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ELECTION 2021
Early In Person Voting
In-Person early voting begins this week in New Jersey! All Registered NJ Voters can vote early.
Voters should note that only designated locations apply. Learn where to vote early here.
Early Voting Hours:
Saturday, October 23 - Sunday, October 31, 2021
Monday-Saturday from 10:00 a.m.–8:00 p.m.
Sunday from 10:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m.
UPCOMING EVENTS
How We endUP: A Future without Family Policing
October 26 - October 27. Free. Registration Required.
"Join the upEND Movement or the second annual convening of organizers, activists, scholars, and community leaders who are committed to dismantling the family policing system* a system predicated on the subjugation, surveillance, control, and punishment of mostly poor Black and Native children and families...Join to strategize how we can improve support and care for children, youth, and families as we move towards the abolition of family policing."
LOCAL & REGIONAL UPDATES
To Protect and Serve - Investing in Public Safety Beyond Policing, NJ Policy Perspective: "[This] report examines police budgets in two distinct geographical areas — the City of Elizabeth and Gloucester County — to highlight how, regardless of the geographic region, local governments invest vast resources on law enforcement while essential health and human service programs are underfunded." A must read from RU SSW alum, Marleina Ubel.
Child care crisis leading to more women leaving the workforce, NJ Spotlight: "Report shows 19% of mothers with young children in NJ left the workforce for lack of quality child care".
NATIONAL UPDATES
The case against means testing, Vox: "Means-tested benefits can actually be more expensive to provide, harder to sell politically, and less effective than universal social programs, and they can place both a social stigma and discouraging bureaucratic requirements on Americans in need."
Biden’s Paid Leave Plan at Risk as Lawmakers Look to Shrink Package, NY Times: "Biden’s initial $3.5 trillion plan called for providing up to 12 weeks of paid leave for new parents, caretakers for seriously ill family members and people suffering from a serious medical condition. Democrats proposed compensating workers for at least two-thirds of their earnings and funding the program with higher taxes on wealthy people and corporations."
PROFESSIONAL OPPORTUNITIES
Director of Development, Bridges Outreach (Summit, NJ)
Fiscal Grant Analyst, Integrity House (Newark, NJ)
Harm Reduction Specialist, North Jersey Community Research Initiative (Newark, NJ)
