Maternal Health Awareness Seminar
2024-03-14 19:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York) | Beacon (Unitarian Universalist Congregation in Summit), 4 Waldron Avenue, Summit, 07901, United States

Criminal Justice Reform Monthly Conference Call
2024-03-18 19:00 - 20:00 | Zoom
Join us on the third Monday of the month from 7–8 PM for our UU statewide Criminal Justice Reform call, where we strategize around issues like racial justice, mass incarceration, prison conditions and more.
For the Zoom or phone dial-up information to join the call, and/or to get on the email list for upcoming meetings and events, please contact admin@uufaithaction.org.

Public Meeting - Corrections Ombudsperson
2024-03-19 08:00 - 17:00 | All Wars Memorial Building,, 1501 Adriatic Avenue,, Atlantic City, NJ, United States
The Corrections Ombudsperson Office is traveling the state to meet with community members about our prison oversight work and priorities for the coming year.
Each meeting will include : an update on our work in 2023, a listening session on three priority topics (medical care, property, and visits), an open forum for people to share other information, concerns, and ideas.
We look forward to meeting and learning from the community.

Rally for Tax Justice
2024-03-19 09:00 | NJIT, 150 Bleeker Street, Newark, 07102, United States
Please join us to rally to restore the FULL Corporate Business Tax surtax on corporations with over $1 million in profits. Tell our elected officials – NJ workers and families shouldn’t have to fight for scraps every budget season! RSVP Now!
When: Tuesday, March 19th, 9am
Where: Outside the NJIT Campus Center • 150 Bleeker Street, Newark, New Jersey 07102
Why: The Senate Budget Committee is holding a public hearing in Newark to discuss the next state budget. We will rally before the hearing to make sure our voices are all heard. We need fully funded schools with safe school buildings, dependable mass transit, affordable housing, childcare options, programs for our seniors, healthcare, and investments in clean energy. And we need sustainable, equitable sources of revenue to fund them. Step one is making sure that the state’s wealthiest corporations don’t get a $200 million tax cut. Join us in Newark to raise your voice!
Take a minute to RSVP to let us know you are coming, and be sure to invite some friends!

Understanding NJ Local Government | LWVNJ Activist Training
2024-03-19 18:00 - 19:30 | Zoom
Date: Tuesday, March 19th
Time: 6pm – 7:30pm
Location: Zoom
REGISTER FOR TRAINING
Most people know that the actions that federal and state governments take can have major implications on the lives of millions of Americans. But what about local government? In New Jersey, thousands of municipal and county government officials are responsible for making critical daily decisions and delivering essential services to the communities they serve. Despite the tremendous power that local government has over our daily lives, most people know little to nothing about what it does or how it works.
Join this training to learn about the structures and powers of the local government bodies that are making decisions for your community.

The Activist Training Program was launched in 2021 with the goal of providing free and nonpartisan public education and training on the knowledge and skills activists need to drive grassroots change and defend democracy.
LWVNJ offers training in 4 core areas:

Understanding New Jersey Government
Grassroots Organizing
Voter Outreach
Legislative Advocacy

These trainings are open to League members and members of the public who support the League’s mission and goals.

NJ Abolition Workshop
2024-03-19 18:00 - 20:00 | The HUUB, 35 & 47 Cleveland St, Orange, NJ, 07050, United States
NJ Abolition Workshop

All workshop sessions will be free for participants. We will only request that everyone who attends, come with both the intention to learn and the willingness to share with others. The greater goal for this program is to promote an “Each One Teach One” strategy. We hope attendees will bring the knowledge they gain from the workshops back to their organizations and communities. Workshops will meet on the 3rd Tuesday of odd numbered months, and the 4th Tuesday of even numbered months.
Please direct all questions and inquiries to: isyourlifebetter@gmail.com.
Space for the in-person participation is very limited, but we encourage all who can attend in person to do so! We are asking that potential participants register in advance, being sure to register for either the virtual option OR the in-person option. Both links can be found below.
To register to join workshops in person, please register with this form: https://forms.gle/WxvFjbVn4vpJi5vh9
To register to join workshops virtually, please register with this form: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMscOquqzwiG9xWXMFD-CgLLCJbWaCwx8KR
NJ Abolition Workshop details
Dates – 3rd Tuesday (odd months) and 4th Tuesday (even months)

