cooperate asbury. Derek minno bloom

Asbury Park

Volunteers sought for Community Public Safety Units

Goal is to "de-escalate issues before they become bigger problems"

By Dan Jacobson


Community activists in Asbury Park have embarked on a new project: Establishing volunteer Community Public Safety Units.  The goal is to “respond to nonviolent community problems/issues in the moment they occur and for us to come to de-escalate issues before they become bigger problems,” according to Derek Minno-Bloom, one of the organizers of the effort.  Those […]

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Aug 03, 2020
Asbury Park

Talk and conversation on Martin Luther King’s economic views

Concept of participatory economics also on agenda for Jan. 27 event

By Dan Jacobson


The Cooperate Asbury group is hosting a talk and conversation about Martin Luther King, Jr.’s economic beliefs and the concept of participatory economics on January 27 at Trinity Church. Cooperate Asbury is led by a local group of activists dedicated to the creation of community-owned cooperative businesses, affordable housing, and people-powered direct democracies. Muata Greene and Derek […]

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Jan 06, 2020