Newark, NJ - When six Asian international students at Rutgers University found their student statuses abruptly terminated in April 2024, they were left in legal limbo. Represented by the ACLU of New Jersey, the Rutgers Immigrant Community Assistance Project, and attorneys from the Gibbons Fellowship in Public Interest and Constitutional Law, the students challenged the terminations in federal court—and won a preliminary injunction on May 8, 2025, in the United States District Court of New Jersey.

Newark, NJ - Opoku “OpotheBoat” Boateng is a Ghanaian-American filmmaker who recently released his first 20-minute short film, "Apple Cider - A Parable of Black Love". Released on YouTube on March 10th, 2025, “Apple Cider” was written and directed by Opoku, who also stars as one of its three main characters. The film centers around a young trio who struggle to reconnect as a family as their shared family traumas continue to take root in the present.

Newark, NJ - Labor unions and trade organizations have long fought for workers’ rights, including fair wages and safe, humane working conditions in industries like the building and manufacturing trades — occupations often dominated by men. But women have long existed within these non-traditional careers (defined as occupations with less than 25 percent of a gender making up the workforce) and been a driving force in the Labor Movement, yet even now, they are still pressing for their rights to equitable treatment from employers and colleagues alike.