January 16 (Abolition 101 – an introduction)
February 27 (Cop Cities and the Police State)
March 19
April 23
May 21
June 25
July 16
August 27
September 17
October 22
November 19
December TBD

List of additional possible topics (in no particular order):

Climate and Environmental effects
Incarceration and the Prison Industrial Complex
Copaganda and Media Complicity
Mental Health
Gentrification/Displacement
Policing Common Areas
School to Prison pipeline
The role of child/family services in the carceral state
“Crime” and creating criminals
Post incarceration

Reparations Task Force Monthly Call
2024-03-19 19:00 - 20:30 | Zoom
The Reparations Task Force convenes monthly, for Unitarian Universalists to strategize around advancing reparations for New Jersey. Newcomers are warmly welcome!
Read and sign the petition.
For more info and to join the call, contact Task Force Chairs Rohn Hein (reparations@uufaithaction.org) or administrator Emily Parker (admin@uufaithaction.org).

Environmental Justice Task Force monthly call
2024-03-20 15:00 - 17:00, 2024-04-17 15:00 - 17:00 | Zoom
Monthly Environmental Justice Task Force meeting to discuss current issues, updates and strategies

Would you like to join in the conversation, find out what’s going on *now* in New Jersey around environmental justice? Then join our statewide call held the 1st Thursday of every month at 12 noon sharp. All are invited.
For more info and to join the call, contact Environmental Justice Task Force co-chairs, Peggy Middaugh and Ray Nichols (environment@uufaithaction.org), or administrator Emily Parker (admin@uufaithaction.org).
Call hosted by Environmental Justice Task Force co-chairs, Peggy Middaugh (UU Congregation of Ocean County) and Ray Nichols (UU in Princeton Congregation).

Public Meeting - Corrections Ombudsperson
2024-03-25 18:00 - 20:00 | Mt. Pisgah AME Church,, 354 Forrest Street,, Jersey City, NJ, United States

Reproductive Justice Task Force Monthly Call
2024-03-25 19:00 - 20:00, 2024-04-22 19:00 - 20:00 | Zoom
The monthly conference call to update and strategize around reproductive justice and rights in New Jersey. Join us monthly on the fourth Monday, 7-8 PM.
For Zoom invitation and agenda, please email reprojustice@uufaithaction.org attn. Carol Loscalzo, Task Force Chair.
Carol A. Loscalzo (The Unitarian Society of Ridgewood) is Task Force Chair. For more information on reproductive justice, please email reprojustice@uufaithaction.org attn. Carol Loscalzo.
For general inquiries about our Task Forces, email admin@uufaithaction.org.

Organizing 101: Fundamentals of Grassroots Organizing for Change
2024-03-26 19:30
Session Two: Building Power for Justice (March 26, 6:30-7:30 pm central)
This session covers:

The use and mapping of power
Base-building 101
Matching targets and tactics

Ann Wiesner worked in the nonprofit sector advocating for children and families for 10 years before joining a startup national grassroots organizing consulting firm in 2000. Over the next 20 years, she helped build the firm from four employees to 40 at its peak, and led consulting projects with nonprofits, philanthropy, government, and mission-based corporations around the country. She left the firm in 2019 to go solo. In over 25 years, Ann has helped hundreds of organizations develop sustainable grassroots organizing, advocacy, and voter-facing programs, grow and train grassroots activists, and build organizational culture grounded in relationship and justice. In 2020 as interim director for the UUWF, Ann helped UUWF re-imagine their work in the context of the shifts in the social justice landscape, craft a new vision, staff up, and launch new programming that centers relationship building and activism skill development. She joined UUWF as permanent director in 2022.
We hope you will join us for all three sessions of this program. If not, partial participation is also welcome. The program will be recorded.

CONTACT US

Tel: 414-750-4404
uuwf@uuwf.org
3322 N. 92nd Street ~ Milwaukee ~ WI 53222

REGISTRATION

UPLIFT Trans/Non-Binary Gathering
2024-03-26 20:00 - 21:00 | Zoom
UPLIFT
Monthly Trans/Non-Binary Gathering Space
Join the UPLIFT monthly gatherings for trans, nonbinary, and other not-entirely-or-at-all-cis UUs. Join us to connect with other trans/nonbinary+ UUs and co-create support and community across our faith. All you need to bring is yourself (and other trans/nonbinary friends, if you’d like)!
These gatherings focus on getting to know each other and on sharing our collective dreams, ideas, and talents for this space. Expansive definitions of trans, nonbinary, and UU all apply. Non-UUs are welcome if they are OK with being in a UU-focused community. If you are interested in this space, and you aren’t (entirely or at all) cisgender, it’s a space for you.
Register to Attend

