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Gathering of Givers: Breaking Boundaries

Mar 7Women@NJPACGiversConversations

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Preacher Lawson

Mar 7

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New Jersey Symphony: The Firebird with Xian Zhang

Mar 7 - 9

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Academy of St Martin in the Fields with Jeremy Denk

Mar 8Classical musicChamber orchestraPiano

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New Jersey Symphony: Rachmaninoff Symphony No. 2

Mar 13 - 15

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Community Engagement

jazz jams

Mar 13

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pinky patel #isaidwhatisaid Tour

Mar 14Standup comedyHilariousrelatable

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Community Engagement

Dance In Our Community

Mar 15

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Leslie Liao

Mar 15relatableWittyFunny

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Wolf Trap: Arts Integration Professional Development Workshops for Early Childhood Educators

Mar 18

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Business Partners Roundtable From Diapers to Dinner: Marc Lore’s Entrepreneurial Journey

Mar 19

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Jazz in the Stacks

Mar 19 - Apr 30

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Mike Campbell in conversation with David Fricke Songs and Stories from his memoir Heartbreaker

Mar 19

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Community Engagement

The Future is Purple

Mar 20

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Dude Dad Comedy Tour

Mar 20FunnyrelatableMarriage & family

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Jordan Jensen

Mar 22UncensoredHilariousDark comedy

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Dirty Dancing In Concert

Mar 22Music & moviesRomanticGet on your feet

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New Jersey Symphony: Vadim Gluzman Plays Brahms

Mar 23

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Community Engagement

Dying While Pregnant: The Crisis of Black Maternal Health

Mar 24

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Alejandra Guzmán Brilla Tour

Mar 28Powerhouse vocalsMexican rockPower ballads

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Dane Cook

Mar 30OutrageousUncensoredHilarious

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Backstage Pathways Open House

Mar 31

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2025 wellness fair

Apr 2

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New Jersey Symphony: Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony with Xian Zhang

Apr 3 - 5

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Paula Poundstone

Apr 4WittyCleverComedy legends

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Rhoda Scott Bethany Jazz Vespers

Apr 5

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Kristin Key

Apr 5BrilliantFunnyLGBTQIA+

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Shushi Armenian Dance Ensemble

Apr 6

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Mojo Brookzz

Apr 12Uncensoredbig laughsrelatable

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New Jersey Symphony: Star Wars: The Force Awakens In Concert

Apr 12

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doubling down on Democracy: conversations about the way forward

Apr 16

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The Race for NJ Governor Social Justice Candidate Forum

Apr 16

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Community Engagement

jazz jams

Apr 17

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the writer’s corner

Apr 18

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Ben Bankas

Apr 18ComedyProvocativeedgy

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Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon: The Super Live

Apr 18Manga/animeSong and danceDazzling

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The Temptations & The Four Tops 40th Anniversary Tour

Apr 19MotownVocal HarmonyNostalgic

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Fern Brady

Apr 19irreverentFunnyRazor-sharp

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Broadway birthday salute honoring Gov. Thomas H. Kean

Apr 21

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Melissa Etheridge & Joss Stone

Apr 24Powerhouse vocalsRock and soulLGBTQ

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New Jersey Ballet: New Ancient Strings

Apr 24 - 25Contemporary balletExpressiveJersey proud

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Jeff Arcuri Whole Wide World Tour

Apr 25Laugh out loudcrowd workplayful

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Sleeping Beauty

Apr 26

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Tyrese with special guest Jon B

Apr 27r&bSoulfulPassionate

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Shen Yun

Apr 30 - May 4Awe-inspiringChinese DanceCross-cultural insights

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Community Engagement

Ailey Day

May 3

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Arturo O’Farrill Bethany Jazz Vespers

May 3

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Ritual4Return: A homecoming rite of passage for returning citizens

May 4

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Annual Spring Luncheon & Auction

May 6LuncheonAuctionWomen@NJPAC

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Maria Bamford

May 9Laugh out loudComedyquirky

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Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater

May 9 - 11UpliftingEmotionalModern dance

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George Wallace’s Mother’s Day Celebration

May 11Standup comedybig laughsObservational humor

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Community Engagement

jazz jams

May 15

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Naruto: The Symphonic Experience

May 16animeOrchestral musicSpectacular

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Doughboys Podcast

May 16Comedy podcastUncensoredHilarious

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New Jersey Symphony: Discover Mozart & Bach

May 17

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Melissa Errico Sondheim In The City

May 17

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Vitamin String Quartet: The Music of Taylor Swift, Bridgerton and Beyond

