Location and Meetings
New Jersey Orators chapters meet in partnering schools, churches, colleges, corporate training facilities, and libraries. In practice workshops volunteers coach youth weekly throughout the school year. Annual competitions and community presentations managed by the executive board allow them to hone their skills. There are over 200 volunteer coaches and over 100 volunteer judges, timekeepers, and assistants who help operate this program smoothly annually.
MONTH | TIME | LOCATION | CONTACT: Lead Coach(es) |
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Easton, PA | MON 6:30-7:30 PM | Greater Shiloh Church 403 Pastor Fred Davis Street | Billie Jean Suggs |
Freehold, NJ | SAT 10:00 - 11:00 AM | To be determined | To Be Assigned |
Hillside, NJ | THUR 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM | Hillside High School 1085 Liberty Avenue | To Be Assigned |
Lakewood, NJ | FRI 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM | Harmony Ministries 401 Chestnut St. Lakehurst, NJ 08733 | Evelyn Hargrove |
Morris County, NJ | SAT 3:30 PM - 4:00 PM | Morristown Neighborhood House 12 Flagler St. Morristown, NJ | Francine & Dan Smith |
Neptune, NJ | THUR 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM | Neptune Middle School 2300 Heck Ave. | June Overbey |
New Brunswick, NJ | SAT 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM | New Brunswick High School 1000 Somerset St. | Devlin Ponte Denis Gooding |
Newark I, NJ | SUN 3:00 PM- 4:00 PM | Zion Hill Baptist Church 152 Osborne Terrace Newark, NJ | Deborah Duhart-Ball |
Newark II, NJ | MON 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM | New Horizons Community Charter School 45-59 Hayes Street Newark, NJ | Tylesha Williams Angela Williams |
Orange, NJ | MON 6:00 PM- 7:00 PM | St. Matthew AME Church 336 Oakwood Avenue Memorial Hall | Melanie Robertson Shuwanna Sapp-Greene |
Perth Amboy, NJ | TUE 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM | Cathedral International Church 272 Madison Avenue | Pamela Banks-Johnson |
Piscataway I, NJ | TUE 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM | Grandview Elementary School 130 N Randolphville Rd | Tracey Felton |
Piscataway II, NJ | TUE 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM | Martin Luther King Elementary School 5205 Ludlow Street | Mary Payne |
Plainfield, NJ | MON 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM | Plainfield High School 950 Park Avenue Rm 100 | Janet Amankwah |
Red Bank, NJ | WED 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM | St. Thomas Episcopal Church 26 Sunset Avenue East | To Be Assigned |
Scotch Plains, NJ | THUR 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM | YMCA - Scotch Plains/Fanwood 1340 Martine Avenue | Andrea George |
South Orange/Maplewood | TUES 6:30 - 7:30 | First Baptist Church 3rd Street House 67 South Orange, NJ | Andrea McCoy Johnson |
Somerset, NJ | WED 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM | Sampson G. Smith School 1649 Amwell Road | Eileen Marcial |
Trenton, NJ | MON 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM | Shiloh Baptist Church 340 Rev Dr S Howard Woodson Jr Way | Marvin Ross |
Union, NJ | THURS 7:30 PM - 8:30 PM | Connecticut Farms Presbyterian Church 888 Stuyvesant Avenue | Velinda Harjono |
West Windsor/Plainsboro, NJ | TUE 7:30 PM - 8:30 PM | WWP High School South 346 Clarksville Road West Windsor/Princeton Jct | Eldred Richards |
Willingboro/Burlington, NJ | TUES 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM | Burlington Board of Ed Hopkins Building, Door #18 700 Jacksonville Road Burlington, NJ | Joyce Payne Robert Payne |