On August 8, 2015, approximately 8000 people marched through their neighborhoods in Newark to demand an end to violence. From all 5 wards, people convened at Broad and Market, demonstrating their unity as a city. Here, Mayor Baraka speaks addresses the causes that propel young men into a life of violence and what we can do about it. Click the link below to hear Mayor Baraka.
Occupy the City: If you believe in a god, make him show up.
Published by TraceyNoelle
Tracey Noelle Luz is a photographer and filmmaker based out of Jersey City, NJ. She is the director of "They Will Be Heard" a documentary about Cuban metal band Escape and "This is How We Win" a documentary about the public education crisis in Newark in 2015. She is currently in post production on "Bring the Sun" a short film about Shayfer Jame's "March of Crows" multi-media project with Jersey City artists. She was the executive director of UnBlock the Rock, a campaign that brought Cuban metal to the United States for the first time in 2013. Behind the camera, she is a creative force capturing stories and emotions with compelling imagery. She has been published in Buzzfeed, Rolling Stone and Human Rights Watch. View more posts
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