Metuchen Democrats

What's Going on and Why: Immigration Policy in the Age of Trump
2017-04-05 16:30 - 19:00 (America/Halifax) | New York Law School, 185 W Broadway, New York, NY, 10013, United States
Join us on April 5th as we discuss the current changes in immigration under the new administration and the effects that these changes will have on certain individuals including special immigrant juvenile status and asylum applicants, refugees, individuals that are currently detained, as well as individuals that have prior criminal convictions. We will also address community activism and the many ways that law students could help the immigrant community.
Sponsored by:
Latin American Law Student Association
Immigration Law Student Association
Muslim Law Student Association
American Constitution Society
Criminal Law Society
NYLS Office of Diversity and Inclusion
Please RSVP for the event here: http://bit.ly/2n9PrvC
If you have any questions for our panelists, please submit them here!: http://bit.ly/2l1wLA8
Hope to see you there!

1984 National Screening Day
2017-04-04 18:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York) | Lincoln Center, 65 N Broadway At 66th Street and Broadway, New York, NY, United States
Tuesday, April 4, 2017
6:00 PM

Lincoln Center
65 N Broadway
At 66th Street and Broadway
New York City, NY (map)
On April 4, 2017, almost 90 art house movie theaters across the country in 79 cities and in 34 states, plus one location in Canada, will be participating collectively in a NATIONAL EVENT DAY screening of the 80’s movie 1984 starring John Hurt, who sadly died last month. This date was chosen because it’s the day George Orwell’s protagonist Winston Smith begins rebelling against his oppressive government by keeping a forbidden diary. These theaters owners also strongly believe in supporting the National Endowment for the Arts and see any attempt to scuttle that program as an attack on free speech and creative expression through entertainment. This event provides a chance for communities around the country to show their unity and have their voices heard.

April Fools Extravaganza! a Planned Parenthood Benefit
2017-04-01 19:00 - 23:30 (America/Halifax) | Pino's Gift Basket Shoppe and Wine Cellar, 13 N 4th Ave, Highland Park, NJ, 08904, United States
Do you like accessible affordable healthcare, health education, and reproductive choice? How about freedom, singing, dancing, fabulous prizes and having fun with your friends? FANTASTIC!!!
We invite you to join us at Pino’s on April Fools Night for some great music and an amazing raffle, all proceeds to benefit Planned Parenthood. Prepare to be dazzled by New Brunswick’s very own The Golden Boyz “Live Band Karaoke” where you, that’s right YOU, are the lead singer of the band! Special guest performers will include Ryan Noack Comedy, Ricky Chess , Phil Pirri, and others to be announced. Stay tuned. Mark your calendar. Ponder your favorite karaoke songs. Survive March. Shine up your dancing shoes…..
Let’s celebrate our choices, raise some $$$$ and our voices!!!
There will be a suggested donation ($10) at the door. We have raffle prizes/giveaways for gift certs/packages from Urban Outfitters, Stress Factory Comedy Club, Sam Ash Music Stores, and sessions with Aaron Acupuncture, Upscale Portrait Design And Photography, Going Wild Dance and Fitness with Tahirah Going Wild Gillespie, Over the Moon Toys, Through the Moongate, Redwood Florist, and more. Please let us know if you would like to contribute to the raffle or volunteer to help with the event

Build the Movement for $15 NOW!
2017-04-01 13:00 - 16:00 (America/Halifax) | Grove Street PATH Station, Jersey City, NJ
Over the past several months, we’ve seen a tremendous surge in grassroots political action opposing the destructive policies of the Trump administration. From the historical Women’s March in Washington, DC to the airport protests that helped push back on Trump’s anti-Muslim travel ban, ordinary people are demonstrating an extraordinary willingness to fight back.
But defeating the right-wing’s bigoted, anti-worker agenda will require more than defensive action. The Left must also put forward a positive, alternative vision with bold demands that can unite working people in struggle for a better future.
The demand for a $15/hour minimum wage is one part of that broad program.
Last year when NJ legislators proposed carve-outs that would have disproportionately impacted women, immigrant workers and people of color, our movement answered them with a swift and decisive NO. That’s the kind of solidarity we’re going to need to stop Trump and his collaborators in their tracks.
Join us on April 1st to demand $15 for all workers: No racist, sexist carve-outs! No exceptions for youth labor!
Event Co-Sponsors
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Socialist Alternative NJ
Green Party of NJ
NJ Badass Teachers Association (BATS)
If your organization would like to co-sponsor the rally, please email us at 15NowNJ@gmail.com

