The Asbury Park Community Action Network [AP CAN] will host their May monthly meeting Saturday, May 10 at St. Stephen’s AME Zion church. Organizers are calling the meeting the “Spring Summit to End Violence.” It begins at 11 a.m. The Asbury Park Community Action Network [AP CAN] is a grassroots initiative that seeks to address […]

The Asbury Park Community Action Network [AP CAN], a grassroots initiative that seeks to address issues of violence in the city, has announced plans to collaborate with city parents through the creation of classes that address issues many parents struggle with while raising children. The family services committee announced the start of AP CAN Parent University […]

The Asbury Park Community Action Network [Asbury CAN] is set to host their third Summit to End Violence meeting on Saturday, Jan. 11 at St. Stephen AME Zion Church and members of the public are invited to attend. Asbury CAN is a grassroots effort that seeks to address violence in the city by tackling what […]

Organizers of the November “Summit to End Violence” in Asbury Park held their second meeting Saturday at St. Stephen AME Zion Church. The first Summit to End Violence brought law enforcement officials, politicians, business owners and other city stakeholders together in November to address the underlying causes of violence in Asbury Park: health, law enforcement, jobs, housing and […]

Several community stakeholders will meet at Asbury Park’s St. Stephen AME Zion Church Saturday to engage in a discussion of long- and short-term solutions to mitigate the issue of violence on the city’s Westside. George Corbin and St. Stephen’s Pastor Derinzer Johnson have organized the “Summit to End the Violence in Asbury Park.” The summit […]