Join us at 8:45 am for coffee/tea and bagels. Dialogs begin at 9 am.

Our Dialog series provides a forum for intellectual pursuit and rational thought as integral to our spiritual journeys at UUCMC. We welcome suggestions for speakers and topics. The series runs from October through May.

The right to vote preserves all other rights; it protects from a tyrannical system of government. Generationally silencing communities of color with a variety of techniques has led to segregated schools, segregated housing, segregated neighborhoods and segregated houses of worship. If we take away peoples’ voices, we remove their ability to be productive and they become bargaining chips as they did in the eighties and nineties as Get Tough on Crime rhetoric led to more oppressive laws with greater sanctions to gain a few extra votes, at the expense of the human dignity of those we would not allow a voice.

Ron was incarcerated for 30 years. Through the NJ Step program, he earned college credits, and after parole, received a Justice Studies degree from Rutgers. The New Jersey Institute for Social Justice employs him as the Democracy and Justice Fellow. He has a passion to help lower the recidivism rate by working to change policies that create barriers formerly incarcerated individuals encounter while trying to reenter society. He has written articles, co-written a play, and has spoken in many places.