Independent candidates are set to speak at Weequahic High School's Real Talk Thursdays

Newark, NJ - They are calling on the community to pack Weequahic high school’s auditorium at 279 Chancellor Avenue in Newark, New Jersey! On Thursday October 26, 2017, the Black History Month Committee of Weequahic high school will be sponsoring a free program called REAL TALK THURSDAYS for the students and the larger community in Newark, NJ. The event will begin at 7:00 pm. New Jersey Green Party Gubernatorial candidates Rev Seth Kaper-Dale and Lisa Durden and Newark, NJ’s independent Democratic Councilman-At-Large candidate Dupre ‘Do It All’ Kelly will be present to discuss their independent campaigns for elected office.

REAL TALK THURSDAYS begins October with an emphasis on politics for the 2017-2018 school year. Since election season is taking place in Newark and in New Jersey during the upcoming school year, REAL TALK THURSDAYS is dedicating the month of October to electoral politics. The Gubernatorial elections takes place in November of 2017, Newark, NJ’s Mayoral elections, and City Council elections, take place in May of 2018 and the US Congressional midterm elections will be taking place soon. The theme of the forum for the month is the following: Bringing Electoral Politics Back to the Southward Neighborhood of Newark, NJ.

This October, we will have a powerful line-up of elected and political candidates representing various levels of government scheduled to speak at the historic school. Newark, NJ's Mayor Ras J. Baraka will be speaking on October 12, 2017 at 7:00pm. New Jersey Democratic Gubernatorial Candidate Phil Murphy is planned to come on a Thursday, as well as, US Senator Corey Booker. US Congressman Donald Payne, Jr. is committed to speaking on Thursday, October 19, 2017 at 7:00pm. Hip Hop artist turned political candidate, Dupre “DO IT ALL” Kelly, from the legendary Hip Hop group Lordz of the Underground, plans to speak about his campaign to run for a Democratic Councilman-At Large seat in Newark, NJ on October 26,2017. Gubernatorial independent Green Party Candidate, the Rev. Seth Kaper-Dale, a Protestant minister from Highland Park, and his running mate for Lieutenant Governor Lisa Durden, a television and radio talk show host, will stop by from New Jersey’s world of highly organized and dominant political parties to discuss their campaigns to become the next Governor and Lieutenant Governor.

REAL TALK THURSDAYS continues to include community leaders and community-based organizations to insure a successful dialogue among community stake-holders. The organizations and leaders that have signed on to move the program forward will be the following: The Newark Anti-Violence Coalition (NAVC), the Pan -Afrikan Muslim Association, New Jersey Communities United, Above the Rim, the Newark Chapter of the NAACP, Douglas Freeman of the Weequahic Park Authority, and the Young & Successful Men's mentoring organization.

Bashir Muhammad Akinyele, the Chairperson of the Black History Month Committee and a history teacher at Weequahic High School says, “that this program is an opportunity to discuss solutions, with our elected officials, to the problems affecting African Americans, Latino Americans, people of color, women, the youth, and humanity in the Newark, NJ area.”

REAL TALK THURSDAYS is a student and community forum initiated by Weequahic High School’s Black History Month Committee. The focus of the forum is to provide free weekly spiritual, cultural and political education discussions to empower, inspire, and organize African /African Americans, Latino Americans, people of color, and the entire human family to become progressive change agents in America and in the world.

Weequahic High School Black History Month Committee was created 14 years ago, by teachers to organize programs and activities for February’s Black History Month.

REAL TALK THURSDAYS are held at Weequahic high school’s auditorium at 279 Chancellor Avenue in Newark, New Jersey!

For more information about the Real Talk Thursdays at Weequahic High School, contact (908) 956-3523 or (973) 705-3795.