Metuchen Democrats

Congressional Town Hall
2017-03-06 18:00 - 20:30 (America/New_York) | Plainfield Senior Center, 400 E Front St, Plainfield, NJ, 07060, United States
Please join me for a town hall regarding the legislative work I’m doing in Congress, and to have a conversation about recent changes made by the new administration.
RSVP highly encouraged.

Rally to Save Our Health Care Outside Rep MacArthur's Town Hall
2017-03-06 17:30 - 20:00 | Waretown Volunteer Fire Company – Station 36 117 Wells Mills Road, Waretown, NJ 08758
Republicans in Congress have plans to push their yet unseen Affordable Care Act repeal bill through congress starting next week. That makes this a critical time to show how broad and deep support for our health care is and to tell Congressman MacArthur “Don’t Take Away Our Health Care!”
Please join us outside Congressman MacArthur’s town hall for a rally to support our health care! We’ll have signs, but please bring your own, and tell us why health care is important to you and should be important to Congressman MacArthur.

Take Action: United We Stand
2017-03-05 13:30 - 17:30 | Busch Campus Center, 604 Bartholomew Rd, Piscataway, NJ, 08854, United States
Muslims for Peace, Inc. requests your presence at the 10th Annual Prophet Muhammad (s) Day Conference on Sunday, March 5th, 2017 at 2:00 PM. This event will be held in the Busch Campus Center Multipurpose Room (604 Bartholomew Road, Piscataway Township, NJ 08854).
The 10th Annual Prophet Muhammad (s) Day event will focus on the current state of political affairs in the country, calling for awareness, concern, and action to combat racism and bigotry of Muslims. By now, everyone has heard of the current Muslim Ban being placed on citizens and residents of seven prominent Muslim countries. Right now, this ban targets Muslims and shows the embedded racism and hatred of Muslims in the current leadership. Let us stand in solidarity with the marginalized and underrepresented minorities and put an end to the hatred. Let us empower ourselves and have our voices heard. #NoBanNoWall
Speakers:
Tulsi Gabbard, Congresswoman of Hawaii’s 2nd District
From a very young age, Tulsi has shown a passion for public service. Her commitment to serving the community and making a positive impact has influenced every major decision in her life. Her service has included working with at-risk youth, joining the Hawai`i National Guard and deploying twice to the Middle East, being elected to the Hawai`i State Legislature and the Honolulu City Council, having the honor of serving Hawai`i’s people in the U.S. Senate as legislative aide to Senator Daniel K. Akaka, continuing her ongoing work and leadership on environmental issues and projects, and now serving in Congress as the Representative for Hawai`i’s 2nd Congressional District.
Mehdi Hasan, Journalist at Al Jazeera America
Mehdi Hasan is an award-winning British journalist, broadcaster, author and political commentator. He is the presenter of both UpFront (filmed in Washington DC) and Head to Head (filmed at the Oxford Union).He moved to Al Jazeera from the Huffington Post UK where he was political director. He has been named one of the 100 ‘most influential’ Britons on Twitter, and was included in the annual global list of ‘The 500 Most Influential Muslims’ in the world (‘The Muslim 500’). His debate-winning speech at the Oxford Union on Islam and peace went viral online, amassing more than two million views. Mehdi is also the author of two books – a biography of former Labour Party leader Ed Miliband and an e-book on debt and the financial crisis.
Food will be served.
Event parking will be in Lots 51, 59, 60B, and 67.
For questions or concerns, please contact us at info@muslims4peace.org.
Partner Organization: Universal Muslim Association of America (UMAA)
A huge thank you to our cosponsors:
Masjid E Ali (MFI)
Ahlul-Bayt Student Association
RU Progressive

Building Resistance Propaganda Party - IWS Table
2017-03-05 12:00 - 17:00 | Interference Archive, 131 8th St, Brooklyn, NY, 11215, United States
We’ll be hosting a table at Interference Archive’s Building Resistance Propaganda Party.
Come make posters and signs for our March 8th Rally!
If you have it bring:
poster board
hollow cardboard tubes
markers
paint
packing tape
and whatever else you might want to personalize your creation
We’ll have some supplies including stencils for spray painting and (possibly) a rubber stamp.
Invite your friends!!

Food Not Bombs sharing event, with NJ sisterhood
2017-03-05 12:00 | Jersey City, 1 Path Plaza, Jersey City, NJ, 07302, United States
Food not bombs and Nj sisterhood share food with the hungry and homeless this Sunday at journal square. Please join us !
Meet at 12 noon sharp at the 911 memorial fountain, which is right across the street from the lowes landmark theater.
It is not required, but feel free to bring:
Plates, forks, spoons, salads, rice and beans, fresh fruit, bottled water, socks, gloves, hats, clothes, boots, hygiene products.