& GIRLS Conference
2017-04-01 09:00 (America/Halifax) | Princeton University McCosh Hall, Princeton, NJ, 08544, United States
I am excited to announce the
‘& Girls’ Conference, a day of collecting an intellectual inventory from girls ranging from 10 to 23 years of age on their daily challenges and thoughts on their standing in America.
Participants will also hear from public policy experts, activists, and community influencers throughout a series of breakout sessions and panel discussions.
Their input will inform their peers, Black women, elected officials at the state and local level, and Members of Congress, on how to proactively advocate for, and move meaningful policy forward and continue to break down barriers to their success.
All interested participants are asked to register by March 17.

Stand for Rights - A Benefit for the ACLU on Facebook Live
2017-03-31 19:00 - 23:00 (America/Halifax) | Facebook Live
VIP Access for this event is now on sale! Stand for Rights: A Benefit for the ACLU will be filmed in New York City and will be streamed on Facebook Live. It promises to be a historic event marking the first time in history people have something productive to do on Facebook on a Friday night. Please tune in between stalking your ex and realizing that guy from high school who wore shorts in the winter is now a professional body-builder.
Stand for Rights will feature appearances by such A-listers as Tina Fey, Tom Hanks, Alec Baldwin, Tracy Morgan, Ellie Kemper, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Tituss Burgess, Jane Krakowski, Jon Hamm, and many more. We say A-listers because, after this benefit, the White House will no doubt add them to some kind of a list.
The event is being executive produced by Eric Gurian, Jerry Kupfer, and Evan Jonigkeit.

Teach-In: How to Talk to Your Legislators
2017-03-31 18:30 - 20:30 (America/Halifax) | Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Princeton, 50 Cherry Hill Rd, Princeton, NJ, 08540, United States

Monmouth County Rally
2017-03-31 14:00 - 18:00 (America/Halifax) | Porta Asbury Park, 911 Kingsley St, Asbury Park, NJ, 07712, United States
Our Democratic National Committee Chairman Tom Perez and Deputy Chairman Keith Ellison will be the featured guests at a voter contact event in Monmouth County, where Democrats have been making inroads into Republican territory. Come hear them speak and then make some phone calls to prospective voters on behalf of local Democratic candidates.

WE Build the Resistance Rally w/ Tom Perez & Rep. Keith Ellison
2017-03-31 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Halifax) | Robert Treat Hotel Newark Nj
Rep. Keith Ellison and Tom Perez are coming to NJ!
Join NJ Working Families Alliance, hundreds of activists and Democratic Chairman Tom Perez and Deputy Chairman Representative Keith Ellison as we continue to stand up, fight back and build the movement!
NEW LOCATION! Main Ballroom at the Robert Treat Hotel!
Join us as we reclaim the moral left and urge all of our electeds to RESIST! People power builds this movement!!

Metuchen Democratic Committee Meeting
2017-03-29 19:00 - 20:30 (America/New_York) | What's The Scoop, 410 Main St, Metuchen, NJ, 08840-1807, United States

Bias Crime & Incident Training for Community Partners
2017-03-29 18:00 - 20:30 (America/New_York) | Middlesex County Fire Academy, 1001 Fire Academy Drive, Sayreville, NJ, 08872, United States
This training covers how to Recognize, Respond to and Report a Bias Crime or Incident. The course will focus on identifying bias incidents on a local level, and understanding the difference between a bias crime and bias incident. A segment of the training will cover the role of community outreach, as it relates to local leaders, chaplains, interested community groups and the Human Relations Commissions. At the conclusion of the program, participants should be expected to share the learned information with other members of the community in an effort to encourage all to come forward and report bias crimes and incidents as they occur.
Registration 6:00 PM – 6:30 PM
Training starts promptly 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM
Register for this training by using the survey monkey web link
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/LS99BWS

Congressman Pallone Town Hall
2017-03-26 16:00 - 17:30 (America/Halifax) | Highland Park Senior/Youth Center, Highland Park, NJ, 08904, United States
Please join Congressman Pallone for a town hall discussion on March 26th in Highland Park.
From Congressman Pallone: “With so many pressing issues facing our nation, it is a priority of mine to make sure I am reaching out to my constituents and allowing their voices to be heard. I look forward to having a respectful and productive conversation with my constituents about the future of New Jersey and our country.”
RSVP:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/congressman-pallones-6th-district-town-hall-tickets-32418418362

