Local NAACP Unit and SOMA Justice Weigh in on Lawson-Muhammad Ruling & Penalty
Two more local organizations — the NAACP Oranges & Maplewood unit and SOMA Justice — are weighing in on the NJ Department of Education School…
CHS Prom Pop-Up Shop Returns March 26 — Here’s How You Can Help
The Columbia High School Prom Pop Up Shop returns Tuesday, March 26th (a 4-hour day for students) at 12 noon through 4 p.m. Here’s how…
From Prom to Food Insecurity, Cougar Cares Helps Fill a Need at CHS
From the CHS Cougar Cares program: As students arrived to Columbia High School on Wednesday, Feb. 6, they were greeted by CHS MAC Scholars handing…
SOMA Justice: We Must Look Beyond Punishing Consumers to Curb Use of Plastics
As a nation – as a world – we are in a dire environmental crisis. Air, land, and water pollution threatens not just human survival,…
Star-Ledger Journalists to Discuss Police Force Report Jan 9 at Morrow Church
From the South Orange/Maplewood Community Coalition on Race, SOMa Action and SOMA Justice: Get the full story behind police bias in use of force from…
SOMA Justice: NJ.com’s Report on Police Use of Force Should Be ‘Catalyst for Real Change’
SOMA Justice’s Statement on the recent NJ.com report on police use of force: The leadership of SOMA Justice commends the reporting on NJ.com about racial…
SOMA Justice & PARES: 2018 Race & Equity Scorecard for BOE Candidates
From SOMA Justice and P.A.R.E.S.: BOE CANDIDATES SCORECARD SOMA Justice: Addressing Race and Inequality and P.A.R.E.S (Parents in Partnership with Respect and Equity in SOMA…
Maplewood Appoints Inaugural Members to Community Board on Police
The Maplewood Township Committee appointed the inaugural voting members of the Community Board on Police at its meeting last night, capping a process to reinvent…
South Orange Trustees Voted Unanimously to Notify BOE President of Board Member Traffic Stop
Before the public became aware of a traffic stop involving South Orange-Maplewood Board of Education member Stephanie Lawson-Muhammad this past week, the South Orange Village…
LETTER: SOMA Justice Demands Investigation & Rejects Call for Lawson-Muhammad Resignation
The following is from the leadership of the community group SOMA Justice: Addressing Race and Inequality: Dear Members of the SOMSD Board of Education and South…