Join Rev. Willie Francois for Justice Sunday Night at the Theater, October 12 6:30 pm

Meet up time and plan updated due to expected rain. We will meet at 6:30 in Millburn.

Pastor Francois maligned by Millburn leader in local press.

There has been a change in the schedule for tomorrow night due to the weather. Instead of gathering at 5:30 in Millburn, we will gather between 6:30 and 6:45 p.m. at Mt. Zion AME church in Millburn. For those leaving from Fountain Baptist Church, we will meet to leave from there at 6:00 p.m. by van or carpool.

Also, because of the weather, we have an alternative plan that will minimize exposure to the expected rain while still having an impact on our intended audience and local leadership on the official opening night and press night at the Playhouse.

Millburn leadership has continued to ignore Pastor Francois, the members of Fountain Baptist Church, other area clergy and faith leaders, who have demanded a meeting with Millburn leaders to discuss the issue of segregation following their rejection of Dr. Francois's son. One local Millburn leader wrote—anonymously—in a local news outlet, accusing Pastor Francois of "shocking ignorance," calling him "reprehensible" and a criminal for his "own conscious and unlawful attempt to register his child" and for "exploit[ing] his own child as a political pawn.

the letter, with falsehoods and smears against Pastor Francois, is a smokescreen to deflect from Millburn's well-documented history of exclusion and its continued resistance to any efforts to diversify its schools and community.

Please sign up here to support Rev. Francois and to diversify Millburn and New Jersey.

Join Rev. Willie D. Francois III for A Sunday Night at The Theater

Sunday, October 12, 6:30 PM in Millburn

Sunday, October 12, we will gather at the Paper Mill Playhouse in Millburn, not to see the show but to get justice and support for our goal to integrate Millburn’s schools. Go here to see our August 27 protest in Millburn.   Go here to read about our most recent demonstration at the Paper Mill Playhouse.  

The Paper Mill Playhouse is the “gem of our community,” according to Millburn’s Mayor. Therefore, we are going there to get her attention and that of Millburn’s other civic and education leaders, who have completely ignored us since their schools refused to allow pastor Francois’s 5-year-old son to attend kindergarten.

We are excited that Paper Mill Playhouse is performing Bull Durham with an integrated cast, but we are disappointed that Millburn acts like Bull Connor with its policies of exclusion.

We will gather initially at the Mount Zion AME church in Millburn between 6:30 p.m. and 6:45 p.m. and caravan together to the playhouse. 

If you would like to carpool or ride from Fountain Baptist Church in Summit please arrive at Fountain by 6:00 p.m.

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