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Ninth Annual Fair Housing Luncheon |
Speaker Bio
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Cory Booker |
Cory Booker, a native of northern New Jersey, is a graduate of Stanford University. He ran a mentoring program for low-income youth while studying History in Oxford, England. While earning his law degree at Yale University, he co-founded legal clinics to help low-income residents of New Haven. Booker then upset a four-term incumbent to become councilman in his first election.
In the summer of 1999, he went on a 10-day hunger strike in one of the most drug-infested housing complexes in Newark, an effort that resulted in increased police presence and improved security for residents. For five months in 2000, Booker lived in a motor home and parked it on the worst drug corners in the city, inspiring residents and businesses to fight against drug dealing and crime. For this TIME magazine called him “The Savior of Newark”.
As Newark’s Central Ward Councilman, Booker introduced dozens of pieces of legislation and resolutions that impact housing, youth, safety, jobs and create better government. He earned a reputation as a leader with innovative ideas and a willingness to take bold actions.
Booker is currently the Director of “Newark Now”, a grass roots nonprofit group and is partner at a law firm in Newark.
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