New Jersey Institute for Social Justice
@dosocialjustice.bsky.social
Our social & racial justice advocacy builds reparative systems that create wealth, justice & power.
We can be found with our finger pushed firmly in the chest of powerful.
We can be found with our finger pushed firmly in the chest of powerful.
We’re kicking off a NJVRA NOW Week of Action to tell state legislators we can’t wait a second longer to ensure our democracy – our foundational right to go to the ballot box and have a voice in our government – is secure.
Join us in Trenton today!
Join us in Trenton today!
November 10, 2025 at 1:27 PM
We’re kicking off a NJVRA NOW Week of Action to tell state legislators we can’t wait a second longer to ensure our democracy – our foundational right to go to the ballot box and have a voice in our government – is secure.
Join us in Trenton today!
Join us in Trenton today!
New Jersey's next govenor is @mikiesherrill.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 2:31 AM
New Jersey's next govenor is @mikiesherrill.bsky.social
Early in-person voting starts today!
Find the nearest polling place here:
www.nj.gov/state/electi...
Find the nearest polling place here:
www.nj.gov/state/electi...
October 25, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Early in-person voting starts today!
Find the nearest polling place here:
www.nj.gov/state/electi...
Find the nearest polling place here:
www.nj.gov/state/electi...
“More than ever, those who are courageous enough to not be silent, to pursue the truth of our history, are going to need shelter. They’re going to need protection.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/u...
Civil Rights Lawyer Bryan Stevenson on How America’s Story Should Be Told
www.nytimes.com
October 8, 2025 at 11:36 AM
“More than ever, those who are courageous enough to not be silent, to pursue the truth of our history, are going to need shelter. They’re going to need protection.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/u...
Kristen Clarke, formerly with the Civil Rights Division at the Department of Justice, knows what it’s like to be on the front lines fighting for justice – and knows what’s at stake right now.
Join us ONE WEEK FROM TODAY in honoring her at our Courage In Action Gala!
njisj.org/gala2025/
Join us ONE WEEK FROM TODAY in honoring her at our Courage In Action Gala!
njisj.org/gala2025/
October 7, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Kristen Clarke, formerly with the Civil Rights Division at the Department of Justice, knows what it’s like to be on the front lines fighting for justice – and knows what’s at stake right now.
Join us ONE WEEK FROM TODAY in honoring her at our Courage In Action Gala!
njisj.org/gala2025/
Join us ONE WEEK FROM TODAY in honoring her at our Courage In Action Gala!
njisj.org/gala2025/
What a day at the Youth Power Summit!
October 4, 2025 at 8:25 PM
What a day at the Youth Power Summit!
We are live!
Tonight could be the last community meeting about the Newark Police Consent Decree, an agreement between Newark and the Department of Justice to improve the city’s policing.
Don't miss this!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCrW...
Tonight could be the last community meeting about the Newark Police Consent Decree, an agreement between Newark and the Department of Justice to improve the city’s policing.
Don't miss this!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCrW...
NJISJ Community Meeting @ St John's Community Baptist Church
YouTube video by St John's Community Baptist Church
www.youtube.com
September 16, 2025 at 10:01 PM
We are live!
Tonight could be the last community meeting about the Newark Police Consent Decree, an agreement between Newark and the Department of Justice to improve the city’s policing.
Don't miss this!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCrW...
Tonight could be the last community meeting about the Newark Police Consent Decree, an agreement between Newark and the Department of Justice to improve the city’s policing.
Don't miss this!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCrW...
Higher education is at a crossroads in New Jersey.
Escalating costs are making college unaffordable for many Black and Brown families, widening educational disparities across race, income and wealth.
But there is a path forward.
njisj.org/reports/reac...
Escalating costs are making college unaffordable for many Black and Brown families, widening educational disparities across race, income and wealth.
But there is a path forward.
njisj.org/reports/reac...
September 16, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Higher education is at a crossroads in New Jersey.
Escalating costs are making college unaffordable for many Black and Brown families, widening educational disparities across race, income and wealth.
But there is a path forward.
njisj.org/reports/reac...
Escalating costs are making college unaffordable for many Black and Brown families, widening educational disparities across race, income and wealth.
But there is a path forward.
njisj.org/reports/reac...
Join us Oct. 14 at NJPAC for our Gala where we reflect the need for courage, always, and especially in this moment and honor those who continue to show it in the face of adversity.
Tickets are going fast. Get yours today!
njisj.org/gala2025/
Tickets are going fast. Get yours today!
njisj.org/gala2025/
September 12, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Join us Oct. 14 at NJPAC for our Gala where we reflect the need for courage, always, and especially in this moment and honor those who continue to show it in the face of adversity.
