Supporting Our New Jersey Veterans

Newark Community Solutions was proud to once again participant in the annual Stand Down of North Jersey providing support and services to homeless veterans including flu shots, HIV  testing, benefits assistance, employment programs, legal services, clothing donations and evens haircuts.  Newark Community Solutions staff and interns spoke with veterans in attendance about clearing up open municipal matters in Newark as well as other court based social services.

Center for Court Innovation 

Photo of the Week for 10/9/17

Ironbound Community Corporation’s LaQuan Thomas introduces one of the inhabitants of the Ironbound garden to Newark Community Solutions’ Lamar Mitchell. Lamar is the community service site supervisor for our Newark program, which provides alternative sentencing options for Newark Municipal Court. Once a week in summer and early fall, program participants can complete their community service mandates at the garden, picking fruits and vegetables for distribution to community members in need (participants go home with a bag of produce as well).

Newark Community Solutions and the Newark Youth Court 

hosting 2^nd Open Doors Art Exhibit

Reception: Friday, October 13^th

6:00pm-8:00pm

Newark Municipal Courthouse, 31 Green Street, Newark, NJ 07102

Newark Community Solutions is hosting its second annual community justice themed art exhibit titled Visions of Community Justice on Friday, October 13^th in the Newark Municipal Courthouse at 31 Green Street, Newark.  Part of the four day long Open Doors Citywide Arts Festival, the exhibit is one of dozens connected across the city.  For the second year in a row, NCS and the Newark Youth Court collaborated to create a “pop-up” art exhibition in the halls of the Newark Municipal Court. Community Justice works to engage community members to create and maintain healthy and safe neighborhoods by confronting, reducing and preventing crime while addressing its impact at the community level.  The exhibit is aligned with the values of the Newark Youth Court, a youth led program providing alternatives to traditional consequences, including community service and skill-building workshops, for school based and juvenile justice infractions.  Youth of the city of Newark have the opportunity to be diverted from traditional discipline, including suspensions, expulsions, truancy court or arrest, while gaining a connection to their peers and their community.

This past summer, Youth Court members and respondents worked with local artist Malik Whitaker to create art that’s reflective of their mission and how it resonates with participants and within the greater community.  Visions of Community Justice will highlight the artwork created by our Youth Court members and Youth Court respondents as well as local artists who answered an open call for submissions.  The Youth Court’s art (paintings, drawings, photographs and collages) will be the final product of an initiative funded by the Newark Arts Council’s ArtStart grant. 

Last year’s exhibit had a great turnout and inspired the creation of an Arts Committee which has worked to enhance the Newark Municipal Court space with art year-round. We look forward to seeing you at the exhibit!

WHEN: The evening of Friday, October 13^th, from 6:00pm-8:00pm. 

WHERE: The lobby of the Newark Municipal Courthouse, 31 Green Street, Newark, NJ 07102

 the evening of Friday, October 13^th, from 6:00pm-8:00pm.