South Orange-Maplewood Hold ‘Yet Another Gun Violence Vigil’, Call for Action ‘Now’
South Orange and Maplewood residents gathered at the Maplewood Train Station on August 5 to remember those whose lives were lost to gun violence in…
PHOTOS: SOMA Action Joins ‘Lights of Liberty’ Protest at Essex County ICE Facility
More than 400 protesters — with scores from South Orange and Maplewood — joined a protest at the Essex County Correctional Facility in Newark on…
SOMA Action Asks Jasey & McKeon Not to ‘Back-Pedal’ on Support for Millionaire’s Tax
The following letter from SOMA Action — a grassroots organization in South Orange and Maplewood committed to a “progressive agenda of social and environmental justice,…
PHOTOS: SOMA Action Leads Abortion Rights Rally in Maplewood
The local activist group SOMA Action led a rally in support of abortion rights at the Maplewood Train Station on Tuesday night, May 21, that…
SOMA Action to Host South Orange Candidate ‘Speed Dating’ Event April 28 At Beth El
From SOMA Action: SOMA ACTION believes strongly in an informed and active electorate. In order to support efforts to ensure residents of South Orange have…
Policing, Affordable Housing, Transparency & More — South Orange Candidates Answer SOMA Action’s Questions
SOMA Action — a South Orange-Maplewood based activist group — has released the South Orange municipal candidates’ responses to a series of questions under six…
SOMA Action to Hold #ReleaseTheReport Rally in South Orange April 4
From SOMA Action: Thursday, April 4, is a Nationwide Emergency Protest organized by a coalition of hundreds of activist groups around the country to demand…
Maplewood to Host Medicare for All Forum on March 16
From Maplewood Senior Share and SOMA Action: The Expanded and Improved Medicare for All Act of 2019 (H.R. 676) seeks to improve and expand the…
SOMA Action to Host Town Hall Meeting with NJ Assembly Reps Jasey & McKeon March 16 in Maplewood
From SOMA Action: SOMA ACTION will host a Town Hall Meeting with our representatives Assemblywoman Mila Jasey and Assemblyman John McKeon on Saturday, March 16th,…
SOMA Action to Join ‘Fake Emergency’ Protest Monday Feb 18 in Newark
The following is a press release from SOMA Action. The views and opinions expressed in this release are those of SOMA Action and do not necessarily reflect those…