May 17ClassicalPopEnergizing

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New Jersey Symphony: Xian Conducts Mozart

May 17 - 18

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She’s all that with Freddie Prinze Jr. & Rachael Leigh Cook

May 24Film favoritesConversations’90s nostalgia

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Ralph Barbosa & René Vaca: The Butterfly Effect Tour

May 29latino comedyLaugh out loudUnfiltered

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Camila regresa tour

May 30Pop balladsEmotionalSpanish language

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70’s Soul Jam: The Stylistics, The Delfonics, Blue Magic, The Blue Notes, Heatwave

May 31’70s vibesfunkyPhilly soul

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Ledisi: love you too, the tour

Jun 1r&bneo-soulPowerhouse vocals

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Master P & The No Limit Soldiers featuring The Lox and Bone Thugs-N-Harmony

Jun 6

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Cassandra Wilson Bethany Baptist Church Jazz Vespers

Jun 7

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The Lavari Show

Jun 7

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New Jersey Symphony: Season Finale Rachmaninoff and Shostakovich

Jun 8

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just announced!

Jun 14 - 29

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2025 Theatre Lee Moon Sae

Jun 14

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Earthquake’s Fathers Day Comedy

Jun 15irreverentUnfilteredHilarious

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Gaurav Gupta

Jun 15

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The String Cheese Incident

Jun 17RockFolkLive music

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Community Engagement

jazz jams

Jun 19

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Natalia LaFourcade Cancionera Tour 

Jun 19World MusicExcitinglatin

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Two Funny Mamas with Sherri Shepherd & Kym Whitley

Jun 20ComedyLaugh out loudLive podcast

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Third Eye Blind

Jun 20RockPop rockbands

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Kumail Nanjiani

Jun 21ComedyStandup comedyLaugh out loud

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An Arabic Night with Bassem Youssef

Jun 22ComedyStandup comedybig laughs

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Stone Temple Pilots with The Parlor Mob

Jun 26RockPop rockMusic

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Felix Hernandez’s Rhythm Revue Dance Party

Jun 27FreeDance PartySoul & R&B

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Nicole Byer

Jun 27ComedyLots of laughsfun

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Joey Diaz

Jun 27

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Big Daddy Kane

Jun 28FreeHip hopclassic rap

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Rosebud Baker

Jun 28Comedybig laughsStand-up

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Josh Johnson The Flowers Tour

Jun 28ComedyLaugh out loudsmart

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Gregory Porter

Jun 29

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Lettuce

Jun 29

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Martin Amini

Jun 29ComedyStandup comedyLaugh out loud

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I want my 80s tour

Jul 12’80s rockersCharismaticPassionate

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New Jersey Symphony: How to Train Your Dragon in Concert

Jul 13

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Chicago

Jul 25Rock ‘n’ rollFeel-goodjazzy

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Kashmir featuring jean violet 50th anniversary of physical graffiti

Sep 12RockTribute bandHigh energy

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Stardew Valley: Symphony of Seasons

Oct 4Orchestral musicgamingJoyful

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Creating Healthy Communities 2025

Oct 14 - 16

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The Vampire Circus

Oct 23Halloween circusdarkMesmerizing

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Neil deGrasse Tyson An Astrophysicist Goes to the Movies – Part II

Nov 30Laugh and learnFascinatingScience

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Dr. Jennifer Bucalo

Dr. Jennifer Bucalo

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Dr. Jennifer Bucalo is the Executive Director of Strategic Initiatives and the Director of the BOLD Women’s Leadership Network at Rutgers University-Newark. With a steadfast commitment to cultivating inclusive educational environments, Jennifer has successfully secured multimillion-dollar funding to support scholarships for women leaders and various programs that benefit the Rutgers community. Jennifer develops partnerships and fosters communities of practice as a lead representative for Rutgers at the Global HSI Equity Hub. As a faculty member in the Department of Urban Education, Jennifer teaches a course on “Health Disparities: Impact on Urban Communities,” equipping her students with the knowledge needed to tackle public health challenges. Her research focuses on cancer prevention, analyzing the uptake of the HPV vaccine among Latina mothers in underserved urban areas. Dr. Bucalo pioneered an after-school mentoring program at Barringer STEAM High School and facilitated Women of Color discussion groups to nurture dialogues within diverse communities. As a co-founder of Healing Sounds of Newark, she has provided a platform to elevate local talent, while her initiative, IMVisible, utilizes music, art and poetry to narrate migrant experiences. Beyond her professional achievements, Jennifer treasures her family life with her husband of 23 years, their two teenage children and their rescue dog. Her unwavering commitment to family, education and community continues to inspire everyone around her

