clergy\, and allies to denounce the raids in our community and threaten to separate families and destroy the fabric of our communities.\nJoin us MONDAY at 42 Broad St\, Elizabeth\, NJ.\nOn Friday\, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers conducted a raid in Elizabeth\, NJ attempting to arrest a mother while her young child was present. Elizabeth Police Department officers assisted the ICE operation. It’s time to stand together as a city to oppose ICE raids and to make sure our police officers protect us – not work for ICE. Join us for a rally on Monday at 5pm to denounce the raids!\nEste viernes pasado oficiales de ICE hicieron una redada en Elizabeth\, NJ intentando arrestar a una madre mientras her young child was present. Oficiales de la policia de Elizabeth asistio a inmigracion. Ahora tenemos que unirnos como ciudad para oponer las redadas y asegurar que nuestra policia nos protege – y que no trabajen para ICE. Unete Lunes a las 5pm a la marcha!\nMARCHA DE EMERGENCIA: Esta semana hubo una redada de ICE en Elizabeth\, NJ. Nosotros somos una ciudad de inmigrantes. No toleramos redadas que pretenden separar nuestras familias.\nÚnete a una marcha a las 5pm el LUNES en 42 Broad St para denunciar las redadas junto con Se Hace Camino NJ\, clérigos\, aliados y más.\nGracias por su apoyo.
URL:https://www.metuchendemocrats.org/event/emergency-action-denounce-ice-raid-in-elizabeth/
LOCATION:42 Broad St\, Elizabeth\, NJ 07201-2206\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170220T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170220T160000
DTSTAMP:20260407T034629
CREATED:20170212T034216Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170212T034216Z
UID:520-1487592000-1487606400@www.metuchendemocrats.org
SUMMARY:Not My President's Day - Rally
DESCRIPTION:If you would like to go to this event in NYC\, we have a group taking the train from Metuchen Station at 9:58 AM.\nDonald Trump is literally our President\, but figuratively\, he has attacked every value New Yorkers embody and does not represent our interests. We will be staging a rally at Columbus Circle to protest the un-American policies of the current White House:\n– He plans to cut federal funding to our state in an attempt to turn us against our immigrant population\, funneling money away from important public institutions.\n– He wants to use our tax money to build a wall that no one wants.\n– He attacked our Muslim communities and instituted an Islamophobic religious ban.\n– He approved a pipeline that threatens to destroy sacred lands.\n– His administration opposes a woman’s right to choose and purged the White House website of information pertaining to police brutality and LGBTQ rights.\n– His party doesn’t take climate change seriously and undermines our state’s efforts to combat it.\nDonald Trump stands against the progress we have worked hard to enact. He does not represent our interests. He was voted in by a minority of the American public but governs as if there’s no resistance. But there is — and on February 20th\, we will honor previous presidents by exercising our constitutional right to assemble and peacefully protest everything Donald Trump stands for.\nThere is a congressional recess on February 20th that aligns with President’s Day. Let’s rally while our federal representatives are back in town and remind them who they represent.\n#IMPEACH\n#RESIST\n#NOTMYPRESIDENT\nThis is a peaceful demonstration. It is a rally\, not a march.\nLocation: Trump International Hotel – 61st St & Central Park West.\nTime: 12pm – 4pm
URL:https://www.metuchendemocrats.org/event/not-my-presidents-day-rally/
LOCATION:Trump International Hotel\, 1 Central Park West\, New York\, NY\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170219T213000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170219T230000
DTSTAMP:20260407T034629
CREATED:20170218T032948Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170218T032948Z
UID:678-1487539800-1487545200@www.metuchendemocrats.org
SUMMARY:What would you like to share with your Congressman? Sussex County (seating 2)
DESCRIPTION:For details\, click here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/what-would-you-like-to-share-with-your-congressman-sussex-county-seating-2-tickets-32009054945
URL:https://www.metuchendemocrats.org/event/what-would-you-like-to-share-with-your-congressman-sussex-county-seating-2/
LOCATION:Sparta VFW Post#7248 – 66 Main Street – Sparta Township\, NJ 07871
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170219T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170219T213000
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CREATED:20170218T032233Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170218T032233Z
UID:667-1487534400-1487539800@www.metuchendemocrats.org
SUMMARY:What would you like to share with your Congressman? Sussex County (seating 1)
DESCRIPTION:For details\, click here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/what-would-you-like-to-share-with-your-congressman-sussex-county-seating-1-tickets-31933636366
URL:https://www.metuchendemocrats.org/event/what-would-you-like-to-share-with-your-congressman-sussex-county-seating-1/
LOCATION:Sparta VFW Post#7248 – 66 Main Street – Sparta Township\, NJ 07871
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170218T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170218T160000
DTSTAMP:20260407T034629
CREATED:20170214T014915Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170214T014915Z
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SUMMARY:Congressman Frank Pallone (D-6) Town Hall - Asbury Park
DESCRIPTION:Meet with Congressman Frank Pallone (D-6) at his Town Hall in Asbury Park.
URL:https://www.metuchendemocrats.org/event/congressman-frank-pallone-d-town-hall-asbury-park/
LOCATION:Westside Community Center\, 115 Dewitt Avenue\, Asbury Park\, NJ\, United States
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