Make the Road New Jersey 🦋

While billionaires like Peter Thiel and Alex Karp embed their technology into our government and profit from surveillance, militarization, and authoritarianism, communities are being detained, disappeared, and deported—all while footing the bill.

This #GivingTuesday, stand with the NJ immigrant & working-class families leading powerful change.

From stopping a new ICE jail to winning tenant protections & mobilizing voters statewide, our communities prove that when we organize, we win.

Donate today: maketheroadnj.org/donate

We, the people, have an agenda, and we aren’t going anywhere.

Learn more about the People’s Agenda and take action today to create a more accessible, affordable, safe, and welcoming New Jersey:

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This past weekend, after historic voter turnout hundreds of New Jerseyans gathered in Jersey City to demand concrete action to protect families, stop ICE abductions & provide real opportunities to thrive.

✅Pass the Immigrant Trust Act NOW!
✅Divest from Palantir NOW!

Tell Trenton to Lower Utility Bills with Clean Energy! Big Tech and their AI data centers are straining our power grid — and New Jersey families are footing the bill. We all pay more for electricity while Big Tech and private utilities profit. There's a ...

New Jersey families shouldn't pay for Big Tech's AI data centers.

We need @PowerPlayNJ to build clean energy here at home, create thousands of good-paying jobs, and make corporations pay what they owe.

Email your legislators now and remember to VOTE!

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South Jersey, heads up!

Join (name of your organization) on 11/1 for the South Jersey Community Civic Action Session. Learn how to build power in your community and celebrate local organizing wins to inspire the hard work ahead of us!

RSVP: www.mobilize.us/wtp/event/85...

.The @newjerseyoag.bsky.social is suing Amazon for illegally misclassifying thousands of Flex drivers to steal wages and deny benefits.

Labor organizations nationwide are standing in solidarity with NJ Amazon Flex Drivers, calling this lawsuit a national model.

When we fight, we win! ✊

We stand with @replamonica.bsky.social today, tomorrow, and every day after.

#StandWithMcIver #DefendDemocracy

Today, we’re outside the U.S. District Court to stand shoulder to shoulder w/ @replamonica.bsky.social as she faces bogus charges for providing oversight as an elected member of Congress to keep her constituents safe. We won’t stay silent!

#StandWithMcIver #DefendDemocracy

Central Jersey, heads up!

Join @maketheroadnj.bsky.social on Oct.18 for the Central Jersey Community Civic Action Session. Learn how to build power in your community and celebrate local organizing wins to inspire the hard work ahead of us!

RSVP: www.mobilize.us/wtp/event/84...

Are you between the ages of 14-25 & want to make a difference in your community?

Join us for a day filled w informative panels, engaging workshops & leave ready to change the world.

Come discover your power Oct. 4 at the Youth Power Summit in Princeton.

Register today!
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This N.J. city just took an important step to keep rents from skyrocketing Passaic's new rent control ordinance cuts maximum annual increases in half and eliminates a loophole that allowed landlords to dramatically raise rents when tenants moved out.

🏡✊This is what tenant power looks like.

After years of organizing, Passaic tenants won one of NJ’s strongest rent control laws, capping rent hikes at 3% & closing landlord loopholes.

Learn how they did it & what’s next below:

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RENT CONTROL IN PASSAIC: ACTIVISTS 1, LANDLORDS 0 But while NYC’s Mamdani rallies voters on rent control, Sherrill and Ciattarelli are silent

📣Passaic tenants are leading the way! By winning one of NJ’s strongest rent control ordinances, tenant leaders showed us that when we organize, we win!

“Tenants are feeling the squeeze on housing costs & it is sufficient to motivate people to take action.”

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Events - Million Voters Project New Jersey 2025 September 2025 Organization Name Date of Canvas Time Location Type of Canvass Link to register MRNJ September 20 12:30 PM – 03:00 PM E/T 42 Broad St, Elizabeth, NJ 07201 Doorknocking Click here t...

With this kind of reach, we’re on track to change the game in 2025. Ready to help us push further?

Sign up to canvass us: njmillionvoters.org/events

🚀 Momentum alert! Through NJMVP:

✅We’ve made 741,991 attempts
✅Reached 609,742 voters
✅Had 8,500+ meaningful conversations across 21 counties

Most of those were low-propensity BIPOC voters who didn’t vote in 2024—and now they are being heard!

Childcare benefits the public, not just parents and children.

