SOMA Black Parents Workshop Forms Legal Team ‘In Anticipation of Litigation’
The South Orange-Maplewood Black Parents Workshop announced this week that it is forming a pro-bono legal team “in anticipation of litigation we might be forced…
Maplewood Women Launch Politically Minded Shop to Benefit ACLU
The following is from The Good Riot, LLC Two Maplewood women, Chloe Galkin & Sandy Rustin, friends from Northwestern University, have launched www.thegoodriot.com. The Good Riot…
CCR Coffee House Discussion Generates Strategies to Support Immigrants in SOMA
The following is from the Community Coalition on Race On March 8th at Congregation Beth El, the Community Coalition on Race gathered nearly 50 residents…
ACLU Benefit Concert at Columbia HS: a Night of Compassion and Creativity
A youthful patchwork of dedication and creativity warmed the Black Box theatre this past Friday night as Columbia High School students performed music and poetry…
Student-Organized ACLU Benefit Concert at Columbia HS Friday
This Friday, Columbia High School is hosting an ACLU benefit concert in the Black Box Theatre. The concert is a student-organized event coordinated by…
Able Baker Joins Coffeeshops Nationwide to Raise Dollars for ACLU
Friday, Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 3-5, The Able Baker in Maplewood Village is joining hundreds of other coffee shops, roasters and retailers across the nation…
Maplewood Moms and Dads Hold Bake Sale for ACLU/CAIR Dec. 10
Because Maplewood voted for Hillary Clinton over Donald Trump by a margin of 9 to 1, there has been something of a collective mourning…
PHOTOS: Maplewood & South Orange Celebrate SCOTUS Marriage Equality Ruling
Maplewood and South Orange leaders gathered with citizens today at Maplewood Town Hall to celebrate the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling earlier in the day…
Memoli on ACLU Complaint: SOMSD Will Do What is ‘Right and Just’
At Monday’s Board of Education meeting, SOMSD Acting Superintendent James Memoli addressed a recent complaint filed against the district by the American Civil Liberties Union and others alleging that…
District Responds to ACLU/UCLA Civil Rights Complaint
South Orange-Maplewood Acting Superintendent of Schools James Memoli has responded to a complaint filed October 10 alleging that academic tracking and the frequent use of out-of-school suspension by the…