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North Jersey Alternatives to Policing Taskforce (NJAPT) was designed to provide people in our state

05/10/2021

Lots of updates going on, namely how we’re publishing our resources! Check out this newsletter for details, and DM us if you want to join the project

Tomorrow 5/11 Black Lives Matter Paterson will be sponsoring a solidarity event with Palestine in light of increased violence by Israeli settlers and military. The event starts at 5pm in Gould Park. You can see for more information

Join Bridges4Life for a rally in support of s*x workers on Saturday 5/15 to heighten visibility of s*x workers in NYC 
Check out the research published by Campaign Zero on their website. Their campaign Nix the 6 takes aim at police unions and police “bill of rights” that are present in many cities’ laws: nixthe6.org/research 
Northern Highlands Regional High School has been fighting for a better curriculum to address race or .nj

Help with their petition to amend current legislation that would prevent NJ from entering into new contracts with ICE, to also cancel existing ICE contracts: bit.ly/amend_end_ICE

01/11/2021

Shouts to Hudson County, NJ!!! Here’s our guide of resources for community care and public safety without policing for Hudson ✊🏼✊🏾✊🏿

Services with no alarm involve police the least or not at all, services with 🚨 do sometimes involve police, and services with ❗️ 🚨 ❗️often or are required to involve police.

We’ll be updating and adding more services as our project moves ahead and continues to grow — see njalternatives.com for more!

Interested in contributing to NJAPT? We’re dedicated to promoting community care without cops, and to supporting the Movement for Black Lives. Help out with resource research 🧐, organizational outreach 🤝, and social media 🤳! DM to join our team of volunteers

Check out our Ess*x County and Union County guides, too!

09/14/2020

It’s here! NJ APT has compiled a list of resources in Ess*x County to call instead of calling the cops. Screenshot, save, send this to your friends, family, and neighbors! Utilizing these alternatives can prevent escalation and violence in our communities and keep lives from being lost to senseless police brutality.

Cop Cooperation assessments have been made to determine the extent of resources’ relationships with law enforcement. These ratings are based on the judgements of our members who reached out to these organizations.

Follow us on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter for updates on our upcoming guides, including ones for Hudson and Union counties!

09/10/2020

We’ve been off the gram for a second, but still busy! Check out our newsletter, which we plan to publish every other week 🗞

It’s been over 100 days since Maurice Gordon was killed by a police officer here in NJ. Meanwhile we have eyes on Holmdel township pushing back against public displays of rallying behind cops

As for us, we’re contacting a slew of Hudson County organizations for vetting for our alternatives guide, researching organizations in Union County, and continuing to grow our project! Want to help us out? Send a DM! Look out for an IG version of our Ess*x Guide next week 🤳🏽

Let’s educate ourselves with a podcast episode from feat. and Noname, and also support and fighting to protect school children in New Brunswick.

08/18/2020

We are excited to put out our first NJAPT newsletter! 🗞🎉
-Updates on where we’re at with the project 📇
-Key events this weekend
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-Suggested action item ☎️calling with to demand the we make police misconduct records public!

07/29/2020

Interested in working to find alternatives to calling the cops? North Jersey Alternatives to Policing Taskforce wants your help to expand this project! Just shoot us a DM to set up a time to get more info 👋 or if you just want to send us recommendations, fill out this form here: tinyurl.com/NJAPT-rec (link in bio)

07/23/2020

It's up!!! 🎉 Head to https://njapt.webstarts.com for our first set of alternatives to calling the cops! We are excited to launch this first list of resources and services to help us practice public safety without police.

07/17/2020

👀keep your eyes peeled👀 because we'll be releasing our first ALTERNATIVES TO CALLING THE POLICE guide very soon, covering resources across Ess*x County, NJ! It'll be published on our upcoming website 🤓 so stay tuned for updates in the next few days. Interested in joining this project? Feel free to reach out!

07/15/2020

Big news! Today we're publicly launching our project, the North Jersey Alternatives to Policing Taskforce (NJAPT). We're a group of organizers, activists, and artists working to create thoroughly researched and vetted guides of hotlines and services that may serve as alternatives to calling the police in our communities. Individuals and organizations use these resources and accompanying tactics to promote public safety so that we can stop relying on violent law enforcement and practice collective care without cops. Our alternatives guides and our ongoing social media work are meant to connect and support various campaigns around Black Lives Matter, police abolition, and related social justice work in our state.

People using our resources may be actively fighting in such campaigns, or may be simply curious about alternatives to policing. Ultimately, our goal is to empower every person to participate in community care and public safety without depending on a system of policing that’s designed to manage and maintain social and economic inequalities. Who keeps us safe? We keep us safe!

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Ess*x County, NJ
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http://njapt.webstarts.com/

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