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Dr. Jason M. Williams

Associate Professor of Justice Studies , Montclair State University

Activism, Civil Rights, Community Engagement, Community Services, Criminal Justice, Diversity & Inclusion, Gender & Sexuality, Law, Politics, Public Policy, Social Justice, Sociology, Urban Planning, Race
Essex County, Passaic County
Dr. Akil Kokayi Khalfani

Associate Professor of Sociology and Africana Studies/Director, Africana Institute/Director, Center for Global Education and Experiences, Essex County College

Activism, Politics, Social Justice, Sociology, African Culture, History
Essex County, New York metro area
Pankaj Lal

Professor of Earth and Environmental Studies and Director, Clean Energy and Sustainability Analytics Center, Montclair State University

Climate Change, Economy, Environment, Politics, Public Policy
Essex County
LaFleur Stephens-Dougan

Assistant Professor of Politics, Princeton University

Politics
Mercer County
Tom Tresser

Co-Founder, COO, CivicLab

Activism, Civil Rights, Communications, Community Engagement, Community Services, Diversity & Inclusion, Economy, Education, Politics, Public Policy, Social Justice, Urban Planning
Other
Amol Sinha

Executive Director, ACLU of New Jersey

Activism, Civil Rights, Communications, Community Engagement, Community Services, Criminal Justice, Diversity & Inclusion, Education, Gender & Sexuality, Immigration, Language & Culture, Law, Politics, Public Policy, Social Justice, Racial Justice, Civil Liberties, Nonprofit Management, Cannabis, Asian American, AAPI or South Asian issues
Atlantic County, Bergen County, Burlington County, Camden County, Cape May County, Cumberland County, Essex County, Gloucester County, Hudson County, Hunterdon County, Mercer County, Monmouth County, Ocean County, Passaic County, Salem County, Somerset County, Sussex County, Union County, Warren County, Morris County, Middlesex County, New York metro area, Philadelphia metro area, Other
Sarah Fajardo

Policy Director, ACLU-NJ, ACLU-NJ

Activism, Community Engagement, Community Services, Criminal Justice, Diversity & Inclusion, Immigration, Politics, Public Policy, Social Justice, Civil liberties- racial justice policy, voting rights, democracy, policing, prosecutorial reform, sentencing reform, prison issues, alternatives to incarceration, drug policy, cannabis policy, drug decriminalization
Atlantic County, Bergen County, Burlington County, Camden County, Cape May County, Cumberland County, Essex County, Gloucester County, Hudson County, Hunterdon County, Mercer County, Monmouth County, Ocean County, Passaic County, Salem County, Somerset County, Sussex County, Union County, Warren County, Morris County, Middlesex County
Family Steinberg

Rabbi, Director of Administration, Community Activist, National Columnist, Bikur Cholim of Lakewood, Columnist at the Forward, Newsweek

Activism, Civil Rights, Communications, Community Engagement, Community Services, Diversity & Inclusion, Education, Health & Medicine, Politics, Public Policy, Religion, Social Justice
Ocean County
Henal Patel

Director of the Democracy and Justice Program , New Jersey Institute for Social Justice

Civil Rights, Law, Politics, Social Justice, Voting Rights; Civic Engagement; Democracy
Atlantic County, Bergen County, Burlington County, Camden County, Cape May County, Cumberland County, Essex County, Gloucester County, Hudson County, Hunterdon County, Mercer County, Monmouth County, Ocean County, Passaic County, Salem County, Somerset County, Sussex County, Union County, Warren County, Morris County, Middlesex County, New York metro area, Philadelphia metro area
Patricia Campos-Medina

Executive Director, The Worker Institute, School of Industrial and Labor Relations, Cornell University, The Worker Institute @ ILR Cornell

Activism, Civil Rights, Community Engagement, Diversity & Inclusion, Economy, Gender & Sexuality, Health Policy, Immigration, Latinx Issues, Occupational Health & Safety, Politics, Public Policy, Social Justice
New York metro area, Other
Alejandra Sorto

Campaign Strategist, ACLU of New Jersey

Activism, Community Engagement, Immigration, Latinx Issues, Politics, Public Policy, Social Justice, racial and economic justice policies, reproductive rights, voting rights, democracy
Essex County, Hudson County, Union County, Other
Javier Robles

Professor/Director, Rutgers University

Activism, Civil Rights, Community Engagement, Community Services, Diversity & Inclusion, Health Policy, Language & Culture, Latinx Issues, Politics, Public Policy, Social Justice, Disabilities
Essex County, Union County, Middlesex County, New York metro area, Philadelphia metro area
Julia Nevarez

Associate Professor, Kean University

Activism, Climate Change, Diversity & Inclusion, Education, Environment, Gender & Sexuality, History, Language & Culture, Language & Gender, Latinx Issues, Politics, Public Policy, Social Justice, Sociology, Technology, Urban Planning
Union County
Nazia Kazi

Dr, Stockton University

Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Diversity & Inclusion, Education, History, Immigration, Politics, Social Justice, Sociology
Atlantic County, Philadelphia metro area
Yan Bennett

Assistant Director and Adjunct Professor of International Affairs, Princeton University

Civil Rights, History, Law, Politics
Mercer County
Abed Awad

Partner, Awad & Khoury, LLP , See bio above

Activism, Business & Finance, Civil Rights, Community Engagement, Criminal Justice, Diversity & Inclusion, Entrepreneurship, Ethics, Gender & Sexuality, History, Immigration, Law, Politics, Public Policy, Religion, Small Business, Social Justice, Technology, Islamic law, legal technology
Bergen County, Essex County, Hudson County, Monmouth County, Passaic County, Union County, Morris County, Middlesex County, New York metro area
Amy Torres

