An Open Letter to Englewood, New Jersey

“You never know who is going to have to hand you your last glass of water”.

As Election Day approaches I wanted to take an opportunity to share some thoughts. Having had the privilege of speaking with people throughout Englewood, people of different races, religions, income levels, genders, and ages, this statement replayed over and over in my mind. This was an expression that my mother used quite often throughout my childhood. While talking with, and most importantly, listening to resident’s concerns, there was one overarching theme.

People want to feel valued, safe, and heard.

Removing the notion that we all identify as a member of a specific group, whether it be categorized by race, religion, gender, etc., as individuals feeling heard, safe, and valued speaks to our humanity.

While it is of the utmost importance that we stand united against the perpetrators of all forms of bias and hate as individuals and as a collective, regardless of who the intended target is, we have to get back to basics. To effectively combat racism, anti-semitism, sexism , anti-LGBTG, ageism, or any other -ism or anti-, we must first view each other as human beings. We must understand that at our core we experience joy and pain the same.

I believe we can be better. We can do better. We can be a community that demonstrates and represents
the values that each of us hold dear as individuals. It is only when we lose sight of people as individuals and focus on the collective that we fall down the rabbit hole of us vs them. I believe that respecting the individual is the most effective way to fight bias and hate.

On Nov 5th we have an opportunity to begin working towards a humanistic Englewood. We have an opportunity to begin the work of uniting around who we are as individuals, curating a climate and culture that values the person irrespective of what group they may identify with. I believe this is how we demonstrate the appreciation and value of living in a community as diverse as Englewood.

I am asking the residents of Englewood to join me on this journey, this journey to create a community that not just professes to stand against bias and hate, but that sees Englewood through a kaleidoscope of diversity, equity, and inclusion.

Amy Jones Bulluck

Candidate for Council-At-Large

11/3/2024

An Enormous Anonymous Endorsement

I rarely pay attention to my Suburbanite anymore. It seldom includes anything that I consider local enough to include me. Last week someone called me and asked if I had brought in my paper. I had not. So in the middle of the night I had to go out and search for wherever the paper may have fallen. It was there in the street. I was pleased to open it to this amazing celebration of a daughter for her Mother. Loretta Weinberg is  legendary in Bergen County politics.

I was not surprised to find the announcement that the film was premiering, but I was surprised to see what I found on page 13. Our Grass Roots Campaign was given new hope by the anonymous post endorsing Amy Jones Bulluck for Englewood Council @Large. We will take it and are grateful to whomever Anonymous is. Thank you.
 

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