NOTE: This space is intentionally multi-generational. It is open to and welcoming of trans/nonbinary elders as well as children, youth, and young adults. Standard UUA online safety measures apply to ensure all people under 18 are able to attend. We’re glad to have you here!
Accessibility Notes: Closed captioning will be available, and any common chat content will also be spoken aloud. Please be mindful of processing and communication access, and speak one at a time. Meeting will not be recorded, and participation, as well as what is shared, will be confidential. There is no requirement to appear on video or to otherwise maintain “conventional” appearances. Any additional accessibility needs? Let us know by emailing lgbtq@uua.org or aballou@uua.org! We’ll do our best to ensure you can fully access the space.

To Register as a Child/Youth: Children 13 or younger: please bring with you a parent/guardian, or a trusted adult who is approved by your parent/guardian (it is OK if that parent/guardian/other adult is not trans/nonbinary). Please have your parent/guardian send an email to aballou@uua.org to let us know who will be coming with you.
Youth (ages 14+ up to bridging out of high-school-age Youth Group): please fill out (and have parents/guardians sign) the permission form on the UUA webpage for youth drop-in spaces.
If you’d like to chat directly about this event, please contact Adrian Ballou at aballou@uua.org.

For more information contact lgbtq@uua.org.
Register to Attend

“People’s Hearing” on NJ Transit Fare Hikes
2024-03-27 12:00 - 13:00 | Online
Wed. March 27 at 12pm – Transit Advocates to Host a Virtual “People’s Hearing” on NJ Transit Fare Hikes
WHEN: Wednesday, March 27 at 12:00pm
WHERE: Watch the event live on New Jersey Policy Perspective’s YouTube page.
WHAT: Transit advocates, policy experts, and community leaders from For The Many NJ and the Fund NJ Transit coalition will co-host a virtual public hearing on NJ Transit’s proposal to raise fares by 15 percent.
The event, The People’s Virtual Hearing on NJ Transit Fare Hikes, was organized by advocates after NJ Transit did not provide a virtual option for members of the public to testify on the agency’s plan to raise fares by 15 percent this year and 3 percent every year after. Despite numerous requests for a virtual option, NJ Transit moved forward with in-person only hearings that were not accessible and sparsely attended.
Advocates, riders, local elected officials, and community leaders have not only called on NJ Transit to provide a virtual option to testify, but to refrain from adopting the double-digit fare increase now that Governor Murphy has proposed a dedicated source of state funding for the agency.
WHO:

Alex Ambrose, New Jersey Policy Perspective (NJPP), emcee

Zoe Baldwin, Regional Plan Association and Fund NJ Transit coalition

Eric Benson, For The Many NJ

Additional organizations, elected officials, riders, and members of the public to be announced at a later date

# # #
For The Many NJ is a statewide coalition of more than 40 organizations working to expand funding for essential services and improve budget practices to meet current and future needs, especially for communities that have been historically left behind.
The Fund NJ Transit coalition seeks to bring greater prosperity and better transportation to communities across New Jersey. We represent a convening of groups from across New Jersey’s advocacy spectrum to support legislative funding initiatives and to support transformation of NJ Transit into a modern, effective transit agency for the state’s one million and growing daily transit riders.

2024 HiTOPS Trans Youth Forum
2024-03-30 11:00 - 16:30 | https://www.njtyf.org/

Immigration Justice Task Force monthly call
2024-04-04 20:00 - 21:00 | Zoom
Join our monthly Immigration Justice Task Force call, where we share updates, strategize and organize to promote immigration justice in our state.
For the Zoom login information and/or to be added to our task force mailing list, contact Chair Marty Rothfelder (immigration@uufaithaction.org) or Administrator Meera Rao (admin@uufaithaction.org).

Immigration Justice Task Force monthly call
2024-04-04 20:00 - 21:00 | Zoom
Join our monthly Immigration Justice Task Force call, where we share updates, strategize and organize to promote immigration justice in our state.
** Special meeting in April ** — In April, we are convening a UU immigration ministry roundtable. Does your congregation engage in immigrant justice advocacy, refugee resettlement support, or other immigration justice related ministries? Or are you looking to learn and grow in these areas? Join us at our special meeting on April 4th, 8-9 PM, to share from your experience and learn from fellow UUs.
For further information and/or to be added to our task force mailing list, contact Chair Marty Rothfelder (immigration@uufaithaction.org) or Administrator Meera Rao (meera@uufaithaction.org).

