Experts
Cory Booker
Mayor of Newark, New Jersey
Recent Activity
There is too much disagreement for disagreement’s sake. In a time of persistent challenges that still call into question our most sacred aspirations as a country, we cannot afford shallow callous divisiveness in our public debate. We become distracted from productive labors by our perceived opponents; we become focused on them and not on our [...]
May 15, 2009, 12:35 PM
This week, I became a more active tweeter (@CoryBooker)! I was encouraged by the dialogue that came from one of my tweets regarding education reform. There is no doubt that America faces severe educational challenges. We are a nation that proclaims unalienable rights and “that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” These [...]
May 10, 2009, 5:49 PM
We graduated another class of seniors from our senior citizen police academy on Friday — I love this program! The seniors take a course in policing that reflects the actual police academy — they learn about the Newark Police Department from the inside. This level of understanding and partnership is so constructive in many ways — [...]
April 4, 2009, 8:31 PM
My pastor, Dr. Rev. David Jefferson, held a small town hall meeting in our church. My hope was to meet with residents and discuss what was going on in the City, to hear their concerns and ideas and to share with them what I thought were our current challenges and how I thought we would [...]
March 29, 2009, 7:02 PM
My schedule on March 26 was full — a long day with events ranging from visits to senior medical facilities in the morning to a talk about government accountability at Rutgers in the evening. I ended the day at one of our West Ward political organizing meetings – it started at 8 pm. I was again impressed and [...]
March 29, 2009, 6:55 PM
The Honorable Cory A. Booker, 38 is the Mayor of Newark, New Jersey. He took the oath of office as Mayor of New Jersey's largest city on July 1, 2006 following a sweeping electoral victory. He is just the third person to govern the city since 1970.
Mayor Booker's political career began in 1998, after serving as Staff Attorney for the Urban Justice Center and as a Program Coordinator of the Newark Youth Project. He rose to prominence by upsetting a four-term incumbent to become Newark's Central Ward Councilman. During his four years of service, Cory earned a reputation as a leader with innovative ideas and bold actions, from increasing security in public housing to building new playgrounds. For this work, he has been recognized in numerous publications, including, among others, Time magazine, Esquire Magazine (naming him one of the country's 40 Best and Brightest in December 2002), New Jersey Monthly (naming him as one of New Jersey's top 40 under 40) and Black Enterprise in December 2005 (naming him to the Hot List, America's Most Powerful Players under40).
In addition to being the Founder of Newark Now, Cory is a member of several boards including Integrity Inc's Board of Trustees, the Executive Committee of Yale Law School, Columbia University Teachers' College Board of Trustees, the Black Alliance for Educational Options, North Star Academy, and the International Longevity Center. This shining star reformer took his B. A. and M. A. from Stanford University, a B. A. in Modern History at Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar, and completed his law degree at Yale University. Source: www.corybooker.com