People's March for Education Justice - NYC
2017-03-04 09:30 - 12:30 | 725 5th Ave, New York, NY 10022-2518, United States
When public education is under attack?
What do we do?
Stand up fight back!
On March 4, students, teachers, parents and community members across New York State will come together for the People’s March for Education Justice.
We’ll start at Trump Tower 725 5th Avenue and make our way to Governor Cuomo’s offices at 633 3rd Ave!​ ​
As we continue ​to defend public education ​
from federal attacks by Donald Trump and ​Betsy ​
DeVos, we ​march to defend here in New York from Governor Andrew Cuomo. The public investment he proposes in his education budget this year is woefully inadequate and falls way short of being equitable. It will negatively impact our most vulnerable students from early child care to higher education all across the state. Black, brown, immigrant,​ refugee​, low-income,​ LGBTQIA, English Language Learners​​, homeless​ students and students with disabilities​, are worthy of an investment that will meet their needs not deny them opportunities to be successful.
· We ​march to ​demand that Gov​ernor​
Cuomo finally fully funds the $4.3 billion owed to public statewide as a result of the Campaign for Fiscal Equity​ including the $1.9 billion owed NYC​
· ​We march to Raise the Age and end the ​
​criminalization of our youth​, we should be able to provide social workers and other nurturing and committed support staff in schools for struggling youth
· We march to end the state’s over-reliance on high stakes testing
· We ​march to ​demand that NYS ​invests on the front end in​ childcare and pre-K and ​invests in truly making SUNY and CUNY free for all ​on the back end in order to ensure successful transition to adulthood.
· ​
We march because we need a Governor in NYS who is not afraid to make the​ super rich​ pay​ just 1% more by extending and expanding the millionaire’s tax and closing corporate tax loopholes, which could bring billions to fund high quality education for all and so much more.
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· We march because the rhetoric of
Governor Cuomo and Trump attacking public education ​is almost indiscernible as they both have
called public schools “a monopoly” and
​have both push school privatization through vouchers and privately-run charter schools.
​We will be releasing more of our platform as we closer to the march. We only have until the end of March, when the budget is finalized to have an impact.
If you were inspired by the historic Womens March like we were, march with us to answer the call for 10 Actions in 100 Days​

No Ban! No Wall! Get Loud, NYC!
2017-03-03 17:00 - 20:00 | Grand Central Station
Right now, Amnesty activists around the world are organizing and joining #NoBanNoWall peaceful protests and vigils in their communities. Help us make sure that the US government hears us by joining us in Grand Central Station on Friday at 5PM to say loudly “No ban! No wall!”
More info on meet-up location to come!

Give a DAM - Activist Strategies
2017-03-01 19:00 - 20:00 | Old Franklin Schoolhouse, 491 Middlesex Ave, Metuchen, NJ, 08840, United States
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.
N.B.: District 18 represents East Brunswick Township, Edison Township, Helmetta Borough, Highland Park Borough, Metuchen Borough, South Plainfield Borough and South River Borough.

Vigil for Trayvon and All Victims of Racial Violence
2017-02-26 19:00 - 21:00 | Spiotta Park, S Orange Ave & Village Plz,, South Orange, NJ, 07079, United States
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.
Those 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.
Our march will end at a TBD location, where there will be open mic performances (monologues, commentary, poetry, etc) on police brutality and racial violence.

Visit The Muslim Center of Middlesex County - Piscataway NJ
2017-02-26 17:00 - 2017-02-27 19:00 | MCMC:The Muslim Center of Middlesex County, 1000 Hoes Ln E, Piscataway, NJ, 08854, United States
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
– Take a tour of the mosque
– Listen to the call to prayer
– Observe the muslim congregational prayer
– Meet the Imam and other congregants
– Ask any questions about Islam in general
– Enjoy some awesome food !
Please RSVP at imam@mcmcnj.org
Looking forward to meeting you all

Dialogue on Race & Ethnicity in America
2017-02-26 11:00 - 12:30 | Anshe Emeth Memorial Temple, 22 Livingson Ave, New Brunswick, NJ, United States

