Disclaimer: Adrienne is a Filipino-American. PHILIPPINES — In Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith, character Padme Amidala — a senator and mother of Luke Skywalker and Leia Organa — once said “So this is how liberty dies… with thunderous applause.” But, in the Philippines, it died in a quiet courtroom
July 7 — that’s New Jersey’s Primary Election Day, which will help determine who moves on to the General Election in November. One person asked Slice of Culture to show what candidates Hudson County — and New Jersey — will be seeing on their ballots. Here’s the first part of New
Black Lives Matter. Bayonne, NJ. 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Another Hudson County protest drew hundreds to Stephen R. Gregg Park in Bayonne on Sunday. The crowd marched with signs and chanted down the road in the park to the park’s steps. Here, protesters kneeled for 8 minutes and
JERSEY CITY — When Bri’Che Lynn saw the video of the killing of George Floyd, she cried. But on Monday, she wiped her tears and instead walked in solidarity with her people, she said. Lynn was one of the hundreds who protested the death of Floyd in Jersey City Monday
Black Lives Matter. Jersey City, New Jersey. 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. On Monday, June 1, hundreds of protestors came out to Berry Lane Park in solidarity with the Minneapolis, Minnesota protestors following the death of George Floyd. Adrienne J. Romero went to