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Genocide Awareness Month
2024-04-05 10:00, 2024-04-12 10:00 | https://raritanval-edu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_LPnA06a9Spahoseuu4cuig#/registration
Genocide Awareness Month: Dr Ellen Kennedy, Executive Director of World Without Genocide will be offering an online series addressing current day genocides

Description
Joining us for Genocide Awareness Month, Dr Ellen Kennedy, Executive Director of World Without Genocide will be offering an online series addressing current day genocides. Students and community members will learn about the geography and events that unfolded to lead to the situations being confronted today. You can register once for the entire 4 part series. This event is free and open to the public. (By registering for this event, you give permission to receive occasional emails about other exciting events from the RVCC Institute of Holocaust and Genocide Studies.)

Date & Time

Apr 5, 2024 10:00 AM
Apr 12, 2024 10:00 AM
Apr 26, 2024 10:00 AM
May 3, 2024 10:00 AM

Time shows in Eastern Time (US and Canada)

Webinar Registration

https://raritanval-edu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_LPnA06a9Spahoseuu4cuig#/registration

First Friday Action Hour
2024-04-05 12:00 - 13:00 | Zoom
This Friday, is April 5th, 12-1 PM, join us for Action Hour—Earth Month Edition!
We would love to see you there!
WHERE: On Zoom
WHEN: Friday, April 5th, 12-1 PM
WHAT: Fund NJ Transit!
New Jersey needs an equitable and fully funded transit system. As we enter budget season, now is a critical time to call on our state leadership to invest in equitable transit, clean energy, and climate justice!
Doug O’Malley, Director, Environment New Jersey
This Friday, we will be joined by special guest Doug O’Malley, Director of Environment New Jersey. Doug is a leader in our Empower NJ coalition; he is recognized as a tireless leader and spokesperson for clean energy, fighting climate change, and advocating for workers and environmental justice.
Together, we will make calls, write letters, and make our voices heard!
For those who cannot join us on Zoom at noon, our Action Hour Google Doc [bit.ly/1st-fridays] will be updated on Friday with instructions to take action on your own time. Remember to report back [bit.ly/1st-fridays-report] to let us know you joined us asynchronously!

Organizing 101: Fundamentals of Grassroots Organizing for Change
2024-04-09 19:30 - 20:30 | https://uuwf.wildapricot.org/event-5638737
Presented by UUWF Director, Ann Wiesner
Session Three: Engaging Others (April 9, 7:30-8:30 pm Eastern)
This session offers an overview of:

The One-on-One
Guiding questions for when things get stuck
Tip Share–hearing from each other about what’s worked and what hasn’t

We hope you will join us for all three sessions of this program. If not, partial participation is also welcome. The program will be recorded.

Ann Wiesner, UU Women’s Federation Director
Ann Wiesner worked in the nonprofit sector advocating for children and families for 10 years before joining a startup national grassroots organizing consulting firm in 2000. Over the next 20 years, she helped build the firm from four employees to 40 at its peak, and led consulting projects with nonprofits, philanthropy, government, and mission-based corporations around the country. She left the firm in 2019 to go solo. In over 25 years, Ann has helped hundreds of organizations develop sustainable grassroots organizing, advocacy, and voter-facing programs, grow and train grassroots activists, and build organizational culture grounded in relationship and justice. In 2020 as interim director for the UUWF, Ann helped UUWF re-imagine their work in the context of the shifts in the social justice landscape, craft a new vision, staff up, and launch new programming that centers relationship building and activism skill development. She joined UUWF as permanent director in 2022.

