Candle Category: Awareness

We lit a candle for Najee Seabrooks, killed by the Paterson police on Friday. Najee dedicated his life to reducing gun violence and worked every day as a high-risk violence interventionist. In the midst of a mental health crisis, Najee’s team, his family, was not allowed to do the work they were trained to do,...

We lit a candle for a dangerous trend in our culture, the normalization of Anti-Semitism by athletes, musicians and politicians, and the deafening silence of too many in the face of this hate speech.

We lit a candle for our region’s Water Emergency, urging us to refrain from all non-essential water use. We especially keep in our hearts the homebound and those challenged by circumstances as the water main break in Nutley has compromised the water supply not just here but throughout Essex, Hudson and Bergen counties. We don’t...

We lit a candle of awareness for Parker James, Faith Leigh, Sam, Hope, Alex, Joseph and all of the babies gone too soon. October is Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness month. We remember all the babies gone too soon, especially our precious angels.