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Sign up here to March for Freedom Justice and Opportunity, Sunday, March 20, 1:30 PM at Mt. Zion Baptist Church, Pleasantville, NJ.

March Against Racial Segregation

March for Freedom, Justice and Opportunity

Sunday, March 20, 1:30 PM, Starting at Mount Zion Baptist Church, Pleasantville, NJ.

Sign-on to letter to Gov Murphy supporters and allies

Governor Murphy has ignored us.

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Tell Phil Murphy to End School Segregation

Sign-on to letter to Governor Murphy supporters and allies.

Governor Murphy has ignored us. He has refused to meet with our coaltion and our leaders to discuss a proposal to end the terrible and unjust system of racially segrgated schools in New Jersey.

We must get his attention and demand a meeting.

Sign-on to letter to Gov Murphy supporters and allies.

Sign-on to letter to Governor Murphy supporters and allies.

Governor Murphy has ignored us. He has refused to meet with our coaltion and our leaders to discuss a proposal to end the terrible and unjust system of racially segrgated schools in New Jersey.

We must get his attention and demand a meeting.

Fill in the fields below to be included as a signer
Email and phone not for the letter. Only to stay in touch with you.

Sign-on to letter to Gov Murphy supporters and allies.

Sign-on to letter to Governor Murphy supporters and allies.

Governor Murphy has ignored us. He has refused to meet with our coaltion and our leaders to discuss a proposal to end the terrible and unjust system of racially segrgated schools in New Jersey.

We must get his attention and demand a meeting.

Fill in the fields below to be included as a signer
Email and phone not for the letter. Only to stay in touch with you.

A Plan for Ending School Segregation in New Jersey

 “Racial segregation must be seen for what it is, and that is an evil system, a new form of slavery covered up with certain niceties of complexity.” — Martin Luther King, Jr.

Principles:

Statewide Conference on Segregation, Education & Opportunity

Join Congresswoman Bonnie Watson Coleman, award winning education writer and activist Jonathan Kozol, national education expert and practitioner Linda Darling Hammond, demographer and civil rights lawyer Myron Orfield (and many others) on September 24 - the anniversary of the day federal troops were deployed to integrate Little Rock High School - to address the appalling state of school segregation in NJ and what we can do about it.

64 years after the Little Rock Nine, New Jersey has the shameful distinction of being more segregated by race and class than almost any state of the former confederacy. 


Why is this? Is it accidental or coincidence? Is it by choice or just the result of a segregated residential market?

Why should we care? What's the harm? And how does it affect me, my family or my community?

What can be done?  Are there solutions?  What are they, and what can I do?   

The conference on September 24 will explore all of these questions with facts, new data, history and analysis from experts, practitioners and constituency leaders. And it will present a series of proposals for legislative action that can powerfully move us in a different direction in New Jersey.

The event will go from 10:00 to 3:00 PM. Lunch will be included. There is a fee of $75 to cover costs including meals. Discounts are available for members of affiliated organizations, sponsors and students.

Racial segregation in schools is a structure and a system made by people that can be dismantled by people.  It is more than just residential segregation and it dmages more than just those who are segregated. It has devastating consequences for the segregated, but it harms us all in a myriad of profound ways, politically, economically and morally. 

Friday, September 24 at 10:00 am to 3:00 pm. The Conference Center at Mercer - Mercer County Community College - 1200 Old Trenton Road, West Windsor, NJ 08550  


Pre-register here for this live gathering of faith, community, political & policy leaders.

 

Registration for the day long conference is $75.00. Discounts are available for affiliated organizations and members. Go here to see discount codes. 

 

   

Statewide Conference on Segregation, Education & Opportunity

Congratulations to Shirley Chisholm Breakthrough Leader Award honorees: Marie Blistan & Shavonda Sumter

Join Congresswoman Bonnie Watson Coleman, award winning education writer and activist Jonathan Kozol, national education expert and practitioner Linda Darling Hammond, demographer and civil rights lawyer Myron Orfield (and many others) on September 24 - the anniversary of the day federal troops were deployed to integrate Little Rock High School - to address the appalling state of school segregation in NJ and what we can do about it.

64 years after the Little Rock Nine, New Jersey has the shameful distinction of being more segregated by race and class than almost any state of the former confederacy. 


Why is this? Is it accidental or coincidence? Is it by choice or just the result of a segregated residential market?

Why should we care? What's the harm? And how does it affect me, my family or my community?

What can be done?  Are there solutions?  What are they, and what can I do?   

The conference on September 24 will explore all of these questions with facts, new data, history and analysis from experts, practitioners and constituency leaders. And it will present a series of proposals for legislative action that can powerfully move us in a different direction in New Jersey.

The event will go from 10:00 to 3:00 PM. Lunch will be included. There is a fee of $75 to cover costs including meals. Discounts are available for members of affiliated organizations, sponsors and students.

Racial segregation in schools is a structure and a system made by people that can be dismantled by people.  It is more than just residential segregation and it dmages more than just those who are segregated. It has devastating consequences for the segregated, but it harms us all in a myriad of profound ways, politically, economically and morally. 

Friday, September 24 at 10:00 am to 3:00 pm. The Conference Center at Mercer - Mercer County Community College - 1200 Old Trenton Road, West Windsor, NJ 08550  


Pre-register here for this live gathering of faith, community, political & policy leaders.

 

Registration for the day long conference is $75.00. Discounts are available for affiliated organizations and members. Go here to see discount codes. 

 

   

From Brown to Plessy - May 18 Clergy Gathering

An Important Conversation about the State of School Segregation, Education & Opportunity in New Jersey.

 With Assemblyman Benjie E. Wimberly and Legislative Black Caucus Chair Assemblywoman Shavonda E. Sumter.

Also John C. Brittain, Civil Rights Law Professor at UDC School of Law in Washington, DC and Leslie Wilson, Montclair State University, Associate Dean, College of Humanities and Social Sciences, American History and African American studies and Myron Orfield, Professor of Law, University of Minnesota and Director of the Institute for Metropolitan Opportunity.

Hosted by Rev. Willie D. Francois of Mount Zion Baptist Church in Pleasantville and Rev. Kenneth Darryl Ray Clayton, Pastor of St. Luke Baptist Church, Paterson. 

Tuesday, May 18 at 1:00 to 2:00 pm. Please pre-register here for this virtual gathering of faith leaders

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