Tickets are going fast. Get yours today!
njisj.org/gala2025/
Tickets are going fast. Get yours today!
njisj.org/gala2025/
With housing becoming less affordable by the day and NJ being home to some of the worst racial disparities in the country, we need to sit down and talk about how we got here – and how we’ll get out.
That’s what @ryanphaygood.bsky.social
is doing right now - with the authors of Just Action.
That’s what @ryanphaygood.bsky.social
is doing right now - with the authors of Just Action.
September 10, 2025 at 11:40 PM
With housing becoming less affordable by the day and NJ being home to some of the worst racial disparities in the country, we need to sit down and talk about how we got here – and how we’ll get out.
That’s what @ryanphaygood.bsky.social
is doing right now - with the authors of Just Action.
That’s what @ryanphaygood.bsky.social
is doing right now - with the authors of Just Action.
This...pretends to fix a problem that doesn’t actually exist, and it also makes people doubt the integrity of our voting process, which is the sort of fear-mongering about...democracy that we’ve seen the current administration proliferate again and again.
newjerseymonitor.com/2025/09/10/f...
newjerseymonitor.com/2025/09/10/f...
Feds curtail push to register new citizens to vote, spurring voter suppression fears • New Jersey Monitor
A move by the Trump admin to curtail voter registration efforts at naturalization ceremonies has roiled voter rights and immigrant advocates.
newjerseymonitor.com
September 10, 2025 at 9:16 PM
This...pretends to fix a problem that doesn’t actually exist, and it also makes people doubt the integrity of our voting process, which is the sort of fear-mongering about...democracy that we’ve seen the current administration proliferate again and again.
newjerseymonitor.com/2025/09/10/f...
newjerseymonitor.com/2025/09/10/f...
Don't let your power go unread.
Register now and show the world you're not just the future, you are the now.
njisj.org/youth-power-...
Register now and show the world you're not just the future, you are the now.
njisj.org/youth-power-...
September 9, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Don't let your power go unread.
Register now and show the world you're not just the future, you are the now.
njisj.org/youth-power-...
Register now and show the world you're not just the future, you are the now.
njisj.org/youth-power-...
Join us for what could be the last public conversation about the Newark Police Consent Decree.
bit.ly/ConsentDecree25
bit.ly/ConsentDecree25
September 2, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Join us for what could be the last public conversation about the Newark Police Consent Decree.
bit.ly/ConsentDecree25
bit.ly/ConsentDecree25
This #BlackAugust, celebrate Black self-determination and remember Timbuctoo.
Learn more: www.njisj.org/print/njrcre...
Learn more: www.njisj.org/print/njrcre...
August 28, 2025 at 2:59 PM
This #BlackAugust, celebrate Black self-determination and remember Timbuctoo.
Learn more: www.njisj.org/print/njrcre...
Learn more: www.njisj.org/print/njrcre...
If you erase the history of slavery, you erase the history of America. There is no one without the other.
Instead of attempting to erase the horrific history of slavery, America should try atoning for it - with reparations.
In NJ, the NJRC has created a blueprint: www.njisj.org/print/njrcre...
Instead of attempting to erase the horrific history of slavery, America should try atoning for it - with reparations.
In NJ, the NJRC has created a blueprint: www.njisj.org/print/njrcre...
August 20, 2025 at 3:00 PM
If you erase the history of slavery, you erase the history of America. There is no one without the other.
Instead of attempting to erase the horrific history of slavery, America should try atoning for it - with reparations.
In NJ, the NJRC has created a blueprint: www.njisj.org/print/njrcre...
Instead of attempting to erase the horrific history of slavery, America should try atoning for it - with reparations.
In NJ, the NJRC has created a blueprint: www.njisj.org/print/njrcre...
This #BlackAugust, celebrate Robert Carter.
Carter was a renowned civil rights lawyer, an architect of the landmark Brown v. Board of Education litigation and a federal judge.
But before all that he was just a 16-year old in NJ who was forced to face unrelenting segregation.
Carter was a renowned civil rights lawyer, an architect of the landmark Brown v. Board of Education litigation and a federal judge.
But before all that he was just a 16-year old in NJ who was forced to face unrelenting segregation.
August 19, 2025 at 5:18 PM
This #BlackAugust, celebrate Robert Carter.
Carter was a renowned civil rights lawyer, an architect of the landmark Brown v. Board of Education litigation and a federal judge.
But before all that he was just a 16-year old in NJ who was forced to face unrelenting segregation.
Carter was a renowned civil rights lawyer, an architect of the landmark Brown v. Board of Education litigation and a federal judge.
But before all that he was just a 16-year old in NJ who was forced to face unrelenting segregation.
