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FTINJ 2019 – Looking Back, Fighting Forward
As we continue to build the capacity of our organization to serve and support volunteers and organizations across the Garden State, we wanted to take a moment to look back on 2019 (and forward to 2020) with respect to some of the major events for this organization, and for the New Jersey activist community as a whole.
Featured Articles
Run Against the Machine:
Arati Kreibich for Congress – NJ’s 5th Congressional District
Run Against the Machine highlights insurgent progressive candidates running against incumbent office-holders in New Jersey's Democratic Primary Elections. The purpose of this series is to provide visibility to upstart candidates who are disadvantaged due to New...
Run Against the Machine:
Hector Oseguera for Congress – NJ’s 8th Congressional District
Run Against the Machine highlights insurgent progressive candidates running against incumbent office-holders in New Jersey's Democratic Primary Elections. The purpose of this series is to provide visibility to upstart candidates who are disadvantaged due to New...
Force The Issue NJ Endorses Bernie Sanders for President
In the midst of the most consequential presidential election in recent history, we are faced with a president, who, if reelected, would oversee an even greater increase in the suffering and disenfranchisement of vulnerable people via the expansion of mass detention of...
Equal Rights Amendment: How Long Must We Wait?
In 1923, Alice Paul, a leader of the women’s suffrage movement from Mount Laurel, New Jersey, introduced the Equal Rights Amendment in Seneca Falls, New York, the site of the first women’s rights convention in 1848. The proposed amendment would guarantee that the rights affirmed by the United States Constitution are held equally by all citizens without regard to their sex, and it was introduced to Congress that year and reintroduced in every subsequent session for half a century.
Organization Updates
News & Updates
New Jersey Votes on November 2nd – Our Endorsements!
The November 2nd General Election is less than a Month Away! New Jersey is almost unique among the states in holding statewide elections in odd-numbered years (Virginia does it too). Like many New Jersey electoral traditions, this is an exceedingly stupid tradition...
We’ll Work for Change!
"I do not pretend to understand the moral universe; the arc is a long one, my eye reaches but little ways; I cannot calculate the curve and complete the figure by the experience of sight; I can divine it by conscience. And from what I see I am sure it bends towards...
Articles & Stories
Calling on Governor Murphy to #LetThemGo
As the campaign progressed, we created a petition and corresponding letter calling on Governor Murphy to exhibit compassion to those who are most vulnerable to the virus, particularly the elderly, individuals with pre-existing physical and mental health conditions, pregnant people, and our youth who are currently incarcerated.
Run Against the Machine:
Arati Kreibich for Congress – NJ’s 5th Congressional District
Run Against the Machine highlights insurgent progressive candidates running against incumbent office-holders in New Jersey's Democratic Primary Elections. The purpose of this series is to provide visibility to upstart candidates who are disadvantaged due to New...
Run Against the Machine:
Hector Oseguera for Congress – NJ’s 8th Congressional District
Run Against the Machine highlights insurgent progressive candidates running against incumbent office-holders in New Jersey's Democratic Primary Elections. The purpose of this series is to provide visibility to upstart candidates who are disadvantaged due to New...
Force The Issue NJ Endorses Bernie Sanders for President
In the midst of the most consequential presidential election in recent history, we are faced with a president, who, if reelected, would oversee an even greater increase in the suffering and disenfranchisement of vulnerable people via the expansion of mass detention of...
Past Updates
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