The People’s Organization For Progress (POP) will have a march and rally to protest the Ferguson grand jury decision in the Michael Brown case tomorrow, Tuesday, November 25, 2014, 5:00pm at the Lincoln monument at the intersection of Springfield Avenue and West …Read the Rest
Demand Justice: Demonstrate the day after the grand jury announcements in the Michael Brown and Eric Garner cases.
Friends, It is expected that sometime this month the grand juries in both the Michael Brown and Eric Garner cases …Read the Rest
P.O.P. TO RALLY ‘THE DAY AFTER’ MICHAEL BROWN AND ERIC GARNER GRAND JURIES!
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE! The People’s Organization for Progress (POP) has announced that it will rally “the day after” the grand …Read the Rest
Chris Hedges to Speak at POP Oct 9th Meeting
Chris Hedges, author, Truthdig columnist, and activist will discuss “Police Brutality, Mass Incarceration, Resistance, and Social Transformation,”at the POP meeting …Read the Rest
Chris Hedges with Chairman Hamm – Rebellion in Ferguson: A Rising Heat in the Suburbs
From Truthdig NEWARK, N.J.—The public reaction to the fatal shooting of an unarmed black teenager by a police officer …Read the Rest
FUNERAL FOR VICE CHAIR MARY WEAVER! TUESDAY, AUG 19th
On Tuesday, August 19th, the funeral for the incredible and most beloved Mary Weaver, the organization’s secretary general and vice chair …Read the Rest
WEDNESDAY! MARCH FOR MICHAEL BROWN AND ABDUL KAMAL – March to Honor and Remember Mary Weaver
On Wednesday, August 20th, the People’s Organization for Progress and the family of Abdul Kamal will host a march against police …Read the Rest
COMMEMORATING THE 183rd ANNIVERSARY OF THE NAT TURNER REBELLION
Thursday, August 21, 2014 5:30 P.M. NAT TURNER PARK Muhammad Ali Avenue (Between Irvine Turner Boulevard & Bergen Street) Newark, …Read the Rest
SATURDAY! MARCH FOR ERIC GARNER! AUGUST 23rd
On Saturday, August 23rd, the People’s Organization will also participate in a mass march across the Verrazano Bridge to protest Eric …Read the Rest
POP Vice Chairwoman Mary Weaver Passed Away
Our beloved friend, mother and activist; Vice Chairwoman of the Peoples Organization for Progress Mary Weaver has passed. We give …Read the Rest
COMMEMORATION OF THE 1967 NEWARK REBELLION: FROM SLAVE RESISTANCE TO URBAN UPRISING
Saturday, July 12, 2014 1:00 P.M. Come to the Rebellion Monument at the Intersection of Springfield Avenue, 15th Avenue, …Read the Rest