The Angels in Action Foundation participated in the Plainfield Fourth of July parade. This is the second year Angels in Action participates in what is and will be a traditional event for the organization. Enjoy the pictures…..
Angels in Action joined People’s Organization for Progress (POP) in a protest against violence in Plainfield, June 26th, 2010.
El Salvadorian Consulate visited Angels in Action Foundation on June 20th 2010 to provide its nationals with passports and other documentation. More than 150 passports and other documentation for Salvadorian nationals were processed. The same day’ mayor of Plainfield, Sharon Robinson-Briggs stopped for an impromptus visit. Enjoy the pictures…
PLAINFIELD — Plainfield's long-vacant chief finance officer position, five proposed appointments to a long-dormant municipal Hispanic heritage commission and the creation of a permanent memorial to honor city police officers who died in the line of duty are just three of dozens of matters scheduled to be reviewed by the City Council Monday evening.
The council’s agenda-setting meeting is scheduled to be held 7:30 p.m. Monday in the City Hall Library, 515 Watchung Ave., Plainfield.
A particularly notable resolution out of the 23 on Monday's agenda finds the council possibly requesting that the state Department of Community Affairs' Division of Local Government Services appoint a temporary chief finance officer for the city. That position and one other, the director of administration and finance, have been topics of persistent controversy during the last two years, as at least seven different people have served in the director position since 2005 and the city has not had a permanent CFO since Peter Sepelya retired at the end of 2007. Continue Reading…
PLAINFIELD — Mayor Sharon Robinson-Briggs recently was driving slowly through the crime-torn streets of one particularly rough city neighborhood when a man called out to her, she said.
“Give me a job, mayor, and I won’t be doing what I’m doing,” she recalled him shouting … never indicating precisely what he was doing, but leaving little doubt that he was up to no good.
It was one of many eye-opening anecdotes delivered Thursday evening at the First Unitarian Society of Plainfield on Park Avenue, where a group of more than 100 people assembled to hear a broad spectrum of experts speak about youth violence in the city. Plainfield experienced at least nine shootings in May, and although no one died in any of them, residents are expressing concerns that the violent days of the recent past … like when a record-breaking 15 homicides occurred in 2005 … are making an unwelcome comeback.
“While I disagreed with the methods, I understand why he’s doing what he’s doing,” Robinson-Briggs admitted Thursday, expressing a measure of helplessness regarding the city’s high unemployment rate. “We are trying our best.” Continue Reading….
Gang Forum Offers Hope
Yvonne Watts displays a homemade gang shirt.
A coalition of churches and community groups successfully launched “Project Hope” Thursday, an initiative to explore the causes of youth violence and possible solutions.
A very diverse audience filled the Parish Hall at First Unitarian Society of Plainfield to hear the perspectives of Newark gang specialists, local law enforcement and school security representatives, Plainfield High School students, urban fiction author J.M. Benjamin and Mayor Sharon Robinson-Briggs on gang activity. Although the event was planned months ago, a spate of gang-related shootings made it especially timely.
PLAINFIELD, NJ — La alcaldesa de Plainfield, Sharon Robinson-Briggs, nominó ayer a cinco residentes de la ciudad para que integren la Comisión Asesora de Asuntos Hispanos.Norman Ortega, Silvana Mullen, Edgar Freire, Doris Cera y Darwin Rosario, integrarán la nueva comisión propuesta por el fallecido concejal Ray Blanco y aprobada en el 2005.“Estoy muy contenta de anunciar la conformación de la comisión que tendrá como propósito servir como puente entre la comunidad y la alcaldía y sus concejales” dijo Robins on-Briggs. Continuar Leyendo en el Diario la Prensa NY
PLAINFIELD — Somewhere, Ray Blanco is smiling. The former City Council president, a native of Cuba and an Emmy Award-winning filmmaker, died unexpectedly at the age of 50 in 2006, the year after sponsoring legislation to establish the city’s Hispanic Affairs Advisory Commission.
The commission remained vacant of members ever since. But Mayor Sharon Robinson-Briggs was joined Tuesday by the five residents whom she said she will nominate to round out the organization, which is expected to serve as a conduit between the city’s immense and rapidly growing Hispanic population and its elected officials. The nominations will be up for consideration by the council in June, officials said.
“This is something Ray always wanted,” said Carmen Salavarrieta, a longtime activist in the city who works with several nonprofit organizations that promote advocacy for local Hispanic residents. “It’s going to take a little time, but I really think it is going to work.” Continue Reading…
Sunday March, 22, 2010. Tens of thousands rallied for comprehensive immigration reform in Washington DC. Thanks to Joy Joy Photo in Plainfied for providing the pictures. Enjoy them.