CAIR-NJ and ATNJ Women's Social and Bazaar
2017-03-25 17:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York) | ICPC Clifton Campus, 257 Pershing Road, Clifton, NJ, 07013, United States
CAIR-NJ and ATNJ are pleased to announce an exciting new initiative between our respective members. Our United We Rise community initiative is an opportunity for women from both of our memberships to meet in a social gathering with the goal of supporting our American Muslim community. Because change happens locally, these small group meet and greets will allow for true conversation and the building of bridges between members in the same community.
This social gathering will happen at the ICPC Mosque at the Clifton Campus. There will be a bazaar after the meet and greet so bring some money in case you want to purchase any goods! We are working to get more places and dates around the state of New Jersey and those will be announced in the near future. Based on the success of this initiative, we will work to scale it and launch it nationally between CAIR and ATN (Action Together Network) members.
What you can expect at these social gatherings:
*Limited to women only. (We really are going to change our world!)
*No pork products/gelatin and alcohol. Kosher products are fine.
Where: ICPC Clifton Campus, ​257 Pershing Rd, Clifton, NJ 07013
CAIR is the largest Civil Rights Organization for American Muslims in USA with over 30 offices around the nation. CAIR is also the only National American Muslim Organization that has a MAJORITY female leadership. Our Board chairs and Executive Directors in 30 offices make up more than 60% of our leadership. Chair of both CAIR National and CAIR-NJ are female attorneys.

We Defend OUR Healthcare press conference and Canvass launch
2017-03-25 11:00 (America/Halifax) | 941 Stuyvesant Ave, Union, NJ
Co hosted by NJ 7 Forward, MakeThe Road NJ and Westfield 20/20

2017 Rutgers Women's Leadership Conference
2017-03-24 09:30 - 15:00 (America/Halifax) | Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning & Public Policy, Rutgers University, 33 Livingston Ave, New Brunswick, NJ, 08901, United States
Please join us for the 6th Annual Women’s Leadership Conference hosted by the Rutgers Women’s Leadership Coalition and the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy. Admission is free, but space is limited. Attendees must RSVP at: wlc2017.eventbrite.com.
The 2017 conference, “Speak Up, Speak Out: Advocating for Yourself and Others,” will highlight tactics professional women use to raise their voices in high stakes environments. From storytelling in the Middle East, to grassroots community organizing, to voicing your ideas in the boardroom, this year’s conference will help you find your voice by providing tools and skills to advocate for yourself and others. Panelists will discuss threats to emergency services used by women and families in distress, while workshops will teach attendees how to navigate politically and socially diverse workplaces and how to organize for change.
Complimentary headshots will be provided during lunchtime. Donations of high efficiency laundry detergent for Dina’s Dwelling, a non-profit providing permanent, affordable housing to survivors of domestic violence and their families, are appreciated.
The day will conclude with a networking social from 3:00 – 5:00 pm at INC American Bar & Kitchen at 302 George Street. Complimentary appetizers will be provided.

A Forum on Immigrant and Refugee Policy in Highland Park
2017-03-23 19:00 - 20:00 (America/Halifax) | Bartle School Auditorium, 435 Mansfield Street, Highland Park, NJ, United States

Coffee, Cake & True Islam
2017-03-23 19:00 - 20:00 (America/Halifax) | What's The Scoop, 410 Main St, Metuchen, NJ, 08840-1807, United States
Join us for a cup of coffee & cake, and meet your Muslim neighbors, ask anything about Islam. Share your thoughts in this informal gathering, discover our shared values together.

ACA Birthday Celebration at Lance's office
2017-03-23 16:00 - 19:00 (America/Halifax) | 425 North Ave E, Westfield, NJ 07090-1443, United States
The ACA turns 7!!! Come SIng Happy Birthday to the ACA in front of GOP Congressional Offices at 4pm, Thursday 3/22/17. Celebrate millions of Americans having affordable accesible Health Insurance. Come help fight to preserve it for all! Bring your kids and friends! There will be cake!

Don't Take Our Health Care Rally
2017-03-23 11:30 - 13:00 (America/Halifax) | New Jersey State House, 125 W State St, Trenton, NJ, 08608, United States
On Thursday, Republicans in Congress plan on ramming Trumpcare through the House of Representatives. Do you know what Thursday is? The 7th anniversary of the day the Affordable Care Act was signed into law. By every available metric, Trumpcare will make health care in America worse. It is a cruel and immoral piece of legislation. And the petty politicians who want to pass it are using a day that signified 22 million Americans gaining badly needed health insurance to take that care away from 24 million Americans over the next 10 years.
Join us on Thursday at the State House Annex Steps to rally to protect our care and tell our elected leaders “Don’t Take Our Health Care!”