UPLIFT Trans/Nonbinary+ Pastoral Care Small Group
2024-04-12 20:00 - 21:00
What is pastoral care, exactly? Pastoral care is support with navigating life—big and small things, joys and hardships and all those mixed together. It’s not therapy, but a way for us to be in community together, supporting each other. This is a space to share the hard stuff and to hold the hard stuff that others are navigating in their lives. To read more about pastoral care and find some resources to locate pastoral care, check out this post by UU Youth Ministry.
During our time together, our lead chaplain/facilitators will share opening and closing words, and in between, there is time for everyone to share what’s on their heards, and receive what others are sharing about their own lives. It’s a supportive, judgment-free place to connect with other trans/nonbinary+ people.
Registration
Join our pastoral care community–register here!
This year, the pastoral space is for adults only. If you’re a child or a youth and you’d like to have a space to talk about the hard stuff, let us know by registering for the pastoral space and putting a note in the comments. When we have enough children and youth registered, we’ll plan for opening additional spaces for different ages. And stay tuned for additional opportunities for children and youth to connect—we’re working on this!
Accessibility Information
Closed captioning will be available, and any common chat content will also be spoken aloud. Please be mindful of processing and communication access, and speak one at a time. Meeting will not be recorded, and participation, as well as what is shared, will be confidential. There is no requirement to appear on video or to otherwise maintain “conventional” appearances. Any additional accessibility needs? Let us know by emailing lgbtq@uua.org or aballou@uua.org! We’ll do our best to ensure you can fully access the space.
Who is this space for?
This is a closed event specifically for trans/nonbinary+ people. Anyone who is trans, nonbinary, metagender, multigender, genderfluid, agender, demigender, genderqueer, and otherwise not wholly or entirely cis is welcome to attend.
You do not have to be UU to attend, as long as you are comfortable with this space having a UU flavor/focus.
This pastoral small group is for ages 18 and older. Note: anyone who is a legal adult but is enrolled in high school and/or their congregation’s youth group is asked to attend the youth space.

For more information contact lgbtq@uua.org.

NJ's First Climate Action Gathering
2024-04-13 10:00 - 17:00 | Rutgers University Labor Action Center, 50 Labor Center Way, New Brunswick, 08901, United States
On Saturday, April 13, we’ll gather on the campus of Rutgers University to hear from NJ’s leading intellectuals, grassroots organizers, and advocates working in New Jersey’s climate, environmental justice, and labor movements. Together we’ll share skills and knowledge, learn about priority climate, environmental justice, and labor issues and campaigns in our state, build community with one another, and step into action!
Now is the time to grow our movement to get off fossil fuels and secure a safe and healthy future for all. This movement needs all of us, especially if you are brand new to climate activism! All are welcome and encouraged to attend! We can provide transportation support, Spanish language interpretation, and childcare to all who need it to participate.
Date: Saturday, April 13
Time: 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Location: Rutgers University Labor Education Center, 50 Labor Center Way New Brunswick, NJ 08901
RSVP HERE
Learn more about the gathering, schedule, sponsoring organizations, and more at the event website: www.NJClimateAction.com

Impact of Mental Illness on Legal System
2024-04-16 15:00 - 17:00 | Online
The Hughes Center has also cosponsored Continuing Legal Education (CLE) training and Stockton University Constitution Day programming. To learn more or to view archived program videos, visit stockton.edu/hughes-center/events.html.

Understanding NJ School Boards | LWVNJ Activist Training
2024-04-16 18:00 - 19:30 | Zoom
Date: Tuesday, April 16th
Time: 6pm – 7:30pm
Location: Zoom
REGISTER FOR TRAINING

Education is a vital cornerstone of our society, and local school boards play a crucial role in shaping the educational landscape in our communities. If you are interested in understanding how decisions are made at the local level and in making a difference in our education system, this training is for you. Join us to get an overview of local New Jersey school boards — including their structure, responsibilities, and decision-making processes. Learn how to advocate for change within the school board framework and engage effectively with board members.

The Activist Training Program was launched in 2021 with the goal of providing free and nonpartisan public education and training on the knowledge and skills activists need to drive grassroots change and defend democracy.
LWVNJ offers training in 4 core areas:

Understanding New Jersey Government
Grassroots Organizing
Voter Outreach
Legislative Advocacy

These trainings are open to League members and members of the public who support the League’s mission and goals.

