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Visit The Muslim Center of Middlesex County - Piscataway NJ
2017-02-26 17:00 - 2017-02-27 19:00 (America/New_York) | 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

Resistance Tuesday - Menendez & Booker
2017-02-21 12:00 - 13:00 | Senators Booker's and Menendez's office, 1 Gateway Center, Newark, NJ, 07102, United States
Source: https://act.moveon.org/event/resist-recess/7491/signup/?akid=&zip=&source=
Will you join fellow constituents and attend a Resistance Recess action?

Come 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.

Rally to Protect the Pines!
2017-02-21 11:30 - 14:00 | New Jersey State House, 125 W State St, Trenton, NJ, 08608, United States
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.
The 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!
WHEN: Tuesday, February 21st at Noon
WHERE: Steps of the Statehouse in Trenton, NJ
CONTACT: toni.granato@sierraclub.org

Emergency Action: Denounce ICE Raid in Elizabeth!
2017-02-20 17:00 - 18:30 | 42 Broad St, Elizabeth, NJ 07201-2206, United States
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EMERGENCY ACTION: This week, ICE conducted a raid here in Elizabeth.
We are a city of immigrants. We will not stand for this. We need your support URGENTLY.
Stand 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.
Join us MONDAY at 42 Broad St, Elizabeth, NJ.
On 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!
Este 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!
MARCHA 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.
Únete 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.
Gracias por su apoyo.

Not My President's Day - Rally
2017-02-20 12:00 - 16:00 | Trump International Hotel, 1 Central Park West, New York, NY, United States
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.
Donald 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:
– 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.
– He wants to use our tax money to build a wall that no one wants.
– He attacked our Muslim communities and instituted an Islamophobic religious ban.
– He approved a pipeline that threatens to destroy sacred lands.
– His administration opposes a woman’s right to choose and purged the White House website of information pertaining to police brutality and LGBTQ rights.
– His party doesn’t take climate change seriously and undermines our state’s efforts to combat it.
Donald 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.
There 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.
#IMPEACH
#RESIST
#NOTMYPRESIDENT
This is a peaceful demonstration. It is a rally, not a march.
Location: Trump International Hotel – 61st St & Central Park West.
Time: 12pm – 4pm

What would you like to share with your Congressman? Sussex County (seating 2)
2017-02-19 21:30 - 23:00 | Sparta VFW Post#7248 – 66 Main Street – Sparta Township, NJ 07871
For details, click here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/what-would-you-like-to-share-with-your-congressman-sussex-county-seating-2-tickets-32009054945

What would you like to share with your Congressman? Sussex County (seating 1)
2017-02-19 20:00 - 21:30 | Sparta VFW Post#7248 – 66 Main Street – Sparta Township, NJ 07871
For details, click here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/what-would-you-like-to-share-with-your-congressman-sussex-county-seating-1-tickets-31933636366

Congressman Frank Pallone (D-6) Town Hall - Asbury Park
2017-02-18 14:00 - 16:00 | Westside Community Center, 115 Dewitt Avenue, Asbury Park, NJ, United States
Meet with Congressman Frank Pallone (D-6) at his Town Hall in Asbury Park.

#F17 Strike Big - Shop Small Metuchen
2017-02-17 15:00 - 19:00 | Cai's, 420 Main Street, Metuchen, NJ, 08840, United States
Join your DAM friends at Cai’s from 3pm to 7pm as we join the national #F17 Strike Event. In Metuchen, we’re putting a hometown spin on this national event and encourage you to Strike Big & Shop Small.
Activities at Cai’s
(1) Free Salsa Dance Lessons with suggested donations to the ACLU
(2) Pick up a Call for Action card with legislative contacts
(3) Make some calls and do some phone banking with your DAM friends
(4) Learn more about DAM and visit with your fellow DAM-mers

General Strike Against Trump Rally - NYC
2017-02-17 14:00 - 17:00 | Washingon Square Park, West 4th & MacDougal Street, New York, NY, United States
WORKERS AND STUDENTS OF THE NATION UNITE!
We will assemble at Washington Square Park to stand together in solidarity and protest during the National General Strike against the new administration.
WE DEMAND
1. No Ban, No Wall. The Muslim ban is immoral, the wall is expensive and ineffectual. We will build bridges, not walls.
2. Healthcare For All. Healthcare is a human right. Do not repeal the ACA. Improve it or enact Medicare for All.
3. No Pipelines. Rescind approval for DAPL and Keystone XL and adopt meaningful policies to protect our environment. It’s the only one we’ve got.

4. End the Global Gag Rule. We cannot put the medical care of millions of women around the globe at risk.
5. Disclose and Divest. Show us your taxes. Sell your company. Ethics rules exist for a reason and presidents should focus on the country, not their company.
