Posts Tagged ‘activism’

Jersey City Activists Raising Money for Pakistani Flood Victims

By Jon Whiten • Aug 24th, 2010 • Category: Blog, News

A coalition of Jersey City organizations and community activists are pitching in to raise money for victims of this month’s flooding in Pakistan as floodwaters continue to displace tens of thousands of people each day in that country.
The groups are holding a fundraising event Sunday in Journal Square, where they will be collecting [...]



This Weekend’s Best Bets

By Jon Whiten • Aug 20th, 2010 • Category: Arts, Blog

For full calendar listings, be sure to check out the Cultural Calendar.
Having an event? You can submit it yourself — just click here and follow the simple instructions.
TODAY
On the music tip, contemporary gospel songwriter Carl Brister plays a free outdoor show at the MLK HUB (5 pm), and the Bryan Beninghove Trio brings the [...]



Jersey City Activists Opposing Spectra Energy’s Natural Gas Pipeline Launch New Website

By Jon Whiten • Aug 20th, 2010 • Category: Blog, News

Back in February, as news of Spectra Energy’s proposal to run a natural gas pipeline extension through Jersey City was first becoming known, longtime Downtown Jersey City resident and activist Dale Hardman, along with several other concerned citizens, set up a Google Group website designed to provide information raising concerns about the plan.
In the [...]



Demonstration Against Offshore Drilling Comes to Liberty State Park Saturday

By Jon Whiten • Jun 24th, 2010 • Category: Blog, News

This Saturday, thousands of people will join hands along waterways around the country, including in Liberty State Park, for a “Hands Across the Sand” event designed to raise awareness of the dangers of offshore oil drilling.
The event was founded last fall by Florida surfer and restaurant owner Dave Rauschkolb, and after a successful gathering [...]



Organizing for America Holding ‘Vote 2010 Kickoff’ Saturday in Journal Square

By Jon Whiten • Jun 3rd, 2010 • Category: Blog, News, Politics

Organizing for America (OFA), the community organizing project of the Democratic National Committee that was formed after President Obama was inaugurated last year, is gearing up for the 2010 Congressional midterm elections, with events planned all over the country Saturday. The goal, OFA says, is to “get as many as possible of the 15 million [...]



Jersey City Artists Talk Art, Culture & Community Wednesday in Hoboken

By Jon Whiten • May 17th, 2010 • Category: Arts, Blog

Several Jersey City artists will join colleagues from elsewhere in Hudson County Wednesday night in Hoboken for the Art, Culture and Community Forum 2010.
The theme for the panel discussion is “the artist as citizen,” and it will be moderated by Hoboken artist Craig Wallace Dale. The forum announcement says it will explore topics like ‘the [...]



Another reFORM Mondays Event Slated for Tonight

By Jon Whiten • Mar 1st, 2010 • Category: Blog, News

As part of the ongoing reFORM Mondays, USA campaign for immigration reform, local immigration and deportation defense attorney Ian Hinonangan is inviting interested parties to his law office this evening for a “legislative action” day. Tonight’s program will focus on the economic benefits to be reaped by comprehensive immigration reform, and it will be capped [...]



Six-Month Art/Activism Series on Immigration Kicks Off Tonight

By Jon Whiten • Nov 30th, 2009 • Category: Arts, Blog

Ian Hinonangan straddles two worlds in his daily life. He is an immigration and deportation defense attorney, and he’s also the owner of the Lenapeeps Art Gallery in Bergen Hill and the Downtown cafe The Warehouse. Tonight, Hinonangan is launching a project that incorporates both selves — “reFORM Mondays, USA,” a six-month series of talks, [...]



Learn How to Step Up and Serve Your City at Free Class

By Jon Whiten • Nov 16th, 2009 • Category: Blog, News, Politics

Have you ever been so peeved with something going on in your neighborhood, on your block or in City Hall that you’ve wondered how to personally get involved, but shied away when the process seemed perhaps too daunting to undertake?
A free forum being held on Thursday at City Hall aims to help folks like [...]



GRACO Protests PPG Settlement, Calls for Revisions

By Shane Smith • Mar 30th, 2009 • Category: Blog, News

“What do we want?” cried Joyce Willis on the bullhorn. “Cleanup!” was the response from the crowd of fifty or so residents and activists gathered at 900 Garfield Ave., the site of toxic chromium deposits and the flashpoint of a political battle that has pitched the community against property owner PPG Industries and the city.
In [...]

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