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[zellie @zellieimani]

Here’s just SOME of the beautiful things happening at the Black Lives Matter Paterson Youth Center were we offer free recording sessions for youth the ages of 16-24. @blm_paterson

[BLM Paterson @blm_paterson]

"Mutual Aid is a practice and politics that emphasizes solidarity rather than charity." It creates or strengthens relationships and builds solidarity. Capitalism creates inequality, we will create alternatives to heal and help our people.

Please donate $5 to $blmpaterson

[matthew zeitoun @matthewzeitoun]

#justice4Najee https://t.co/dYCI32lJTa

[My Holding Space @MyHoldingSpace]

Najee Seabrooks Neighborhood Hero Scholarship https://t.co/YsAOH37UfH

[zellie @zellieimani]

Paterson residents call on AG to fire bad cops, reform police | Video | NJ Spotlight News https://t.co/SoSlVnOpSC

[zellie @zellieimani]

A participatory economy in Paterson is worth considering https://t.co/CYDtGICB2B via @njmonitor

[Bobby Brier @bobby_brier]

“So it’s going to be up to the attorney general whether he’s going to hear the voices of the community and implement those much needed changes, or are they going to dictate to us what is going to happen." — @zellieimani

@NJSpotlightNews/@Report4America
https://t.co/RiNCVCr6dj

[BLM Paterson @blm_paterson]

🚨 Call to action!! 🚨

☎️ Call Assemblyman Coughlin and tell him to put the Civilian Complaint Review Board bill (a1515) up for a vote now!

[BLM Paterson @blm_paterson]

🚨 Call to action!! 🚨

The NJ Attorney General will be in Paterson this Thursday to host a listening session on mental health and public safety? They aren't promoting it well.
Can we count on you to spread the word and show up for victims of police violence?

[BLM Paterson @blm_paterson]

BLM Paterson medic squad doing health screenings yesterday at Gilmore Preschool’s Community Day event.

We got us.

[zellie @zellieimani]

Protesters demand answers about N.J. teacher accused of holding autistic preschooler upside-down https://t.co/wxHNFpngHi

[BLM Paterson @blm_paterson]

At our BLM Harm Reduction center, community members that use substances or are houseless come to get resources, and also just to relax and decompress!

Thankful for those with green thumbs keeping our plants alive 😭😭

[NJ Spotlight News @NJSpotlightNews]

Black Lives Matter Paterson recently opened the city’s first harm reduction center to help those affected by substance abuse and opioid overdose. The facility opened in February and now helps about 60 people daily. https://t.co/dmqmkMwSmM

[Jason Williams @DrJWilliams4]

BLM Paterson opens harm reduction center | NJ Spotlight News. Omg 😭😭 ⁦@melissarcooper⁩ I dropped tears watching this story. Very well done and kudos again to ⁦@zellieimani⁩ and the team! Let’s keep the spotlight going on this center. https://t.co/NnQ7H1t6Bf

[zellie @zellieimani]

The recently opened Black Lives Matter Harm Reduction center doesn’t just provide narcan & harm reduction kits.

But it provides love & support. We recognize the humanity of our community members that use substances. No one is disposable @NJSpotlightNews https://t.co/yv8HIdOE9M

[zellie @zellieimani]

Our harm reduction outreach team formed in the winter of 2022.

Throughout the winter we distributed hot dinners, blankets, hats, and gloves to support our houseless neighbors.

We needed to build relationships. We needed people alive.

[zellie @zellieimani]

The center was three years in the making and began with a nightly street outreach crew that distributed hand sanitizers and face masks. With the help of more funding, we began distributing needles and Narcan, a drug that counteracts overdoses. https://t.co/ifM28j4ZyT

[Amazon Watch @amazonwatch]

The largest Indigenous mobilization in Brazil will be taking place on April 24-28! @MidiaIndigena, the largest Indigenous media collective in Brazil, will be there covering the event and organizing workshops! Show your solidarity with a donation today!
https://t.co/61klHRBqgN

[Ryan P. Haygood @RyanPHaygood]

8 miles.

That is the distance between Newark & Millburn, NJ.

In Newark (50% Black) the median home value is $231,500.

8 miles away in Millburn (2% Black), it is $1,096,200.

Why?

Redlining in NJ designed it this way.

Join us 4/19 at 4PM for “Combatting Modern-Day Redlining.”

[zellie @zellieimani]

Paterson has one of the highest rates of HIV in New Jersey, and injection drug use is the leading cause of transmissions among men in the city. In 2021, 41% of all HIV transmissions happened through dirty needles, the Department of Health reported.