More than 200 organizations, including grassroots, civic, community, labor, student, religious and social justice groups, have endorsed a daylong social justice convention scheduled for Saturday in Newark, according to organizers.
Sponsored by the People’s Organization for Progress (POP) and co-sponsored by the Martin Luther King People’s Convention for Justice and Resistance Planning Committee, the event will mark the second annual gathering of a broad coalition of New Jersey social justice, faith-based and community organizations.
The convention will start at 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Essex County College’s Smith Hall, 303 University Ave. The free event is open to the public. To participate, register online through Mobilize, call (973) 801-0001 or email [email protected]…