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In a short period of time BlueWaveNJ has
become a respected grassroots organization
recognized for the know-how and energy of
its thousands of committed volunteers and
supporters.
Our working groups,
conferences, marches and special events have
mobilized voters and coalitions to demand
positive change from our legislators at the
state and federal level in such critical
areas as health care, the economy, equality,
the environment, education, electoral reform
and sensible gun control. We have held major
conferences on gun violence, stem cell
research, Middle East peace, diversity and
commercial sexual exploitation of children
and our nation’s growing health care crisis.
We have distributed and written thousands of
educational flyers, petitions and letters.
We have directly lobbied legislators and
officials demanding that they save Social
Security, protect net neutrality, restrict
corporate media concentration, promote
alternative energy production, provide
universal health care, enact “clean
elections,” install reliable voting
machines, ensure quality education for all,
pass a fair state budget and marriage
equality legislation.
But issue-based
advocacy is only one of BlueWaveNJ’s
activities. In 2008 and 2009, our state and
federal political action committees
successfully trained more than 1,000
volunteers who helped elect progressive
candidates in local and national races. In
2009, the
BlueWaveNJ Public Interest
Foundation opened a Community Action Center
in Montclair, NJ, to serve as a free
resource for individuals and families in
need of after-school tutoring, job
counseling, and clothing, among other
services. And we are seeing positive results
from our school anti-violence community
programs in urban school districts.
BlueWaveNJ has garnered national and state
recognition. The group has been featured on
ABC’s “20/20” and received special mention
by then Governor Jon Corzine for our
advocacy work.
While BlueWaveNJ has
accomplished much since that cold, January
19 2005 inaugural meeting, there is still
much to be done with your help. Join
BlueWaveNJ today to help make our
communities, our country and our world a
better place to live. |