Join us for a very special event!
PFH is proud to co-host the next Open Book/Open Mind with Montclair Public Library, Montclair NAACP & @dosocialjustice.bsky.social on Sept 10.
Richard Rothstein, Leah Rothstein & Ryan P. Haygood will discuss Just Action and strategies for equity.
Free registration: bccls.libcal.com/event/14579503
Richard Rothstein, Leah Rothstein & Ryan P. Haygood will discuss Just Action and strategies for equity.
Free registration: bccls.libcal.com/event/14579503
August 19, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Join us for a very special event!
Tickets are on sale now for the social justice event of the year!
Don't miss out!
us.givergy.com/njisjgala202...
Don't miss out!
us.givergy.com/njisjgala202...
August 18, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Tickets are on sale now for the social justice event of the year!
Don't miss out!
us.givergy.com/njisjgala202...
Don't miss out!
us.givergy.com/njisjgala202...
This #BlackAugust, learn about the 'Rosa Parks of Affordable Housing!'
August 12, 2025 at 4:08 PM
This #BlackAugust, learn about the 'Rosa Parks of Affordable Housing!'
Mental health crises do not call for militarized responses that only escalate situations that need compassionate, skilled de-escalation.
Police are not equipped to handle these situations.
New Jersey needs true healthcare first responders.
www.mycentraljersey.com/story/news/c...
Police are not equipped to handle these situations.
New Jersey needs true healthcare first responders.
www.mycentraljersey.com/story/news/c...
New Brunswick fatal police shooting investigated by attorney general
A woman was shot by New Brunswick police after allegedly displaying a knife in a Neilson Street apartment building
www.mycentraljersey.com
August 11, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Mental health crises do not call for militarized responses that only escalate situations that need compassionate, skilled de-escalation.
Police are not equipped to handle these situations.
New Jersey needs true healthcare first responders.
www.mycentraljersey.com/story/news/c...
Police are not equipped to handle these situations.
New Jersey needs true healthcare first responders.
www.mycentraljersey.com/story/news/c...
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Join @lwvnj.bsky.social, @dosocialjustice.bsky.social, and other partners for an interactive session where you’ll learn how to use storytelling as a tool for social change. Then, join us to flood timelines with bold voices demanding reparative justice in New Jersey: bit.ly/NJISJBA3
August 8, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Join @lwvnj.bsky.social, @dosocialjustice.bsky.social, and other partners for an interactive session where you’ll learn how to use storytelling as a tool for social change. Then, join us to flood timelines with bold voices demanding reparative justice in New Jersey: bit.ly/NJISJBA3
This #BlackAugust, remember Harriet Tubman.
Read more about Harriet Tubman and other courageous activists in the New Jersey Reparations Council's report "For Such a Time As This: The Nowness of Reparations for Black People in New Jersey."
www.njisj.org/print/njrcre...
Read more about Harriet Tubman and other courageous activists in the New Jersey Reparations Council's report "For Such a Time As This: The Nowness of Reparations for Black People in New Jersey."
www.njisj.org/print/njrcre...
August 7, 2025 at 7:41 PM
This #BlackAugust, remember Harriet Tubman.
Read more about Harriet Tubman and other courageous activists in the New Jersey Reparations Council's report "For Such a Time As This: The Nowness of Reparations for Black People in New Jersey."
www.njisj.org/print/njrcre...
Read more about Harriet Tubman and other courageous activists in the New Jersey Reparations Council's report "For Such a Time As This: The Nowness of Reparations for Black People in New Jersey."
www.njisj.org/print/njrcre...
The Voting Rights Act turns 60 today - let’s celebrate it by protecting democracy and passing the John R. Lewis Voter Empowerment Act this year.
wordinblack.com/2025/08/voti...
wordinblack.com/2025/08/voti...
The VRA at 60: Our Democracy Belongs to Every Citizen
As the Voting Rights Act turns 60, our fragile democracy demands both defense and offense — now more than ever.
wordinblack.com
August 6, 2025 at 12:24 PM
The Voting Rights Act turns 60 today - let’s celebrate it by protecting democracy and passing the John R. Lewis Voter Empowerment Act this year.
wordinblack.com/2025/08/voti...
wordinblack.com/2025/08/voti...
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Join @lwvnj.bsky.social, @dosocialjustice.bsky.social, and partners for Black August as we honor the legacy of Black resistance and continue organizing a movement for reparations in New Jersey: bit.ly/NJISJBA2
August 5, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Join @lwvnj.bsky.social, @dosocialjustice.bsky.social, and partners for Black August as we honor the legacy of Black resistance and continue organizing a movement for reparations in New Jersey: bit.ly/NJISJBA2