Tour the New Jersey State House with STAND
Join us for a tour of the NJ State House on February 3, 2020 starting at 10 a.m.We will visit the State House and Assembly and Senate chambers together, with local experts as tour guides who will update… Read More
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2020 U.S. Census – making sure we ALL count
Every 10 years, the @uscensusbureau undertakes a mammoth task: counting all the people residing in the United States. This count affects the allocation of funding for our community’s public resources (e.g., roads, hospitals, schools), how we plan for… Read More
Calls to Action
Voting Rights Restoration
Contact Senate Judiciary Committee Members to voice your support for S4260 – No date yet for Senate Judiciary Committee Mtg. Everyone should contact Chair Scutari (908) 587-0404 and ask him to schedule a Senate Judiciary Meeting! There’s also an online… Read More
Driver’s License for All
Contact Assembly Judiciary Committee and Senate Transportation Committee Members to voice your support for Drivers Licenses for All and ask them to vote the bills A4743/S3229 out of Committee. There also an easy online action that connects you to… Read More
Contact Your Legislators – Demand Caps on Corporate Tax Subsidy Programs
For more than a decade, the New Jersey Economic Development Authority has overseen a corrupt and mismanaged corporate tax subsidy program. The NJ EDA has given billions of dollars in tax breaks to politically connected corporations, some of… Read More
Voting Rights restoration – Lame Duck session action needed
A5823 (partial restoration: restores voting rights to felons on parole or probation, but not to those currently serving a sentence) passed the Assembly floor! 46 yes, 23 no, 1 abstention Contact Senate Judiciary Committee Members to voice your… Read More
Drivers Licenses for All – Lame Duck session action needed
Contact Assembly Judiciary Committee and Senate Transportation Committee Members to voice your support for Drivers Licenses for All and ask them to vote the bills A4743/S3229 out of Committee. Assembly Judiciary Committee Quijano, Annette – Chair Murphy, Carol A. –… Read More
Don’t silence the people
Don’t silence the people! Yesterday, Sue Altman of New Jersey Working Families was forcibly removed from a State Senate public hearing for speaking out about the corruption in New Jersey’s corporate tax subsidy programs. Like so many other advocates and… Read More
Lame Duck session bills to watch- and lobby your reps with calls, texts, e-mails
You can find out if your Assemblypersons and State Senators are sponsors or co-sponsors to the following important lame duck bills by checking this NJ Legislature site: These are bills to check on: A4819/S2252 – Establishes goals, initiatives,… Read More
Voting Rights Restoration: Opportunity to overturn our racist laws disenfranchising voters in NJ
Read NJ.com article On the agenda for Thursday, Nov 14 at 1pm in the Assembly Appropriations Committee Committee Room 11, 4th Floor, State House Annex, Trenton There are two different bills on voting rights restoration. – One bill is… Read More
Driver’s Licenses for all
Drivers’ Licenses for All: Days of Action Thursday Nov 14th & Monday Nov 18th Let’s Drive campaign lead by Make the Road NJ is gearing up for lame duck fight to win drivers license – a campaign that… Read More
Stop the Rollbacks to $15 Minimum Wage
Take Action: Stop the Rollbacks to $15 Minimum Wage Democratic Senator Gopal has introduced two bills, S3607 and S3608, that would rollback minimum wage increases. S3607 would freeze annual minimum wage increases at the slightest indication of an… Read More