No Ban: A Refugee Benefit Concert
2017-02-25 19:00 - 22:00 | Reformed Church of Highland Park, 19 S 2nd Ave, Highland Park, NJ, 08904-2238, United States
#NoBan: A Benefit Concert for Refugees, Immigrants, and Asylum-Seekers is our response to the Trump administration’s recent immigration ban.
We 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.
As 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.
Come join us for an evening of Klezmer music and solo, chamber, and orchestral repertoire.
Program:
Aaron Copland – Quiet City
Antonin Dvořák – Symphony No. 9 “From the New World”
Malek Jandali – Phoenix in Exile
& more
Performers:
Klezmer band Zu Fil Duvids
Members of the Scarlet Wind Quintet
Soloists: Mark J. Donellan, Emilio Guarino, and JoAnn Lamolino
Michelle Rofrano, Conductor and Orchestra of local NJ and NY musicians
Event Organizers: Natasha Loomis, Michelle Rofrano, Michael Santoro, Ian Vlahović
Date: Saturday, February 25, 2017 at 7pm
Location: Social Hall of the Reformed Church of Highland Park
Admission is free with suggested donation of $20
Find out more about the organizations to which we will be donating:
Doctors Without Borders: http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/
HIAS: http://www.hias.org/
Interfaith-RISE: http://www.interfaithrise.org/

ATNJ School Board Training
2017-02-25 17:30 - 22:30 | Presbyterian Church of Madison – 19 Green Avenue – Madison, NJ 07940
For details, click here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/atnj-school-board-training-tickets-32107611731

Black Lives Matter-Newark 2017 - Panel Discussion
2017-02-25 14:00 - 16:30 | Newark Public Library, 5 Washington St, Newark, NJ, 07102, United States
Saturday, February 25, 2-4:30 PM
Panel Discussion
“Black Lives Matter-Newark 2017”
Ali McBride, NJ Dept. of Corrections
Moderator
A panel discussion on the community’s challenges and triumphs in the areas of mental health, LGBTQ issues, incarceration, education and community activism.
Black 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.
PANELISTS
Dr. Adwoa Akhu, Psychologist /Author
Antoinette Baskerville-Richardson, Chief Education Officer, City of Newark
Bryan Epps, Political Activist/ Member, National Black Lives Matter Movement
Gary Paul Wright, Executive Director, African American Office of Gay Concerns
FREE ADMISSION

Congressman Leonard Lance (R-7) Town Hall
2017-02-25 08:30 - 10:00 | Raritan Valley Community College, 118 Lamington Rd, Branchburg, NJ, 08876, United States
Event Organizer: NJ Citizen Action
Congressman 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!
Please join us on Wednesday and Saturday as concerned citizens make their voices heard!
On Wednesday February 22 we will gather outside the town hall at 5:30pm.
On Saturday February 25 we will gather outside the town hall at 8:30am.
Please let us know below which event you plan on attending.
Event Location
Raritan Valley Community College, Edward Nash Theatre
118 Lamington Road
Branchburg, NJ 08876
Information

http://org2.salsalabs.com/o/5699/p/salsa/event/common/public/?event_KEY=85218

No to SJ Gas Pipeline in the Pines
2017-02-24 09:30 - 12:00 | Crowne Plaza Grand Ballroom, 2349 West Marlton Pike, Chery Hill, NJ, United States
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.

What would you like to share with your Congressman? Essex County
2017-02-23 19:00 - 21:00 | Temple B'nai Abraham – 300 E. Northfield Road – Livingston, NJ 07039
For details, click here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/what-would-you-like-to-share-with-your-congressman-essex-county-tickets-31934233151
An open invitation to Congressman Frelinghuysen to address the concerns of his constituents in Essex County.
Rep. 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.
We 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.
In 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.
This 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.

Congressman Tom MacArthur (R-3) Tele-Town Hall
2017-02-23 19:00 - 21:00
Call in to Congressman Tom MacArthur’s (R-3) Tele-Town Hall on WOBM 92.7. Call in 732-237-9626

Town Hall: Donald Norcross
2017-02-23 18:30 - 20:30 | 500 White Horse Pike, Oaklyn, NJ 08107
Register at Link or call 856-216-2119.
Please 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!
Following the town hall meeting will be a services fair with one-on-one help from:

Constituent Services
Veterans Affairs
Senior Services
Health & Human Services
One-Stop Employment Center
And more!

