Institute for Social Justice and partners to hold the Rally for the #94Percent Tomorrow at Historic Mount Calvary Missionary Baptist Church

WHEN: Tomorrow, Saturday, October 27, from 11 am to 2 pm

WHERE: March to begin at Avon Avenue School at 11 am (219 Avon Avenue, Newark ) & Rally to begin at Mount Calvary Missionary Baptist Church at noon (231-251 Seymour Avenue, Newark)

Tomorrow, the New Jersey Institute for Social Justice and its partners (Rutgers Truth, Racial Healing & Transformation Campus Center; New Jersey Black Issues Convention; NAACP New Jersey State Conference; Salvation and Social Justice; New Jersey Association of Black Women Lawyers; and Fair Share Housing Center) will be holding the Rally for the #94Percent inside Mount Calvary Missionary Baptist Church in Newark at noon.  

The Rally for the #94Percent is a grassroots gathering calling on New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy to be accountable to the 94 percent of Black voters that elected him into office. Specifically, and as outlined in this recent article, which has been shared over 1200 times, the sponsoring organizations are calling on the governor to commit to the following: (1) transforming New Jersey’s youth justice system by convening the youth justice taskforce recommended by his Law and Justice Transition Advisory Committee; (2) supporting and eventually signing S-2100/A-3456, legislation that would restore the right to vote to people with criminal convictions; and (3) working toward closing the racial wealth gap by prioritizing wealth generation and home ownership in Black communities. 

A Color of Change petition on this issue has also received over 1,200 signatures.  

The day will begin with a march from the Avon Avenue School at 11 am and the rally will officially start at noon in front of Mount Calvary Missionary Baptist Church. 50 years ago, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., attended Mount Calvary to gain support for the Poor People’s Campaign. The rally program will feature a number of speakers, including Newark Mayor Ras Baraka.