The Third Annual Jersey Shore Ride for Food Justice is back on Sept. 11, with a rain date of Sept. 18.  All funds raised will be used to support Food Justice programs administered through Trinity church in Asbury Park, including Saturday Soup, the Food Pantry and the Women’s Hospitality Network.  Click here for more information […]

An Asbury Park protest against police violence will take place on Thursday at 6:30 pm at the Asbury Park post office, according to a statement by the Asbury Park Transformative Justice Project.  The following is the statement provided by Derek Minno-Bloom of the Transformative Justice Project:  Greetings From the Asbury Park Transformative Justice Project, The […]

With the City of Asbury Park recognizing Indigenous People’s Day this year, the Asbury Park Racial Justice Project is planning a celebration of the event at Springwood Park on Monday, October 12 from noon to 2 pm. The following is the news release from the Racial Justice Project announcing the event: The Racial Justice Project […]

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 […]

A team based at Trinity Episcopal Church that helps those in need of overnight shelter in the cold is making a call for volunteers as winter weather is upon us.  Derek Minno Bloom, Social and Food Justice Director at Trinity, issued the following statement: The Code Blue Team from Trinity Church is reaching out for […]

As the winter weather wanes so does the seasonal work of the Women’s Hospitality Network [WHN], a group of volunteers and churches who provide support and respite for those experiencing homelessness. Experiencing homelessness is the preferred appellation; replacing ‘the homeless,’ volunteer Derek Minno Bloom has explained. “One thing to note is that the reason the […]

Trinity Episcopal and Second Baptist churches have been designated as Monmouth County’s Code Blue warming stations for those experiencing homelessness, according to Derek Minno-Bloom, the Social and Food Justice Director at Trinity Episcopal Church. From 6 pm to 7 am on dry nights when the temperature falls below 28 degrees or below 32 degrees during […]

The Racial Justice Project at Trinity Episcopal Church has launched a campaign aimed at supporting and bringing awareness to black-owned businesses. Their first event will be held from 12:30 to 2 p.m. Saturday at At The Table, located at 311 Bond Street. “We will be getting together with old and new friends for Saturday Brunch […]

A group of city residents and churches have come together to form the Women’s Hospitality Network – an initiative aimed at housing single women experiencing homelessness. “One thing to note is that the reason the network is using experiencing homelessness instead of referring to people as homeless is to be more humanizing,” founding organizer Derek […]

A new 501c3 non-profit has landed in Asbury Park. Entitled, the Asbury Park Transformative Justice Project, founders Jennifer Lewinski, Kris Hlatky, and Derek Minno-Bloom aim to aid those returning from incarceration. “We put our belief that people are not the worst thing they ever did into action by providing intentional housing, empowering organizing training, job […]