Glocally Newark

Change Comes Hard

Waiting for a New York City subway last week, my eye caught a billboard with the words BRICK CITY prominently plastered across it. It looked like a movie poster, and a quick Google later revealed a 5-part documentary on Newark. Produced by Forrest Whitaker, the series airs on the Sundance Channel, five nights in a row, beginning on Monday, September 21st at 10pm.

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Mayor Booker Talks Issues With LGBT Journalists

The New York chapter of the National Lesbian & Gay Journalists Association in collaboration with The NJ Devils hosted a brunch at the Prudential Center Restaurant with Mayor Booker to discuss the plethora of issues facing Lesbian, Gay, Bi-sexual and Transgender (LGBT) Newarkers.

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Cory Booker in the House

Everyone, the party has officially started. Mayor Cory Booker has arrived!  And we’re going to ask him questions only WE could ask him.      So, Cory, how did you hear about Glocally Newark? “I have to say, Desiree, my communications director, actually sent me to the site, and her enthusiasm about it was infectious.  And when I saw [...]

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