AAPI Montclair

2,000 lanterns throughout the park were lit as a memorial “all the souls lost to racial injustice, inequity, and violence."

The festival will commemorate those harmed or killed by violence and will celebrate community and solidarity.

Amber Reed and Jeffrey Chang urge solidarity in the face of racially motivated hate and attacks.

Racers completed in a closed course at Brookdale Park, and were splashed with color and water at the finish line.

Two race options, a 5k and a 1-mile Fun Run, will be in Brookdale Park.

Danielle Iwata, an AAPI Montclair board member, still has the letter of apology her grandmother received from the U.S. government.

Organized by AAPI Montclair, the afternoon featured performances, crafts and speeches.

To address what Mayor Sean Spiller described as a “a disturbing trend of hate groups, including white supremacists and neo-Nazis targeting our community,” Montclair will launch an anti-hate task force.

Educational, cultural, and social activities planned for Feb. 12.

An estimated 1,300 to 1,400 people joined AAPI Montclair outside the Montclair Art Museum Saturday for Light Up Montclair — the township's first large-scale Diwali celebration. Diwali is known as the festival of lights, and celebrated by Hindus, Jains, Sikhs and some Buddhists, marked by harvest celebrations in several countries. It s...