In New Jersey, we are grappling with an pivotal issue that touches the very core of our existence: our homes. Where we live shapes our health, finances, education, and legacy we leave for generations to come. In communities all over our state, which has one of the most competitive rental markets in the U.S., soaring […]
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To this day, I still choke up when I remember the moment, two decades ago, that changed my life. As part of the Martin Luther King Day of Service, I had volunteered to help feed some folks who were homeless. At the end of the afternoon, I turned to one of the women who ran
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“It’s Time For All of Us to Start Thinking Differently About Sickle Cell,” Says UBA President Eric Dobson TRENTON – Today, the New Jersey Senate unanimously approved legislation that appropriates $10.2 million for a three-year sickle cell disease (SCD) pilot program. The legislation, which was unanimously passed by the New Jersey Assembly in June, is
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December 18, 2023 | Press Release TRENTON – Today, Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin, Senate President Nicholas Scutari, Senator Troy Singleton, and Assemblywoman Yvonne Lopez held a press conference to announce forthcoming legislation that would set a course for future enforcement of New Jersey’s Mt. Laurel Doctrine, which is known as the strongest framework in the
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Please join the United Black Agenda, as well as numerous elected officials and community leaders, in honoring New Jersey’s finest Black nurses from the six New Jersey chapters of the National Black Nurses Association.
