For over twenty years he has translated his compassion for humanity, into works of art and service by telling stories that otherwise would not be told; teaching tolerance, forgiveness, and perseverance. In 2009 he directed the play, “A Raisin in the Sun” utilizing local talent in Plainfield, and is currently working with a history class to produce a documentary; and has been the guest speaker for Plainfield PAL's Youth Exposure for three years, which is a mentoring program for middle school students in Plainfield, NJ. Alrick has tirelessly and consistently served every community that he has been a part of, from the Ivory Coast, to NJ and the hallowed halls of Rutgers and NYU. His volunteerism and determination serves as a standard of what one can do when motivated by a willingness to serve. By nominating Alrick for this prestigious award, I am confident that his work in the shadows and background will shine in the light.
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Our Nominee For The NJ Governor's Jefferson Award
For over twenty years he has translated his compassion for humanity, into works of art and service by telling stories that otherwise would not be told; teaching tolerance, forgiveness, and perseverance. In 2009 he directed the play, “A Raisin in the Sun” utilizing local talent in Plainfield, and is currently working with a history class to produce a documentary; and has been the guest speaker for Plainfield PAL's Youth Exposure for three years, which is a mentoring program for middle school students in Plainfield, NJ. Alrick has tirelessly and consistently served every community that he has been a part of, from the Ivory Coast, to NJ and the hallowed halls of Rutgers and NYU. His volunteerism and determination serves as a standard of what one can do when motivated by a willingness to serve. By nominating Alrick for this prestigious award, I am confident that his work in the shadows and background will shine in the light.
Saturday, February 11, 2012
Friday, February 10, 2012
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Muhlenberg in Morristown
Gov. Corzine and Health Commissioner Heather Howard placed the communities served by Muhlenberg Regional Medical Center in the Morristown Service Area, in a document designed to "Rationalize Healthcare" through a heavy focus on hospital closings and the resulting redistribution of health care resources.
This expensive, outsourced perspective on New Jersey geography was developed by the same consultants that produced the very short, controversial, travel times to alternative acute care hospitals. This, now "historic" report cost taxpayer dollars when accurate data could have been calculated, in house, by weights and measures or by google and mapquest, for free.
The other Hospital Service Area options include New Brunswick that borders communities served by Muhlenberg and are listed in the travel times to alternate sources of care. At least the Newark service area is accessible by public transportation. Seniors and people without cars can reach Robert Wood Johnson, in New Brunswick, by taking multiple trains with a change in Newark.
The Neighborhood Health Center, long ago moved virtually out of Plainfield, and now borders Greenbrook and Dunellen in Somerset and Middlesex Counties. These women who tend not to have cars, were sent to Elizabeth, virtually Newark, to give birth? A long way to transport a woman in labor and a difficult trip to visit a newborn that doesn't come home with the mother. At the very least, Elizabeth should have been restored to the Raritan Valley Train Line. People doing business with Union County and the court system would help make the route more profitable.
Have you ever tried to get to Morristown from Muhlenberg? Why was there no travel time to Morristown included in the alternatives to care at Muhlenberg?
New Jersey Acute Care Hospital by Market Area
http://www.nj.gov/health/rhc/finalreport/documents/appendix_3.pdf
This expensive, outsourced perspective on New Jersey geography was developed by the same consultants that produced the very short, controversial, travel times to alternative acute care hospitals. This, now "historic" report cost taxpayer dollars when accurate data could have been calculated, in house, by weights and measures or by google and mapquest, for free.
The other Hospital Service Area options include New Brunswick that borders communities served by Muhlenberg and are listed in the travel times to alternate sources of care. At least the Newark service area is accessible by public transportation. Seniors and people without cars can reach Robert Wood Johnson, in New Brunswick, by taking multiple trains with a change in Newark.
The Neighborhood Health Center, long ago moved virtually out of Plainfield, and now borders Greenbrook and Dunellen in Somerset and Middlesex Counties. These women who tend not to have cars, were sent to Elizabeth, virtually Newark, to give birth? A long way to transport a woman in labor and a difficult trip to visit a newborn that doesn't come home with the mother. At the very least, Elizabeth should have been restored to the Raritan Valley Train Line. People doing business with Union County and the court system would help make the route more profitable.
Have you ever tried to get to Morristown from Muhlenberg? Why was there no travel time to Morristown included in the alternatives to care at Muhlenberg?
New Jersey Acute Care Hospital by Market Area
http://www.nj.gov/health/rhc/finalreport/documents/appendix_3.pdf
Monday, February 6, 2012
Memorial Stone
Elkanah Fitz Randolph and his tombstone were moved from the Seventh Day Baptist cemetery to another Plainfield Area cemetery in 1903. The people interred in the Seventh Day Baptist Cemetery, which was located at West Ninth Street and Arlington Avenue, had to be moved to other local cemeteries because the land was purchased by the City of Plainfield to build Plainfield High School.
Elkanah Fitz Randolph was President Barack Obama's 5th cousin 6 times removed.
Photograph taken by NAP
copyright 2012 NAP
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