First Congregational Church

Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Montclair's Undoing Racism Committee has been in the battle against racism since the early '90s.

Child care centers initially were allowed to stay open during the pandemic, after the schools were ordered to close, since families still needed child care. However, on March 28, Murphy ordered all child care centers to close on April 1 unless they could verify that they were caring only for the children of essential workers.

On May 21 a letter was sent to Gov. Phil Murphy from a law firm representing 67 churches and their pastors and congregants arguing the right to assemble and worship. 

Clergy and parishioners are celebrating Holy Week on Zoom and YouTube, and dyeing Easter eggs at home, to "gather in His name" this year.

Montclair has always been a town that welcomes true love and marriage, unlike some states in the Union. Kirsten D. Levingston's "Welcome to Montclair."

Acclaimed author Isabel Allende discussed her neew book, "A Long Petal of the Sea," at kickoff event for Montclair Literary Festival.

Mosaic Dance Theater Company performs Orientalist art this weekend: bringing to life paintings that once fixed moments in time.

Hundreds rally in Montclair to support LGBTQ+ equalities in New Jersey. Garden State Equality states on their website they're "working to ban the gay and trans panic defense, reform HIV criminalization laws, secure statewide funding for homeless LGBTQ youth, and pass a bill of rights for LGBTQ older adults...

Seven of Montclair’s houses of worship offer aid, and in some cases sanctuary, to refugees and asylum seekers. 

Montclair Make Music Day(s), Friday June 21 and Saturday June 22, will have more than 100 performers in about 40 venues this year.