Palestinian Lives Matter
But what do we do when our elected officials and a minority of our neighbors refuse to acknowledge that?
My written testimony to the Assembly Community Development and Affairs Committee on Strong Civilian Complaint Review Boards
A1515 is finally getting a committee hearing, almost 2 years after it was introduced and assigned to committee
My Op-Ed on my journey on police violence and how it applies to occupation, apartheid, and genocide in Palestine
Our world has been consumed by atrocity, slaughter, and decimation many times before, but what’s changed in the last few years is the ability for everyone to watch it happen in real time.
My Op-Ed on the County Line as a voter suppression tool
Every single Democratic voter who cast a vote in the primary election would have been disenfranchised if the Essex County Democrats leadership had gotten their way...
#Justice4Bernard - Englewood Council Public Comment 06/13/2023
My public comment on obtaining justice for Bernard Placide, Jr. at the Englewood Council Meeting
Open Letter to Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin
When your State Attorney General quotes Letter from Birmingham Jail you'd probably expect good results. New Jersey's AG seems to be on a different path.
Testimony on Community Crisis Response - A5326
Paterson Healing Collective staff member Najee Seabrooks (center) who was murdered by Paterson Police during a mental health crisis. Photo from Paterson...
Policing, Whiteness, and My Journey of Understanding
A racist system will always produce racist outcomes. We need to break down that racist system.
New Jersey is governed by white moderates
Those people who are quoting Dr. King's Letters are the same people he was talking about, and they either don't see that, or they don't want to see that.
Public Comment - Englewood Council Meeting - 03/30/2023
Six months after an Englewood Police Officer murdered Bernard Placide, Jr by shooting him while he was incapacitated by a taser, the Council isn't taking residents concerns with policing seriously
#JusticeForNajee 3/7/23
Living into my own theory that sharing pictures of protest is important to spreading the change we hope to accomplish
Public Comment on Medicare for All - Newark Municipal Council - 02/28/2023
My public comment in support of a Newark Council Resolution supporting a Mayor Baraka letter calling for passage of Medicare for All
First Op-Ed in Public Square Amplified
My first piece has been published in what is hopefully a series of 3 Op-Eds in Public Square on Organizing, Democracy, and Public Engagement
More Police Funding Won't Make Us Safer!
It's bad enough when police unions lie about increased funding leading to safer communities. It's worse when your Congressional Representatives repeat it as fact.
The fall of Roe is a terrible beginning, not an end
We must ensure access, not just the right, in the states while limiting the damage nationally
Public Bank Implementation Board Testimony 4/5/2022
NJ needs to focus its public bank efforts on equity and racial justice
My testimony to the Apportionment Commission 1/26/22
New Jersey is reshaping it's Legislative Districts. Let's take the opportunity to eliminate the legacy of White Supremacy
Further thoughts on white protest
When the protests end, the media gets distracted, and conversations about the issues we care about fall to the wayside
A call for white people to protest against white supremacy
When we joined our Black and brown neighbors it set the stage for the change we seek. When we stopped, things returned to the status quo.
Testimony to the NJ Redistricting Committees
Photo by Aaron Burson on Unsplash Good morning and thank you to the commissioners for agreeing to serve in this role and to the staff facilitating these...
