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04/04/2026

Good Friday Catholic Worker Station of the Cross for peace

01/05/2026

Emergency personnel are responding to a vehicle fire in front of the county administration building in Elizabeth. Reports of explosions coming from the car.

12/08/2025

Newark, NJ –- December 4, 2025 — Mayor Ras J. Baraka and Deputy Mayor of Community Engagement Jacqueline Mercado-Quiles today announced that the City of Newark is hosting free Community Brunches for homeless residents and at-risk families at the Vincent Lombardi Center of Hope at 201 Bloomfield Avenue. The inaugural brunches will be held on three consecutive Sundays, December 7, 14 and 21 from noon to 3 p.m.

“As Charles Dickens wrote so well, this is a time of year when ‘abundance rejoices, and want is felt most keenly.’ We in Newark are committed to sharing our abundance so that those in want can rejoice,” Mayor Baraka said. “I am proud of how our city collaborates with private businesses and non-profit groups, coming together as a family this holiday season to care for those in need. And I urge all of our residents to join with us to donate, volunteer and become part of this critical holiday effort.”

“These community meals are designed to offer more than just sustenance—they provide a joyful, warm experience, connecting families in need with resources, hope, and holiday magic,” said Deputy Mayor Mercado-Quiles. “They are nurturing and nourishing – for not just the body, but the soul. And they truly enrich everyone involved, the givers as much as the receivers, because all of us are united in community.”

The dinners are hosted by the City of Newark’s Department of Public Safety, Department of Recreation, Cultural Affairs & Senior Services, Department of Public Works and Office of Homeless Services; ID Newark; the Hispanic Firefighters Association of Newark; Partnership West, Inc; Wellpoint; Mantena Global Care; Equadorian-American Chamber of Commerce of NJ; Mujeres Valiosas Y de Poder; Goya, Leo’s Café El Guame; Taino’s Kitchen and el Merengue Restaurant & Lounge.

The Community Brunches will be accompanied by seasonal music enhancing the holiday spirit, and will serve as a distribution site for outerwear, blankets and other donated goods.

For more information and to donate or volunteer, please contact Marybel Santos, Office of Community Engagement at (973) 733-4310.


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Betty Lachgar is a Moroccan feminist and gay rights activist. She shared a picture of herself wearing a shirt that said ...
12/08/2025

Betty Lachgar is a Moroccan feminist and gay rights activist. She shared a picture of herself wearing a shirt that said “Allah is a lesbian” while she was on a trip in Europe and was arrested on blasphemy charges in Morocco for it for 2.5 years. It has been over 100 days that she’s been in solitary confinement with no mattress. Betty is a bone cancer survivor and being refused all medical care. There will be protests in Paris, London, and Los Angeles where mattresses will be brought to Moroccan embassies on Dec 10 which is international Human Rights Day. In NYC we will be protesting at the Moroccan Consulate General at 1pm. Please come! Bring a mattress if you can!
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Socks are always a hot commodity for the people we serve. Especially as the weather gets colder and wetter. If you are i...
11/25/2025

Socks are always a hot commodity for the people we serve. Especially as the weather gets colder and wetter. If you are interested in donating socks please send us a message.

10/30/2025

Four months after a riot, detainees at Newark’s Delaney Hall say they’re going hungry again and living without clean water or basic hygiene supplies.

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