Executive Director, New Jersey Alliance for Immigrant Justice

Activism, Civil Rights, Community Engagement, Diversity & Inclusion, Health Policy, Immigration, Language & Culture, Latinx Issues, Law, Politics, Public Policy, Social Justice, Transportation, Asian American and Pacific Islander issues
Atlantic County, Bergen County, Burlington County, Camden County, Cape May County, Cumberland County, Essex County, Gloucester County, Hudson County, Hunterdon County, Mercer County, Monmouth County, Ocean County, Passaic County, Salem County, Somerset County, Sussex County, Union County, Warren County, Morris County, Middlesex County, New York metro area
abdelkader benmessaoud

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History, Politics
Other
Laura Bustamante

Policy & Campaigns Manager , New Jersey Alliance for Immigrant Justice & Owner of LB Strategy

Activism, Diversity & Inclusion, Immigration, Latinx Issues, Politics, Public Policy, Urban Planning
Hudson County, Passaic County, Morris County
Peter Chen

Senior Policy Analyst, New Jersey Policy Perspective

Business & Finance, Capitol, Economy, Education, Environment, Health Policy, Immigration, Law, Occupational Health & Safety, Politics, Public Policy, Social Justice
Essex County, Mercer County
Marleina Ubel

Policy Analyst, New Jersey Policy Perspective

Community Services, Criminal Justice, Politics, Public Policy, Social Justice
Hunterdon County, Mercer County, Other
David A. Matos, Jr.

Member, Latino Action Network Steering Committee , Retired state government administrator; lobbyist; chef

Activism, Civil Rights, Community Engagement, Community Services, Criminal Justice, Diversity & Inclusion, Health Policy, Language & Culture, Latinx Issues, Politics, Public Policy, Social Justice, Transportation
Bergen County, Burlington County, Camden County, Cape May County, Cumberland County, Essex County, Gloucester County, Hudson County, Hunterdon County, Mercer County, Monmouth County, Ocean County, Passaic County, Salem County, Somerset County, Sussex County, Union County, Warren County, Morris County, Middlesex County, New York metro area, Philadelphia metro area
Laura Matos

Partner, MAD Global Strategy Group, LLC

Activism, Agriculture, Business & Finance, Climate Change, Communications, Community Engagement, Community Services, Criminal Justice, Diversity & Inclusion, Economy, Education, Energy, Entrepreneurship, Environment, Health Policy, Immigration, Latinx Issues, Law, Politics, Public Policy, Science, Small Business, Social Justice, Technology, Transportation, Urban Planning
Atlantic County, Bergen County, Burlington County, Camden County, Cape May County, Cumberland County, Essex County, Gloucester County, Hudson County, Hunterdon County, Mercer County, Monmouth County, Ocean County, Passaic County, Salem County, Somerset County, Sussex County, Union County, Warren County, Morris County, Middlesex County, New York metro area, Philadelphia metro area, Other
Charles Curtis

Fellow, BrokenMinds, Banana Republic , & CamdenOne

Arts & Entertainment, Community Engagement, Community Services, Politics
Camden County
Rev. Eric Dobson

Deputy Director, Fair Share Housing Center

Activism, Civil Rights, Community Engagement, Politics, Public Policy, Social Justice, Urban Planning, Housing
Atlantic County, Bergen County, Burlington County, Camden County, Cape May County, Cumberland County, Essex County, Gloucester County, Hudson County, Hunterdon County, Mercer County, Monmouth County, Ocean County, Passaic County, Salem County, Somerset County, Sussex County, Union County, Warren County, Morris County, Middlesex County, New York metro area, Philadelphia metro area
Kathy Wright

Executive Director , New Jersey Parents Caucus

Activism, Community Engagement, Community Services, Criminal Justice, Diversity & Inclusion, Education, Entrepreneurship, Health & Medicine, Health Policy, Law, Politics, Psychology, Public Policy, Social Justice, Wellness, Juvenile justice, children’s mental health, systems reform
Atlantic County, Bergen County, Burlington County, Camden County, Cape May County, Cumberland County, Essex County, Gloucester County, Hudson County, Hunterdon County, Mercer County, Monmouth County, Ocean County, Passaic County, Salem County, Somerset County, Sussex County, Union County, Warren County, Morris County, Middlesex County
Quanette Vasser-McNeal

President , Fountian Springs Nursing and Rehabilitation

Activism, Civil Rights, Community Engagement, Community Services, Criminal Justice, Diversity & Inclusion, Politics, Social Justice
Cape May County
Adrienne Bauldock

Media/Project Coordinator, The Center for Cooperative Media & We Are Jersey Magazine and Ent.

Activism, Arts, Arts & Entertainment, Civil Rights, Communications, Community Engagement, Community Services, Diversity & Inclusion, Education, Entertainment & Culture, Entrepreneurship, Ethics, Politics, Social Justice, Technology, Urban Planning
Atlantic County, Burlington County, Camden County, Cumberland County, Essex County, Gloucester County, Passaic County, Salem County, Union County, New York metro area, Philadelphia metro area
Anjali Mehrotra

Founder/Chair, Equality, Period, NJ

Activism, Community Engagement, Diversity & Inclusion, Politics, Public Policy, Social Justice
Union County
Carm Almonor, Ph.D., J.D.

Visiting Assistant Professor; Lecturer, Seton Hall University; Princeton University

Activism, Civil Rights, Diversity & Inclusion, Education, History, Law, Politics, Public Policy, Social Justice, African American and Caribbean issues
Essex County, Mercer County