Tuesday, April 23, 2024

EVENT: Reparations Webinar Sponsored by NJ Faith Allies for Reparations, Thurs. April 25, 2024, 7pm


Check out this upcoming peparations webinar, Thursday April 25, 2024 at 7:00 PM: "Journey Toward Reparations: New Jersey's Opportunity to Learn from New York & California."

Featuring guest speakers: NY State Senator James Sanders, Jr; Reverend Charles Boyer; and Reverend Dr. Darrell Armstrong, Moderated by Reverend Charles Wynder, Jr

Organized by NJ Faith Allies for Reparations, hosted by Dioc of NJ Reparations Commission

Register here. After registering you will receive webinar Zoom link by email.

Friday, April 19, 2024

VIDEO: Stations of Reparations Service, St. Augustine's Asbury Park, NJ March 16, 2024


This is a Zoom video recording of the second annual "Stations of Reparations" Lenten service of repentance, sponsored by the Reparations Commission of the Episcopal Diocese of New Jersey, and hosted by 
St. Augustine's Episcopal Church, Asbury Park on Saturday March 16, 2024. The service focused on the Post-Civil War history of systemic racism in the diocese and featured testimony from members of Monmouth County Episcopal churches including Charles ​Hughes of St. Thomas' Episcopal Church, Red Bank, Rev. Chase Danford of Trinity Episcopal Church, Asbury Park, and ​Linda Shomo of St. Augustine's Episcopal Church, Asbury Park, as well as testimony about the general history of racism in the diocese from Commission historian Jolyon Pruszinski.

Thursday, April 18, 2024

VIDEO: NJISJ "Public Safety and Justice" in New Jersey, Public Session #5 Recording


 The New Jersey Institute for Social Justice has posted video from the fifth of nine public sessions sponsored by the New Jersey Reparations Council, held on April 17, 2024. The content deals with "Public Safety and Justice" in New Jersey. Panelists include scholars and activists Jean-Pierre Brutus, Ryan Haygood, Taja-Nia Henderson, Khalil Gibran Muhammad, Alexis Carteon, Jason D. Williamson, Jerome Harris, Amol Sinha, Bethany Young, and Sharif Braxton.