I used to pray that he protect my favorite people in the world
My uncle pie the champion and my grandma my favorite girl
For a while everything was going alright
Yeah still struggle and strife but not a death in sight
Then one day I got that call and all I could do was fall
Fall to my knees and just cry
The Malcolm X Commemoration Committee (MXCC), partnering with the Community Media Center (CMC) at Rutgers University–Newark’s Express Newark, is launching the first annual Malcolm X Human Rights Film Festival on November 6th and 7th. Individuals can attend the event, held at Express Newark, 54 Halsey Street, with doors opening on Friday at 6pm and Saturday at 12pm.
The two-day festival will use Malcolm X as an anchor to display the intersections of social justice, human rights, and community activism through documentary and film. Malcolm X was a prominent civil rights leader, revolutionary, and minister who developed the foundations of the Black Power movement. His advocacy included pushing for Black self-determination, exercising voting rights, and decolonizing Africa, framing civil rights issues as broader human rights ones.
As early voting in the 2026 midterm election begins, poll workers help ensure people’s ability to represent themselves. Poll workers are present during early voting and on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 3rd, assisting voters with questions, checking individuals in at polling stations, and ensuring equal opportunity to cast a vote. In-person voting hours are from 6-8 p.m. across polling places in New Jersey.
On Saturday, October 25th, about 100 labor union members and community activists rallied outside Newark’s Delaney Hall immigration detention facility. They called for an end to the mistreatment of detainees and greater action against ICE.
The rally follows months of protests outside Delaney Hall, a privately operated immigration detention center that has faced extreme backlash due to allegations of poor medical care and living conditions.
After a prolonged period of dormancy, the Chambers Family Carousel at Newark’s Military Park reopened on Oct. 23rd at $450,000, bringing back an attraction that has been absent from the downtown park for years.
The small carousel claims a 26-foot diameter on the 6-acre park in the heart of the business district. With very few children-centered playgrounds in the city, the carousel presents an opportunity for families and children to make the heart of Newark a family-friendly space.
Feature image: Newark’s Military Park carousel at night. (Photo credit, Ryan Novosielski for Public Square Amplified)
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