Posts by Barry Bendar

For Immediate Release January 6, 2021   “END THE WARS” PROTEST TODAY (JANUARY 6) IN FRONT OF SENATOR BOOKER AND SENATOR MENENDEZ’S OFFICE IN NEWARK, NJ   Date:   Wednesday, January 6, 2021 Time:  5:30 – 7:00 pm Place:   1 Gateway Plaza, Newark, NJ Contacts: Madelyn Hoffman at (973)876-1023 Lisa Davis at (973)517-1405 Bob Witanek at…

For Immediate Release January 4, 2021 Contact: Tania Mattos, Freedom for Immigrants tmattos@freedomforimmigrants.com (646) 354-0065 Marlene Nava Ramos, Critical Resistance marlene.n.ramos@gmail.com (929) 390-8606   Over 140 Men on Hunger Strike Against ICE Detention in Essex & Hudson Despite Threats and Retaliation by Guards and ICE   Kearny & Newark- As of the morning of Monday,…

For Immediate Release December 18th, 2020 Contact: Carlos Castañeda, Cosecha NJ carloscastaneda1124@gmail.com (908) 487 8148 Jorge Torres, NDLON jtorres@ndlon.org  203-278-2729 Kathy O’Leary, Pax Christi NJ kolearypcnj@gmail.com (973) 610-1684   The Hunger Strikes At Bergen Have Ended, But Support for Their Resistance Continues- Community Organizations Coming Together for Noche De Resistencia Popular (Night of Popular Resistance)…

ABOLISH ICE NY-NJ COALITION December 14th, 2020 Media Contacts: Rebekah Entralgo, rentralgo@freedomforimmigrants.org Kathy O’Leary, kolearypcnj@gmail.com    Over 100 Community & Faith Based Organizations Call For The Release Of “All People At The Bergen County Jail To Protect Their Health & Well Being”   HACKENSACK, NJ- In response to the hunger strike by people in ICE detention…

For Immediate Release- November 25, 2020 Contact: Madelyn Hoffman, Communications Chair, Green Party of New Jersey 973-876-1023 or gpnjcommunicationschair@gmail.com   Hudson County Freeholders Shamefully Vote to Renew 10-year Multimillion-Dollar Contract With ICE Freeholders’ vote fails to uphold their commitment from 2018 to phase out the contract with ICE by 2020. NEW JERSEY — Despite unrelenting…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 2, 2020 Contact: Madelyn Hoffman, Green Party candidate for US Senate, hoffmanforussenate@gmail.com (973)876-1023 Barry D. Bendar, Elections Chair, Green Party of NJ, electionschairgpnj@gmail.com 609-276-3183   Madelyn Hoffman, Green Party of NJ candidate for U.S. Senate, Decries Media Collaboration to Exclude Independent Candidates for U.S. Senate from Any Meaningful Debate   “This…

WASHINGTON — The Green Party of the United States EcoAction Committee has joined hundreds of other climate groups in urging President-elect Biden to take bold executive action on day one of his administration to treat climate change as a national emergency. Green Party of the United Stateswww.gp.org For Immediate Release:November 27, 2020 Contact:Mark Dunlea, Green Party…