Shared Effort Spring 2010

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Spring 2010

*The 20th Anniversary Issue*

Volume 14, Number 1

Keynote Speaker for Gala to be Mayor Cory Booker of Newark The Honorable Cory A. Booker, Mayor of Newark, New Jersey, will be the keynote speaker for Princeton Project 55’s 20th Anniversary Gala on Thursday, March 27th, 2010! and families all commend him as an exceptional leader and fitting speaker for the celebration of Project 55’s past 20 years. "We are very pleased that the Honorable Cory Booker will be our keynote speaker for the Gala. Inside this issue: The systemic changes Celebrating the Past... he is implementing as the Mayor of Newark 2 The Tuberculosis Initiative: A clearly resonate with the Catalytic Role for Project 55 mission of our organiza3 Civic Values Initiative: Intertion," commented 20th view with Lindsay Wall ’02 Anniversary Committee 4 Chair TAN Update: The Yale ’57 Anne-Marie Music Endowment Program Maman. The Stanford UniverPP55 Celebrates 20 years in the 5 sity alum and Oxford Big Apple and the Windy City Rhode’s scholar earned his law degree from Poised for the Future... Yale before serving as Meet Princeton AlumniCorps! 6-7 Staff Attorney for the New Name, Broader Reach, Urban Justice Center in Enhanced Mission Newark. Mayor Booker 8 then rose to prominence PP55 Regional Updates as Newark’s Central 8 PP55 Fellowships: Ward Councilman in A Strong Applicant Pool 1998. As Councilman, 9 he earned a reputation The Turn Toward the Nonfor innovative and bold profit Sector: An Interview leadership; he introwith Bill Richardson ’73 duced dozens of legislaVisit Share Effort Online tion and resolutions imto see more: blog.project55.org pacting housing, youth, safety, and jobs to create Introducing Alumni Notes! a better government. Mayor Booker’s outstanding leadership of Newark, his passion for justice and political change, strong commitment to education, and dedication to nurturing and empowering individuals

Following his electoral sweep in 2006, Mayor Booker has made notable strides in achieving the Newark city mission to set a national standard for urban transformation. Since his election, the City has seen a 40% reduction in crime, and affordable housing production has doubled. Mayor Booker has also committed to a $40 million transformation of the City’s parks and playgrounds through public and private partnerships. Mayor Booker’s achievements have merited him recognition in numerous publications, including Time, New Jersey Monthly, and The New York Times Magazine. His membership on numerous boards and advisory committees – including Democrats for Education Reform, Columbia University Teachers College Board of Trustees and the Black Alliance for Educational Options – reflect Mayor Booker’s strong commitment to education. In October 2009, Mayor Booker was asked to deliver the Toni Morrison Lectures, at Princeton University. His imaginative leadership and

The Honorable Cory A. Booker, Mayor of Newark, New Jersey

dedication to changing lives through civil leadership highly qualified him to give the lectures, which spotlight the new and exciting work of scholars and writers who demonstrate the expansive literary imagination, intellectual adventurousness and political insightfulness that characterize the writing of Toni Morrison. Project 55’s mission to inspire, enable, and promote the creation of public interest initiatives is one truly reflected in Mayor Booker’s civic leadership. It is certainly an honor to have Mayor Cory Booker join Princeton Project 55 as we celebrate the milestones that mark our 20 years of success.


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