Demand Hudson County Stop Detaining Immigrants and End 287(g)!
2017-02-23 17:45 - 19:30 | Hudson County Board Of Chosen Freeholders, 567 Pavonia Ave, Jersey City, NJ, 07306, United States
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.
Join 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
In 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.
The 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.
In 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.
The 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.
Hudson 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.
Neither 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.
DeGise 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.”
The 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.
Therefore, 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.”
So 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.
Over 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.
In short, DeGise:
Falsely claimed that the reach of 287(g) is limited to a “tiny number of very dangerous individuals”;
Falsely claimed that the priority enforcement standards set by President Obama are still in effect;
Falsely claimed that Hudson County has the right to continue to operate 287(g) under the Obama standards; and
Failed to disclose that 287(g) is a tool to funnel immigrants into detention beds to fill the County’s purse.
As 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.

Resisting the Trump Administration: A Teach-In for Action
2017-02-23 16:00 - 21:00 | United Methodist Church, 323 George St, New Brunswick, NJ, United States
Resisting the Trump Administration: A Teach-In for Action Sponsored by Rutgers AAUP-AFT and The United Methodist Church at New Brunswick
Panels with Rutgers Faculty, Students, and the New Brunswick Community
Audience Participation
Organizing Breakout Sessions
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Rally Thursday to Stop Assault on EPA
2017-02-23 13:30 - 15:00 | 2890 Woodbridge Ave in Edison, NJ 08837
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.
The 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.
RSVP and more information: Jamie Zaccaria at jamie.zaccaria@sierraclub.org

D.I.R.E Meeting
2017-02-23 12:00 - 13:00 | Reformed Church of Highland Park, 19 S 2nd Ave, Highland Park, NJ, 08904-2238, United States
Event Source: InterFaith Rise
InterFaith 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.
Sign up information in the website link below: http://www.direteam.org/
D.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.
The goal of D.I.R.E is to run interference between ICE and its Enforcement & Removal Operations in our communities.
We will…

form text/app systems for communicating emergencies while they are occurring.
create an ‘army’ of concerned citizens who will rush to places of crisis to bear witness, take video and offer support to victims and families.
Inform the news media immediately if ICE is hurting members of our community.
push for towns to use their NIXEL systems to inform communities of ICE/ERO action in their neighborhoods.
encourage school boards, municipalities etc…to adopt Sanctuary City resolutions that disconnect them from the work of ICE/ERO.
create a media, social media nightmare for the President in the aftermath of any raid or detention of a resident in our community.
speak truth to power.
push our legislators to introduce real immigration reform based on the Senate bi-partisan plan from 2012.
work with attorneys to seek legal responses to the Executive Order.
accompany immigrants to scheduled appointments with ICE.

Recess Resistance: Immigrant Rights Day of Action
2017-02-23 11:00 - 15:00
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.
•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.
•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.
The 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.
COSPONSORS: 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.

Citizen's Town Hall in New Jersey's 3rd Congressional District
2017-02-22 19:00 - 21:00 | Frances Demasi Middle School, 199 Evesboro Medford Rd, Marlton, NJ, 08053, United States
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.
In 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.
We, 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.
So, 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.
Everyone 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.
The 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.

What would you like to share with your Congressman? Passaic County
2017-02-22 19:00 - 21:00 | United Food & Commercial Workers Union, Local 464A – 245 Paterson Avenue – Little Falls, NJ 07424
For details, click here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/what-would-you-like-to-share-with-your-congressman-passaic-county-tickets-31933980395

Congressman Leonard Lance (R-7) Town Hall
2017-02-22 19:00 | Raritan Valley Community College, 118 Lamington Rd, Branchburg, NJ, 08876, United States
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.
During 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.
Additionally, 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.
Facebook Event
https://www.facebook.com/events/417701088572129/

NJ-4 Town Hall with Rep. Chris Smith
2017-02-22 18:00 - 20:00 | Monmouth County Library, 125 Symmes Drive, Manalapan, NJ, United States
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
NJ-4 Town Hall with Rep. Chris Smith

The 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.
A 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.
You do not need to submit a question or concern to RSVP.

Link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeCuBrCqwVN6B5JYEBR6iysqIDnkzuwZbZT2HV8fCR4bX4iZQ/viewform?c=0&w=1

Craft Beers for Pap Smears!
2017-02-22 18:00 - 20:00 | Flying Fish Brewing Company, 900 Kennedy Blvd, Somerdale, NJ, 08083, United States
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.
We 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

What would you like to share with your Congressman? Morris County
2017-02-21 19:00 - 21:00 | Jam-e-Masjid Islamic Center – 110 Harrison Street – Boonton, NJ 07005
For details, click here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/what-would-you-like-to-share-with-your-congressman-morris-county-tickets-31933882101