Public Meeting – Corrections Ombudsperson
2024-04-16 18:00 - 20:00 | Great Mount Zion AME Church,, 36 Pennington Ave.,, Trenton, 08618, United States

Affirming OB/GYN Care for LGBTQ+ Patients
2024-04-18 18:00 | https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_xsZ9-rEbQBm94jbgoT7iXw#/registration
Why Attend

Regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity, regular visits to an OB/GYN are crucial for those with vaginal anatomy, breast tissue, or undergoing hormone therapy. These specialists provide essential services like cancer screenings, STI/STD checks, hormone regulation, family planning, prenatal care, personalized safe sex guidance, and more.
Despite approximately 7% of the US population identifying as LGBTQ+, many OB/GYN practitioners lack confidence in addressing their unique needs. This knowledge gap, combined with discrimination, leads to inadequate care and widens health disparities. Studies indicate that LGB individuals face higher rates of pregnancy complications, preterm births, miscarriages, and perinatal depression compared to heterosexual women. Moreover, only 29 to 35% of OB/GYN providers feel comfortable caring for transgender patients.
It’s crucial for providers to offer affirming care to all patients, moving away from heteronormative care and gender-biased language. Join us as we collaborate with experts to explore the specific OB/GYN needs of LGBTQ+ individuals and illuminate pathways for providers to establish nurturing environments that prioritize the well-being of all patients, regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity.

Speakers

Angela Chaudhari, MD, FACOG, FACS (she/her) – Associate Professor, Vice Chair, ObGyn Chief of Gynecology and Gynecologic Surgery, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Gavin Shumate, MD (he/him) – Physician, Integrity Coastal Health & Wellness
Janine Stiles, CPM, LM (she/her) – Midwife at Mandala Midwifery Care and Co-Founder of Queer Birth Project
John Sovec, LMFT (he/him) – OutTalk Moderator & Host, Therapist – Coach – Speaker – Author of “Out: A Parent’s Guide to Supporting Your LGBTQIA+ Kid Through Coming Out and Beyond

SAVE MY SPOT

Navigating the DEP System Seminar
2024-04-20 10:00 - 14:30 | Mastery High School of Camden, 800 Erie St., Camden, NJ
Navigating the DEP System: A series of environmental justice seminars for advocates from Overburdened Communities.
REGISTER at tinyurl.com/ej-seminar
NJDEP in partnership with the Environmental Justice Advisory Council’s Environmental Education Committee is thrilled to launch the ‘Navigating the DEP System’ seminar series. Learn directly from staff at the Department of Environmental Protection about our tools, regulations, and processes.
Spring 2024 dates:

Seminar 1: Newark – Saturday, January 27th, 2024
Seminar 2: Trenton – Wednesday, March 6th, 2024

Seminar 3: Camden – Saturday, April 20th, 2024

10 AM-2:30 PM
Mastery High School of Camden, 800 Erie St / Hybrid
Seminar Topic: Understanding the Regulatory Process II

Seminars are free and open to the public. Lunch will be provided for all Saturday meetings.
REGISTER at tinyurl.com/ej-seminar

For questions, contact Christina Gonzalve at Christina.Gonzalve@dep.nj.gov

NJ Abolition Workshop
2024-04-23 18:00 - 20:00 | The HUUB, 35 & 47 Cleveland St, Orange, NJ, 07050, United States
Event info and registration at https://isyourlifebetter.net/nj-abolition-workshops/

All workshop sessions will be free for participants. We will only request that everyone who attends, come with both the intention to learn and the willingness to share with others. The greater goal for this program is to promote an “Each One Teach One” strategy. We hope attendees will bring the knowledge they gain from the workshops back to their organizations and communities. Workshops will meet on the 3rd Tuesday of odd numbered months, and the 4th Tuesday of even numbered months.
Please direct all questions and inquiries to: isyourlifebetter@gmail.com.
Space for the in-person participation is very limited, but we encourage all who can attend in person to do so! We are asking that potential participants register in advance, being sure to register for either the virtual option OR the in-person option. Both links can be found below.
To register to join workshops in person, please register with this form: https://forms.gle/WxvFjbVn4vpJi5vh9
To register to join workshops virtually, please register with this form: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMscOquqzwiG9xWXMFD-CgLLCJbWaCwx8KR
NJ Abolition Workshop details
Dates – 3rd Tuesday (odd months) and 4th Tuesday (even months)

January 16 (Abolition 101 – an introduction)
February 27 (Cop Cities and the Police State)
March 19
April 23
May 21
June 25
July 16
August 27
September 17
October 22
November 19
December TBD

List of additional possible topics (in no particular order):

Climate and Environmental effects
Incarceration and the Prison Industrial Complex
Copaganda and Media Complicity
Mental Health
Gentrification/Displacement
Policing Common Areas
School to Prison pipeline
The role of child/family services in the carceral state
“Crime” and creating criminals
Post incarceration
