This is important to us as a student body because of the silence that lies within. Students of color should feel safe and heard throughout their community. Separating two races while expressing feelings about police brutality and racism against blacks is adding more fuel to the fire. They ask us to be one community and then separate us when times get rough. On many accounts, students have been promised and told that things would change and become better, but we’re still waiting. Current staff/students, Alum, and members of the community we ask that you use your voice as we hope for a better community. Share your stories that have been kept quiet, share your experiences from what you’ve seen, and share your love for those who need it.

CAUSE HE DOES BAD AND MEAN THINGS HE CELEBRATES THE PORE PEOPLE WHO LOST THEIR JOBS. AS A HUMAN BEING, I'M SAD THAT OUR PRESIDENT IS BEING MEAN TO VERY GOOD PEOPLE WHO HELP OUR COMMUNITY. IT'S NOT OKAY BECAUSE HE SHOULD MAKE GOOD CHOICES FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND HE'S JUST MAKING EVERYTHING WORSE AND BEING A BAD LEADER. I AM A 6 YEAR OLD WHO WANTS US TO HAVE A BETTER WORLD. IN DIFFERENT PLACES REALLY BAD THINGS ARE GOING ON.

This is important because its a step for black people to get equality and to get justice for all of the innocent Black people that were killed due to police brutality.

Qualified immunity is a legal doctrine that shields police from legal liability for murder, violence, and other misconduct. Qualified immunity must end now, for the memory of George Floyd--and countless others who've suffered and died at the hand of lawless police brutality. The police should be accountable to, not immune from, the same laws they enforce. They should be accountable to, not immune from, their violation of our constitutional rights. Federal law ending qualified immunity will deter police violence by making law-breaking police officers accountable for their actions. It will give the public--who both fund the police, and whom the police are supposed to protect and serve--legal recourse for police violence. Please take action to end qualified immunity for police now.

If we want to change the epidemic of mostly black men being murdered by police, we have to take strong action and this proposal is just one change that is needed.

These kids have been robbed of so much already their senior year due to COVID-19. Please don't take this from them as well. They deserve this!!! They need this!!! Please sign our petition so our kids can be recognized the way they deserve to be!!! Thank you!

Countless families have been torn apart by ICE. Our country cannot continue to separate families, warehouse people, and perpetuate nationalist violence. Immigration detention is always immoral, unnecessary, and unjust. But with COVID-19, it is also deadly. After multiple deaths of inmates, nurses, and corrections officers since the pandemic started, New Jersey's jails and detention centers are obviously at extreme risk of spreading COVID-19 and infecting those inside. Social distancing is not substantially possible there. Reports indicate that supplies like soap and quality food are sometimes inaccessible. These are incredibly dangerous places. Justice means removing the most violent and dangerous law enforcement operations from our communities, and we need to start right here in Essex County. Tell Essex County Board of Freeholders to vote YES on a resolution that releases every person detained by ICE in ECCF.

Wearing the flag or celebrating it, putting it on your car window or coffee table in your house, it's a reminder to everyone, to every guest, to every person who sees it, black or white, that you are a stakeholder in the Confederate history of the South, and therefore the defense of slavery and racial prejudice. No one is immune to this. Even to say that it’s about heritage not hate, is to recognize that for many people it is inextricably about hate. You can’t filter out the racism and leave what’s pure and historical in the flag, because that purity doesn’t exist. Some things are so primitively stained or tarnished by history that that can never be set side. The flag is a perfect example.

We put our lives and our families lives at risk with minimal protection. When we were asked to wear the same dirty N95 mask for a week. Instead of quitting we showed up. We did not have to risk our lives and we did. Even after our colleagues have fallen ill or dying we kept showing up to fight this deadly disease. When our coworkers are unable to obtain worker’s compensation due to contracting COVID we still showed up. We could of walked away anytime and gotten another job when this pandemic was over and we STAYED. https://www.forbes.com/sites/terinaallen/2020/04/17/senate-proposal-up-to-25000-pay-raise-for-these-essential-workers/ Some facilities withhold funds and not pay frontline workers. Tired of seeing big corporations receiving bailout and not passing it along to individuals. If there is hazard pay the monies should be given directly to frontline workers.

Because the results aren’t true. Because Mr Floyd died of asphyxiation at the knee of Officer Chauvin. Because a heinous murder was committed in the name of racism and the medical examiner’s office in Minneapolis is culpable. Because even in death Mr Floyd is maligned, misrepresented and disrespected and that is unspeakable.

Phoenix Section Zoning Ordinance 660 - Four Corner Overlay District restricts use for a Mortuary without obtaining a special permit; residents helped to develop this Overlay to prevent certain businesses from operating in the community. The City of Phoenix has invested over 50 million dollars in the revitalization of South Phoenix Village, which would make it irresponsible to allow a business that falls outside of the criteria of the Overlay. The Four Corner Sites need retail businesses, which are desired by the residents. Clean up of this area needed to take place before this area could attract these businesses. The diverse population of new homeowners who have invested in 30 year mortgages in a new home deserve respect and the utmost consideration through denial of this special permit request for a mortuary. I am one of hundreds of residents that are requesting that respect and consideration. We have nearly 30 churches within a couple miles radius of this location to extend chapel services, we have the Broadway Heritage Resource Center within a block of the building to hold community meetings, and most importantly we have nearly 30 funeral homes within less than 10 miles of the proposed building. Please stand with me by signing this petition of opposition. Let’s make our position as a community clear, instead of allowing individuals outside our community make decisions that benefit their endeavors. Together we have a powerful voice!

Minneapolis police officers shouldn’t allow someone like Kroll to represent them, and elected officials shouldn’t tolerate police union leadership that promotes bigotry and violence, and blocks accountability and reform. Kroll, like many police union leaders, is notorious for defending dangerous and abusive cops, resisting any form of accountability for police officers, and doing everything possible to block reform. He has worn a white supremacist badge, associated with other white supremacist cops, made many racist statements, and committed unprovoked brutality himself. After the city of Minneapolis recently banned “warrior-style” training -- referred to by its proponents as “killology” -- Kroll went out of his way to attack the decision and continue providing the training to cops. The former police chief of Minneapolis has called on Kroll to resign. Kroll and the police union he leads aren’t unique. The Minneapolis police union -- like police unions across the country -- fights against police reform and accountability tooth and nail. They routinely defend violent and abusive officers, and often succeed in getting violent cops reinstated after they are fired. They use their political power to fight reform, and win contracts that effectively put police above the law. They attack and threaten anyone who dares to challenge the police, including activists, elected officials, and everyday people. It’s time to confront police unions and expose their role in perpetuating police brutality, shielding violent police from accountability, and blocking common-sense reform. Confronting Bob Kroll and the Minneapolis police union is the first step in challenging the power of police unions across the country. By forcing Kroll out of leadership at the Minneapolis Police Federation, we can send a powerful message to police unions everywhere: if you continue to promote and defend police violence, your power will be taken away.