🗣️ Demand they RESTORE THE FUNDING at the #FixChildcareNow Town Hall.
📅 Sat, Sept 13 | 9:30 AM | The Waterfront at 2 Grafton Ave, Newark, NJ
Register online at: bit.ly/FixChildcareNow

#ChildCareForAllNJ

Passaic Enacts Sweeping Rent Control Ordinance, Capping Increases At 3% Passaic caps rent hikes at 3% and ends vacancy decontrol, aiming to protect thousands of families from displacement.

#tbt: Passaic just passed one of NJ’s strongest rent control laws, capping rents at 3% & ending vacancy decontrol.

A historic victory for the 9,800+ tenant households and 4,000 families now shielded from displacement!

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📣 NJMVP partner AAPI New Jersey is kicking off voter season!

✅ Thursday, Sept. 4
Get Out the Vote Kick-Off Training

🔗 Register here: www.mobilize.us/aapinewjerse...

Be part of the movement to get our communities ready and excited to vote this year! 🗳️✨

#NJMVP #civicengagement #NJVotes

🎉 VICTORY!

In a unanimous vote, Passaic stabilizes rents at 3% and becomes the 5th city in NJ to eliminate vacancy decontrol! This new housing ordinance will impact more than 10,000 tenants, nearly half of the city’s renter population. 

#PassaicTenants #RentersRising

📢Tonight, Passaic City Council will vote on one of the strongest rent stabilization laws in NJ, protecting 4,000+ families from displacement & ending vacancy decontrol!

➡️ Today, September 2nd
⏰ 6:30pm
📍 Passaic City Hall - 330 Passaic Street

#PassaicTenants #RentersRising

🏠 Did you know? Passaic’s proposed housing ordinance ends vacancy decontrol, a loophole that lets landlords hike rents when tenants move out.

This ordinance would protect thousands of families from displacement.

Let’s finish the fight!
📍 Sept 2, 6:30PM | Passaic City Hall

📢 Did you know? Passaic’s proposed housing ordinance would stabilize rents at 3%.

That means thousands of families can stay in their homes without the fear of sudden rent hikes.

The ordinance has to pass ONE MORE VOTE! Join us TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2ND at 6:30PM at Passaic City Hall!

If passed, the City of Passaic would:

✅ Stabilize rents at 3%
✅ Eliminate vacancy decontrol, a loophole landlords abuse to raise rents
✅ Provide greater transparency to tenants

Let’s keep the pressure going! Join us TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2ND AT 6:30PM at 330 Passaic Street, Passaic, NJ!

LET’S KEEP THE PRESSURE GOING AND PACK THE ROOM AGAIN!
Tuesday September 2nd- 6:30pm
330 Passaic Street, Passaic, NJ

On August 5th, 200+ Passaic tenants made history by introducing an ordinance that would strengthen tenant protections. The ordinance now moves to a second and FINAL VOTE!

#NJMVP is still reaching 1million voters to ask the questions that often go unheard:

📌 What issues impact you the most?
📌 What would make you feel motivated to vote?
📌 What do you want leaders to focus on?

Civic engagement should be about all of us. Let’s make it a reality!

When Senator Gordon M. Johnson says “everyone deserves to feel safe in their homes & neighborhoods," he’s right.

As ICE escalates Trump’s attacks, NJ legislature must act now! No delays, no excuses. Families’ safety is on the line. Pass the #ImmigrantTrustAct!
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🙌History in Passaic! On Aug. 5, Passaic moved to cap rent hikes at 3% & end vacancy decontrol. The new ordinance will keep families in their homes & fight displacement.

This is a victory led by Passaic tenants, housing advocates & allies!

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💡Did you know Passaic is thinking of updating their rent cap ordinance? This change could benefit and protect thousands of working-class families.

📲The powerful Passaic tenants are making calls, mobilizing the community to join us this Tuesday, August 5th at 6:30pm in Passaic!

Workers Roast as Federal Heat Standard Languishes Workers are overheating on the job, even in blue states. A proposed federal rule could help—but the Trump administration might abandon it.

🥵🌡️The Summer heat has been brutal & still workers across our state are picking up trash, pouring concrete, working in warehouses w/o basic protections like water, shade, or rest breaks.

How many more lives will we risk before NJ passes a heat standard?

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📅 SAVE THE DATE: On Wednesday Oct 15, join us for a night of food, music, joy & people's power in Elizabeth, NJ for our annual People's Power Celebration!

Stay tuned for ticket info & honorees!