WELCOME TO UNITY SQUARE
Building Community Together
Sacred Heart Church,
56 Throop Avenue, New Brunswick NJ 08901
 Phone: 732-545-0329
Fax: 732-545-5059
Lorena Gaibor, director
E-mail: LGaibor@ccdom.org

UNITY SQUARE IN THE NEWS

"Trunk or Treat" Sweetens Unity Square Halloween

Several hundred children and families, perhaps even more than a thousand, turned out at Sacred Heart to commemorate Unity Square's annual "Trunk or Treat" extravaganza Monday evening, Oct 31. It might have been the largest gathering on the campus in years. Read this blog entry from a participant from Hoboken. There are plenty of great pictures.
More coverage from the Rutgers Daily Targum and HERE.




March 9, 2011: Unity Square receives $1M from Johnson & Johnson



Check out articles from: the March 7 Rutgers Daily Targum.
and the March 10 Daily Targum.
Also, from The Home News Tribune.


August 2010: Festive "Night Out" at Sacred Heart


Crowds filled the parking lot on a pleasant summer evening, Tuesday, Aug. 3, for Sacred Heart/Unity Square's annual commemoration of National Night Out.
For many more photos of the evening, go to the Home News Tribune's coverage.
ONGOING: City of New Brunswick & Unity Square Homes

REMSEN AVE. NEWS
JULY 11, 2010: Remsen Avenue Redevelopment
JULY 2010: Catholic Spirit and Unity Square
JAN. 2009: Beginnings of Remsen Ave. Rehab

IMMIGRATION REFORM NEWS
JULY 2, 2010:Home News Tribune & City Hall Rally
PHOTOS FROM RALLYHome News Tribune Rally
MARCH 2010: Home News Tribune and Unity Sq. participation in DC rally
SACRED HEART BUS TO WASHINGTON, DC FOR MARCH 21 RALLY
A big success! Thanks to all who participated.
Read more about the preparation for the event in this March 21 Home News Tribune story


OTHER COMMUNITY NEWS
NATIONAL NIGHT OUT, AUGUST 3, 2010:Home News Tribune's coverage.
WINTER 2010: Community & Economic Fair
WINTER 2010: Unity Square & ACCION

OLDER STORIES...last 12 months and more
The interfaith environment group GreenFaith has recently published a guide to sustainable and healthy food practices, including a nice featuring of Unity Square on page 32. To read, CLICK HERE TO ORDER YOUR FREE PDF COPY.

Rutgers Daily Targum with a recent (November 8) story on Unity Square.

St.Isidore Field, Unity Square Garden featured in Home News Tribune August 26, 2009
August 2008 Home News Tribune story on St. Isidore Field

The latest issue of the Unity Square newsletter is now ready for viewing in Microsoft Publisher.


Current Unity Square program director Lorena Gaibor (left) is pictured with founding director Nancy Finn at Unity Square's annual National Night Out Event in August 2010.
 PROGRAMS & ACTIVITIES

Unity Square Partnership offers a variety of programs and activities for residents in the Unity Square neighborhood.

Housing

The Housing Resource Center at Unity Square provides information and assistance to renters and homeowners throughout the neighborhood.

  • Renter's rights / landlord responsibilities
  • Rent control information
  • Building code violations
  • Preparing to buy your first home
  • Good Tenancy Program
  • Government loans and grants for repairs and improvements

    Economic Development

    Unity Square currently offers programs to improve your job skills including:

  • Scholarships to Promise Jobs Culinary School
  • Scholarships for Catholic Charities Child Care Training

    Financial Education

    A collaboration with New Labor and Emmanuel Lutheran CDC

  • Using ATM / Debit Cards
  • Finding the right bank for you
  • Consumer rights

    Latino Crime Watch

    Spanish speaking residents meet with bi-lingual members of the New Brunswick Police Department to:

  • Target high crime areas
  • Report crimes within the neighborhood
  • Develop a relationship with public safety officials

    Community Services

    Immigration Services
    Bi-lingual staff are available Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays from 4:00 to 8:00pm to provide assistance on all immigration matters. For an appointment please call 908.246.6520

    Youth Services
    Field trips with trained Catholic Charities staff

    SACRED HEART MOURNS THE PASSING OF NEW LABOR FOUNDER
    RICH CUNNINGHAM (d. Sept. 2009)

     --STAR-LEDGER tribute: Sept. 7 edition
    --Sept. 10 Home News Tribune: from 9/10/09 paper
    --ASSOCIATED PRESS story: from Sept. 7
    --Catholic Spirit Sept. 17 story: Catholic Spirit online



    Rich Cunningham, pictured above, left, at the inaugural Harvest of Hope Dinner in 2004, (where he was the keynote speaker), died on Friday, Sept. 4 after a lengthy and dramatic battle with cancer. Rich, 32, died at the beginning of Labor Day weekend, a poignant punctuation to his life's work.
    In his brilliant creation of founding the alternative worker organization New Labor, and in his struggle with cancer, Rich was an inspiration and a source of strength to many. He was a great friend of the poor, Sacred Heart Parish, and the Catholic Campaign for Human Development, among the many groups of people he touched.
    Under Rich's leadership, Sacred Heart became a more alive and engaged parish through the numerous New Labor activities at the church. He was a 2004 finalist of the Cardinal Bernardin New Leadership Award, established by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops for people 18-30 years old who are working to end poverty and injustice.
    Rich is survived by his wife Heather and their twin daughters Lily Ava and Reese Sydney.
    May Rich's soul, and the souls of all the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace
    In lieu of flowers, please send contributions to: www.armyofrich.org, www.thetjlfoundation.org or www.challahfoundation.org.
    • 56 Throop Avenue, New Brunswick NJ 08901  Phone(732)545 1681  Fax(732)545 5059  Email info@hub4sacredheart.org