Indivisible Central NJ - General Meeting
2017-03-22 19:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York)
All hands on deck! Let’s get together for our 4th general assembly meeting to discuss next steps and the subcommittees research.
General meeting to continue developing the direction and organization of our local chapter. Please come join us if you live in the 6th, 7th, or 12th congressional districts. We will be leading a brief discussion on best ways to contact and WHO to contact for many of our issues and concerns and breaking back into our huddles for group exercises. More info to come. SAVE THE DATE!
PLEASE BRING DONATION FOR FOOD PANTRY!
Some logistic notes about the event:
If you are unfamiliar with events held at the Old Franklin Schoolhouse, some parking tips:
1) It’s street parking, friends. That means you can park on that section of Rt 27 or on any side streets. Some people choose to park in the municipal parking lot directly across the street- please just be careful crossing.
2) The parking lot directly next to the schoolhouse is for the YMCA offices/Masons and we do not have permission to use it.
3) There are public lots that you can enter on Pearl Street and parking is FREE after 6pm. (at meters or in lots)
4) Come early and have dinner downtown!! Metuchen has many fine places to eat. There is also the new large parking deck at the far end of Pearl Street- that is NOT free.
Most of all- please remember to bring non perishable food for our local food pantry. The venue was kind enough to host us in exchange for help in the community!

Evict Trump Kushner, City Council Action
2017-03-22 18:30 - 20:00 (America/Halifax) | City Hall, 280 Grove St, Jersey City, NJ, 07302, United States
Join us as we ask our City Council to make a firm, public commitment: No More Tax Breaks for Donald Trump and Jared Kushner’s real estate companies! We want to bring a large group to send a clear message: If you attack our community, you should not profit off of our community.
We will meet at 6:30 outside the City Council Chambers (2nd floor of City Hall). During the public speaking section of the evening, 5 members of Evict Trump Kushner will speak. Our group will stand in support of them. Bring your signs! Share with friends!

Moving Forward: Defending Civil Liberties & Human Rights Discussion
2017-03-22 18:00 (America/New_York) | Rutgers Academic Building Room 2225, 15 Seminary Pl, New Brunswick, NJ, 08901, United States

Open Mosque Day
2017-03-19 17:00 - 19:00 (America/Halifax) | MCMC:The Muslim Center of Middlesex County, 1000 Hoes Ln E, Piscataway, NJ, 08854, United States
Muslim Center of Middlesex County cordially invites you to an “Open Mosque” Day
We would love for all our neighbors to come
– visit and get a tour of our mosque
– meet the Imam
– hear the call to prayer
– Observe the sunset prayer
– Enjoy some awesome Ethnic food
– Meet your friendly Muslim American neighbors
– Ask any questions you may have on Islam and Muslims
We will also have a short presentation on “Prophet Muhammad”

Interfaith Concert for Peace
2017-03-19 16:00 - 18:00 (America/Halifax) | Neve Shalom, 250 Grove Avenue, Metuchen, NJ, 08840, United States
On Sunday March 19 at 4pm Neve Shalom will be hosting a major communal program. The Metuchen-Edison Interfaith Clergy are sponsoring a “Concert For Peace.” Baptist, Catholic, Chinese, Episcopal, Gospel, Jewish, Presbyterian and Turkish choirs will be singing and a Hindu group of dancers will also perform. There is no admission charge, though a free will offering will be collected. Light refreshments will be served. We invite everyone to help us come together as a multi-faith community to share each other’s hopes, prayers, songs and dances for peace. We promise you a spectacular event and a very memorable afternoon.

Education and Action Meeting
2017-03-18 16:00 - 17:30 (America/Halifax) | Christ Presbyterian Church, 1600 Washington Valley Rd, Martinsville, NJ, 08836, United States
Come learn about the difference between block grants and entitlement programs. Find out how programs like SNAP and Medicaid are currently funded, and take action to make sure that they continue to serve the people who need them most.

