NCC’s vocational training programs in Newark are underway – apply today
(*Home Health Aide, EKG Technician, Medical Assistant, Phlebotomy Technician and Patient Care Technician)
Young Bernie campaigned for civil rights and Hillary, for segregationist Goldwater
I’m not trying to tell you who to vote for in the upcoming election, I’m just asking you how many current presidential candidates marched with the late Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.? In 1963 Bernie Sanders Marched With MLK Jr on Washington DC’s “I Have A Dream Speech”. In 1964, Hillary Clinton Campaigned for Sen Goldwater who Promised to Racially Re-Segregate the Nation & Overturn the Civil Rights Act.
Paterson gets its own pop movie with Star Wars’ almost-villian, Adam Driver
Jim Jarmusch’s new film is set in Paterson and highlights historical sites around the city. Adam Driver plays almost villain Kylo Ren in the new Star Wars movie but in this film, he is a simple man with a gift for poetry and a loving wife.
Full review at nj.com
Hat tip to John Hughes for the fine
Hundreds of Jews break the sanctity of the Sabbath to save a life – that couldn’t be saved
The Daily Mail covers the discovery of Devorah Stubin’s car and body: a 22 year old woman who suffered from occasional seizures and became lost in Maywood, NJ last Thursday night after exiting the Garden State Parkway. NJ.com reports on the community turn-out to search for Devorah and bring her home:
Hundreds of members of the Orthodox Jewish community from around the tri-state area flocked to Passaic Friday as news surfaced of the missing 22-year-old.
“It’s amazing how many people gave up their Sabbath to come help in the search,” said Leat Kuzinar, a family friend. “There were 200 to 300 people, more than what we needed.”
Women: if you want to be a strong civic leader, attend Ready to Run
Ready to Run is a bipartisan campaign and civic leadership training for women held in states across the country and here in New Jersey, it’s an initiative of the Center for American Women and Politics (CAWP). The information and networking are first class, so attend if you can.
Ready to Run
Fri & Sat 18-19 March 2016
Douglass Student Center
Rutgers University
New Brunswick, NJ
Get more information and register at cawp.rutgers.edu/ReadytoRun. If you need a partial scholarship, look for the link to apply – the earlier, the better as limited funds are available and awards are made on a rolling basis.
ICE agents are out in huge numbers all over the US and in New Jersey, detaining immigrants
Meet with journalists in a free forum and get help telling YOUR story about life in Atlantic City
Free Press wants to help Atlantic City community members tell your stories to the press:
We’ve heard what outsiders have to say about Atlantic City. Now it’s your turn. Meet with journalists in a community forum and tell YOUR story about life in Atlantic City.
My Atlantic City – What’s Your AC Story?
Tues 08 Dec 2015 | 6–8:30 pm
(light refreshments will be served)
Noyes Arts Garage at Stockton University
200 Fairmount Ave
Atlantic City NJ
RSVP today
We hear from Creative New Jersey that some stories may get into a PBS documentary and that free training on media platforms will be offered to all participants.
Christie vetoed bill requiring police & firemen to live in NJ communities they serve
SCOTUS to hear free speech case of Paterson PO demoted over political sign
But still, Heffernan was demoted because city officials perceived him to be engaged in “overt involvement in a political election”. So, the heart of this matter remains free speech rights. NorthJersey.com reports:
Women Entrepreneurs Rock event at legendary Stone Pony in Asbury Park on Mon 10/19
To facilitate a real dialog about topics important to women in business, the New Jersey Small Business Development Center at Brookdale Community College will hold its second annual “Women Entrepreneurs Rock” (aka WeRock) at a legendary music venue in Asbury Park on Monday, October 19. The event is free and open to the public.
19 October 19 2015
6-9pm (networking until 10)
The Stone Pony
913 Ocean Ave, Asbury Park, NJ 07712
A report in The State of Women Owned Businesses, 2014 from American Express OPEN says:
Are New Jersey gentrifiers taking us for a ride?
Christie’s education voucher law allows public school students to attend schools in another district, with your tax dollars paying the receiving school’s tuition fees and the complete bill to, “provide and pay for students’ transportation to new schools up to 20 miles away.” Sounds a bit like specially chartered buses and other things extraordinarily expensive, doesn’t it? Wowza!
USPS Job Fair in E. Orange for many locations 9/15 6-8pm
USPS Job Fair in East Orange for many locations
East Orange, NJ
Tues 15 Sept 2015
44 City Hall Plaza
East Orange NJ
Jobs include (but aren’t limited to)
City and Rural Carriers
PSE Clerks
Mail Handler Assistants
Tractor Trailer Drivers
Auto Mechanics
Casuals
Dress like you’re ready for work and arrive as early as you can!
Jimi Hendrix’ days as a poor guitarist in Englewood
Before Jimi Hendrix was a rock star idol, he was a supremely talented guitar player who lived at the Isley Brothers’ home in Englewood, New Jersey (my hometown). Tribute concert tonight in Morristown.
Isley brother reflects on Jimi Hendrix’s Englewood days
Thanks Gary for sharing this story. Fun piece of Englewood history.
Don’t be fooled – Christie’s still bent on destroying public ed & New Jersey
It’s more than laughable that New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is suddenly trying to show the nation that he cares about public education and the teachers whose lives, finances and careers he’s been systematically destroying ever since taking office two elections ago. It should be next to impossible to show something that isn’t real, but we’re talking about a public relations genius who got elected in 2013 on the strength of mistruth whoppers, namely:
- Christie hugged Obama to make himself look like a moderate Republican ready to reach over the aisle to form an alliance with Democrats to care for the people of his state when tragedy struck.
- Christie acts like he cares about New Jersey residents hardest hit by Superstorm Sandy.
The facts are that Christie has no love for the President. He hasn’t “done a good enough job distributing the (Sandy recovery funds) New Jersey has already received” and he refuses to release $500 million of federal recovery funds to applicants that have been qualified as eligible for help. Christie’s political grandstanding also arguably cost New Jersey schools hundreds of millions of dollars.