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(EAST ORANGE/ORANGE, NJ) - On this last day of Women’s History Month, before the clock strikes 12 midnight, TAPinto wanted to pause from all the Coronavirus news and take the time to highlight women in our communities making a difference.
In honor of the many s-heroes, we have created our second annual “East Orange and Orange 100 Women of Power and Progress” list.
The criteria used to select each woman was as follows: 1. The woman must be a resident of or work in East Orange or Orange. 2. She must use her life and platforms by way of career, volunteerism, social media, etc. to promote positivity, unity, and the uplifting of other women within one of the two municipalities and beyond.
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By KAREN CHAMBERS
Longtime South Orange resident Karen Chambers
Longtime South Orange resident Karen Chambers
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By KAREN CHAMBERS
February 27, 2021 at 7:46 PM
The year was 1981. Ronald Reagan was in office. The country was facing a recession. MTV was bursting onto the scene with a hot new visual music medium and a group called the Sugar Hill Gang was introducing the world to hip hop with their smash hit, “Rapper’s Delight.”
For my family, it was the year my parents made one of the biggest sacrifices and best decisions of their lives. My mom, an insurance auditor and my dad, an entrepreneur both immigrants from Jamaica, changed the trajectory of our family’s life with a five-mile move within New Jersey to South Orange.
January 29, 2021
The South Orange/Maplewood Community Coalition on Race, SOMA Action Racial Justice Committee, and SOMA Justice will partner to bring Black History to life through a virtual presentation and conversation with
Civil Rights activist, Joanne Bland, Thursday, February 4th at 7:30 PM.
Ms. Bland began her activism in 1961 at the age of 8, attending a freedom and voters’ rights meeting presided over by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and later participated on the front lines at age 11 on “Bloody Sunday,” March 7, 1965 crossing the Edmund Pettis Bridge with John Lewis and others.
This virtual event is a great opportunity for youth, as well as adults, to hear first-hand about this day and other historic events that took place on our country’s continuing journey towards racial equality. Ms. Bland’s presentation will be followed by a Q&A with participants. If you are unfamiliar with John Lewis, or “Bloody Sunday,” the Coalition recommends that you watch the “Joh