Archive for April, 2011

LESNIAK RECOGNIZES HUMANITARIAN EFFORTS FOR HAITI Says Operation Saving Lives Making a Difference for Rebuilding Nation (NJ Senate Democrats)

LESNIAK RECOGNIZES HUMANITARIAN EFFORTS FOR HAITI Says Operation Saving Lives Making a Difference for Rebuilding Nation (NJ Senate Democrats)
April 28, 2011

TRENTON – Senator Raymond J. Lesniak today presented a ceremonial resolution to Operation Saving Lives, a program created within the People’s Organization for Progress in response to the need for humanitarian aid in post-earthquake Haiti.

“Every day, Operation Saving Lives is making a difference in the lives of Haitians trying to pick up the pieces from the disastrous 2010 earthquake,” said Senator Lesniak, D-Union. “This program has helped to support physicians on the ground in Haiti to treat the effects of dehydration due to water-borne illness or exposure to the elements. Operation Saving Lives is an example of how the people of New Jersey care about their neighbors around the world and do something about it.”

Protest AGAINST High Gas Prices (Exxon Mobil – South Orange Avenue and Bergen Street, Newark, NJ)

Protest AGAINST High Gas Prices (Exxon Mobil – South Orange Avenue and Bergen Street, Newark, NJ)
April 16, 2011

Frustration Growing Over Rapidly Increasing Gas Prices In Tri-State‏ CBS-NY News video of Gas Protest at Exxon Mobil Gas Station, …Read the Rest

PRESS RELEASE – Protest AGAINST High Gas Prices (Exxon Mobil – South Orange Avenue and Bergen Street, Newark, NJ), Saturday, April 16, 2011

PRESS RELEASE – Protest AGAINST High Gas Prices (Exxon Mobil – South Orange Avenue and Bergen Street, Newark, NJ), Saturday, April 16, 2011
April 15, 2011

The People’s Organization For Progress (POP) will protest rising gas prices Saturday, April 16, 2011, 1:00 PM at the Exxon Mobil Gas Station located at intersection of South Orange Avenue and Bergen Street in Newark, New Jersey.

This station has one of the highest prices in the Newark area. “We are protesting at this station because it is located in one of the poorest communities in New Jersey and yet it has one of the highest prices for gas,” stated POP State Chairman Lawrence Hamm.

Visit with Earl Williams commemorating the 12th Anniversary of his son, Earl Faison’s murder by Orange, NJ Police Officers

Visit with Earl Williams commemorating the 12th Anniversary of his son, Earl Faison’s murder by Orange, NJ Police Officers
April 11, 2011

On Monday, April 11, 2011 POP visited Mr. Earl Williams to commemorate the 12th Anniversary of the murder of his son Earl Faison by officers in the Orange, NJ Police Department, to bestow upon him the People’s Organization for Progress’ Lifetime Freedom Fighter Award, and to give him both a plant and a sweatshirt. In addition to POP members, his family was also present.

Elizabeth man helps send supplies to Haiti to fight cholera epidemic

Elizabeth man helps send supplies to Haiti to fight cholera epidemic
April 7, 2011

ELIZABETH – When James Carey learned a few months ago that a 50-cent product in sporting goods stores could save lives in Haiti, the Elizabeth man took action.

Carey received a distressed phone call. His friend, Stefanie Fletcher, a nurse from California, said salt tablets could help thousands of victims of the cholera epidemic that followed the earthquake in Port-au-Prince almost 15 months ago.

Artist Bob Lampert’s show benefits Haiti cholera victims (Pascack Valley Community Life)

Artist Bob Lampert’s show benefits Haiti cholera victims (Pascack Valley Community Life)
April 7, 2011

“Oh, The Places You’ll Go!,” artist Bob Lampert’s benefit for the People’s Organization for Progress, a Newark-based community organization devoted to racial, social and economic justice, is based upon family experiences.

His traditional watercolors will be displayed until April 11 at Bella Campania Ristorante, 456 Broadway. Proceeds of all sales will be used to purchase oral rehydration salts (ORS) packets, which are used to save the lives of victims of the cholera epidemic in Haiti by stopping severe dehydration, which kills within hours of the onset of the disease.

Donations can be mailed to or dropped off at Bella Campania.

Our Lady of Mercy church in Park Ridge, in collaboration with the People’s Organization for Progress, will ship the salt packets directly to medical clinics and personnel in Haiti who are treating cholera victims.

Marchers in Newark remember King and his defense of workers

Marchers in Newark remember King and his defense of workers
April 5, 2011

Hundreds marched through downtown Newark yesterday evening to commemorate the assassination of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. 43 years earlier, and to celebrate his legacy of defending workers’ rights.

Rally in Newark marks assassination of Dr. King, Jr.

Rally in Newark marks assassination of Dr. King, Jr.
April 5, 2011

A rally was held in Newark to commemorate the 43rd anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
The rally on Market and Broad streets was held by People’s Organization for Progress.

The group says that the work King did is threatened with what they call attacks on organized labor.

Plainfield Residents March AGAINST Violence

Plainfield Residents March AGAINST Violence
April 2, 2011

A group gathered on West 3rd Street in Plainfield on Saturday and marched from Grant Avenue to Monroe Avenue in protest of the street violence that has been plaguing the city. Plainfield has already had five murders this year and is on track to eclipse its current record of 15 killings recorded in 2005.