Sunday, January 13, 2013
Maplewood Township Committee members voiced strong support for the work of the Coalition, but worried about the impact on funding and programs without more money from South Orange.
Maplewood's elected leaders had kind words for the work of the Community Coalition on Race today, but were more critical of the leadership of South Orange Village. The Coalition, which serves both Maplewood and South Orange and seeks about 40% of its revenues through allocations from the two towns, made a request to the Maplewood Township Committee for $34,200 for 2013. This is the same amount requested and allocated for 2012. The Coalition is making a request for $18,000 from South Orange Village. (The Coalition requested $22,500 and received $18,000 from South Orange Village in 2012.) South Orange elected officials have not included CCR funding in the 2013 budget, according to Trustee Michael Goldberg. "There will be zero funding of non…
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Tuesday, April 17, 2012
The leadership of the Community Coalition on Race releases a statement on the April 12, 2012 Board of Education Candidates Forum.
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Tuesday, April 17, 2012
The following statement was issued by the Community Coalition on Race at 2:56 p.m. on April 17, 2012: Last Thursday, the Community Coalition on Race held its annual BOE Candidates Forum. We are noted for providing a safe environment for candid conversation—especially when it comes to issues concerning race. That was our intent at our BOE Candidates Forum. The format we have used since we began hosting these forums is to develop questions relevant to the Coalition’s mission, which we then provide to the candidates beforehand. The questions focused on the relationship between school policies and integration, student success, and the minority achievement gap. Each candidate prepares his or her responses in advance. After these have …
Thursday, February 9, 2012
Anthony Greene will serve as Chair. Five new trustees are named.
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Thursday, February 9, 2012
South Orange resident Anthony Greene — a man with deep South Orange and Maplewood roots — is the new face of the South Orange/Maplewood Community Coalition on Race. Greene was elected the 2012 Chairman of the organization at its annual meeting in December. Greene is uniquely qualified to represent the two towns: Before moving to South Orange 13 years ago, he was a resident of Maplewood for 13 years. Greene served on the South Orange Maplewood Board of Education from 1994 to 1997. Greene is President of the Insurance Brokers Association of New York, Director of the Minority Corporate Counsel Association and Senior Vice President of Herbert L. Jamison & Co. LLC in West Orange NJ where he has worked for 23 years. His wife Cheryl taught at …
wade davies
10:20 am on Wednesday, April 18, 2012
What makes me so mad is the fact that we (residents\taxpayers) fund this outdated organization for no good reason at all. I wish the TC from Maplewood and the BOT from South Orange would finally wake up and stop using our money to fund thier antics. The time has come to put an end to the group getting a handout from the taxpayer and do the heavy lifting themselves. The CCR likes to mention that … more ›