EVESHAM — A complaint filed against a man accused of harassing a pastor after he stood up to racism has been put on hold, but support for the reverend is in full swing. Ryan Paetzold, reverend of the Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in Audubon, Camden County, reported earlier this month that he was harassed online by a man who identified himself as a…
We want to thank Pastor Brenda Lumzy-Hick of Mount Calvary Missionary Church in New Brunswick and Rabbi Abraham of Temple Sholom in Scotch Plains for hosting our grassroots leadership trainings over the weekend. This was a powerful moment for people of different faith traditions and moral values to gather together and learn key organizing principles and ways to build more…
NEWARK — At 15, Erich Kussman landed himself in a New Jersey juvenile correctional center for six months on marijuana possession charges. He still recalls the jail’s “deplorable conditions” and his constant state of fear. But Kussman is hoping New Jersey’s next governor will change the tide. Now a 37-year-old Somerville resident, Kussman joined clergy members and faith-based organizations on the Hall…