PEOPLES ORGANIZATION FOR
PROGRESS (POP)

JUNE 13, 2023

FOR IMMEDIATE PRESS RELEASE

JUNETEENTH REPARATIONS MARCH & RALLY IN NEWARK, NJ

The Juneteenth March And Rally For Reparations will be held on Monday, June 19, 2023, 2:00pm, starting at the Lincoln Statue, 12 Springfield Avenue, in Newark, New Jersey. The statue is located at the intersection of Springfield Avenue and West Market Street.

The march is endorsed by the People’s Organization For Progress (POP), New Jersey Institute For Social Justice, and other organizations.

“The demonstration is being held to once again demand reparations for African Americans for the centuries of enslavement of our ancestors, nearly a century of apartheid Jim Crow segregation, and institutionalized racism, inequality, oppression, and exploitation that continues to this day,” Lawrence Hamm, Chairman, People’s Organization For Progress stated.

“We are marching to demand passage of the reparations commission bills, A938 and S386 by the New Jersey State Legislature, and passage by Congress of HR 40 and S40 which would establish a federal reparations commission,” Hamm said.

“We urge the New Jersey Legislature to follow the example of the New York Legislature which passed a reparations bill last week. We demand the New Jersey Legislature pass the reparations bill and that Governor Murphy sign it into law,” he said.

Speakers at the event will include activists, elected officials, and representatives from labor, clergy, and the community. Among the speakers will be Lawrence Hamm, Chairman, People’s Organization For Progress, and Ryan P. Haygood, President & CEO, New Jersey Institute For Social Justice.

“The People’s Organization For Progress has supported the demand for reparations for African Americans since it was founded 41 years ago,” he said.

“POP has held reparations marches, rallies, programs and other activities every year for decades. Several years ago in the spirit of unity and in recognition of the Juneteenth holiday POP joined with other organizations for an annual reparations march,” he said.

The march is endorsed by the People’s Organization For Progress, New Jersey Institute for Social Justice, African American Parades Organization, Black Lives Matter – Paterson, Ironbound Community Corporation, Newark Communities For Accountable Policing (N-CAP), NAACP – Newark Branch, Our Revolution NJ, Salvation And Social Justice, African Diaspora For Justice, Trenton Anti-Violence Coalition, Jewish Voice For Peace-Northern NJ Chapter, NJ Working Families Party, NJ State Industrial Union Council, and Al Awda NY/NJ Palestine Right To Return Coalition.

For more information contact People’s Organization For Progress (973)801-0001.

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