Author reading and talk with Patrick Phillips
2017-03-16 19:00 - 21:00 (America/Halifax) | Highland Park Senior/Youth Center, Highland Park, NJ, 08904, United States
Book reading and talk with autor Patrick Phillips. Looking forward to this POSOC & L.I.V.E.- sponsored author reading and book talk! Have you read a little ‘Blood at the Root’ yet? Here’s a snippet of the intro. Tell me if this history isn’t tapping us on the shoulders now.
“That was the night bands of white men set out on horseback, riding toward the little clusters of cabins that dotted the woodlands and pastures along the river. Using posted notices, scrawled letters, rifles, torches, and sticks of dynamite, they delivered a message to their black neighbors—including many they had known and worked with all their lives. The black people of Forsyth could either load up and get across the county line before the next sundown, or stay and die like Rob Edwards.
By the end of October, the night riders had forced out all but a handful of the 1,098 members of the African American community—who left in their wake abandoned homes and schools, stores and livestock, and harvest-ready crops standing in the fields. Overnight, their churches stood empty, the rooms where they used to sing “River of Jordan” and “Go Down Moses” now suddenly, eerily quiet.
The purge was so successful that within weeks there was no one left for the mobs to terrorize, and whites who had either taken part in the raids or simply stood aside as they passed now settled back into the rhythms of farm life…
Generation after generation, Forsyth County remained “all white,”…But now and again throughout the century, whenever someone intentionally or unwittingly violated the racial ban, white men could be counted on to rise up like they always had and drive the intruders away. Years might pass between such episodes, but each time it happened, Georgians were reminded that while the racial cleansing of 1912 seemed like ancient history, in truth, it had never really ended. In truth, many in Forsyth believed that “racial purity” was their inheritance and birthright. And like their fathers’ fathers’ fathers, they saw even a single black face as a threat to their entire way of life.”

Juvenile Justice Art & Advocacy Workshop for Practitioners
2017-03-15 00:00 - 17:00 (America/Halifax) | Hahne & Co, 50 Halsey St, Newark, NJ, 07102, United States
This workshop will train those who work with juvenile justice involved youth on how to teach youth to use art as an advocacy tool and as a way to express their thoughts about the juvenile justice system.
Space is limited so if you wish to attend, please RSVP to ROnitiri@NJISJ.ORG.
The event will occur in the Hahne’s Building, located at 50 Halsey Street in Newark, at Express Newark on the 2nd floor in the Multipurpose Room.

NJ Rally for Trans Rights
2017-03-13 13:00 - 14:00 (America/Halifax) | New Jersey State House, 125 W State St, Trenton, NJ 08608
Garden State Equality will gather at the Statehouse to apply pressure on the Christie administration and demand the Department of Education issues the guidance Garden State Equality wrote for them regarding how to make schools a safe place for trans kids.
Speakers will include elected officials, trans youth and their families.
Please join us help ensure safety for NJ children!

Taking Betsy DeVos to School: Public Education in the Age of Pr
2017-03-12 14:00 - 17:00 (America/Halifax) | Montclair Firehouse 1 Pine Street, 2nd floor Montclair, NJ 07042
PARCC testing, Betsy DeVos, student protections, vouchers, and charters–
What happens now?
Please join us for a panel followed by small group discussions,
Taking Betsy DeVos to School:
Public Education in the Age of Privatization.
Sunday, March 12, 2017
2:00 PM- 5:00 PM
Montclair Firehouse
1 Pine Street, 2nd floor
Montclair, NJ 07042
Panel Presenters
Awo Okaikor Ayree-Price, Parent, Educator, Community Organizer
Mary Bennett, Chair , Newark Education Success Board
Julie Larrea Borst, Special Education Parent Advocate, SOSNJ Organizer, Blogger
Stan Karp, Project Director, Education Law Center, Rethinking Schools editor
James Harris, 1st V.P., Education Committee, Montclair NAACP; President, New Jersey Association of Black Educators
Panel Moderated by
Dr. Michelle Fine, Distinguished Professor, CUNY
Presented by
Montclair Cares About Schools

Stand With Standing Rock
2017-03-10 10:00 - 12:00 (America/New_York) | National Mall, National Mall, Washington DC, United States
The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and Indigenous grassroots leaders call on our allies across the United States and around the world to peacefully March on Washington DC. We ask that you rise in solidarity with the Indigenous peoples of the world whose rights protect Unci Maka (Grandmother Earth) for the future generations of all.
Standing Rock and Native Nations will lead a march in prayer and action in Washington D.C. on March 10th 2017.
For those who cannot march with us, we ask that you take peaceful action at home in your tribal nations, states, cities, towns, villages and provinces.