Yeimy Gamez Castillo

Yeimy Gamez Castillo

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Yeimy Gamez Castillo is a multidisciplinary storyteller, artist, and cultural worker raised and based in the unceded lands of the Lenni-Lenape—Newark, NJ. As a songwriter, community organizer, and advocate, her creative work is a reclamation, a celebration, and a call to action to amplify and protect the voices of marginalized communities; honoring the intersections of her existence: queerness, migration, ancestral memory, and a deep kinship with the earth. In 2018, she co-founded IMVisible, a community-based initiative that uplifts immigrant narratives through public art, storytelling workshops, and advocacy. Signature events like We Are Home: Murals Market Music Festival have transformed public spaces into sites of celebration, bringing together artists, vendors, and local residents to honor immigrant joy and brilliance!

Yeimy’s work is rooted in oral history traditions, art education, and community building. Through her artistry, she honors her ancestors’ lineage of liberation labor, using her voice and creative expression to inspire collective healing and action. Her work has been featured in The New York Times, Project for Empty Space, NJPAC, The Newark Museum of Art, and The NJ Folk Festival.

Tharanga Goonetilleke

Tharanga Goonetilleke

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Soprano Tharanga Goonetilleke graduated with her artist diploma for opera studies and her master of music degree from the prestigious Juilliard School in Manhattan. She is the first woman from Sri Lanka to have been accepted to the school.

Goonetilleke has sung leading operatic roles under the baton of renowned conductors such as Lorin Maazel, George Manahan, Anne Manson and Gary Wedow. She is also a performer of oratorio and recital repertoire. Goonetilleke is currently an active performer of contemporary classical works. One recent highlight includes Exagoge by Avner Finberg which premiered in 2024 in New York. Goonetilleke’s performances have taken her all over the world — Italy, France, England, Scotland, Korea, Vietnam, Uganda, India, Sri Lanka, Canada and the United States. In 2015 Goonetilleke was named a TED Fellow which has given her a platform to speak of her journey as a trailblazer.

While continuing to pursue an operatic career, Goonetilleke is also on the voice faculty of The Juilliard School (extension division) and at the Wharton Institute for the Performing Arts in NJ. In addition, she is a published illustrator and visual artist who advocates for interdisciplinary collaborations of different art forms and between the arts and sciences. Above all, Tharanga is most proud of being a mom to her two young children.

Ceallaigh Lorenz

Ceallaigh Lorenz

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Ceallaigh Lorenz is a multifaceted entrepreneur and artist whose impact spans both the wellness and creative sectors, Her artistic career showcases an impressive range of work, from curating thought-provoking exhibitions like “A Womb with a View” and “Unnatural Election” at the Kimmel Galleries, to having her pieces featured in permanent collections at the New York Historical Society & Museum and the Lawrence Weiner Private Collection, to her years long community series called Indelible, a piece of which, we will experience with her today.

Her entrepreneurial journey includes most notably, the founding of Salvation Wellness, a multi-million dollar wellness enterprise, which she grew from her small two bedroom apartment in Jersey City, while also founding and leading Rx3 LLC. Her entrepreneurial journey includes education and philanthropy with the founding of her nonprofit Optimist Prime, while her work has been highlighted in publications like Business Insider, Inc.com, and NJ Tech. Beyond business, Pender has been a key figure in community wellness, serving on boards like the Alliance for Massage Therapy Educators and conducting groundbreaking research in the field of wellness interventions with funded pilot studies on pain and anxiety for veterans with the VA, and with post operative breast cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy, at prestigious institutions including Jersey City Medical Center.

Ferlanda Fox Nixon

Ferlanda Fox Nixon

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Ferlanda Fox Nixon is president and chief executive officer of the Newark Regional Business Partnership (NRBP). She is responsible for all administrative and management functions while executing the NRBP’s mission to strengthen the Greater Newark business community through connections, resources and advocacy.

Before joining the NRBP, Nixon served as the chief of policy and external affairs for the African American Chamber of Commerce of New Jersey. She is also founder and chief executive officer of FerlandaTM. Through an array of customized services, Nixon provides total leadership consultancy to businesses, organizations and individuals in the areas of diversity and inclusion; leadership and professional development; communication, presentation and meeting facilitation skills; event planning; marketing; new business development; and general business strategy and administration.

Prior to becoming an entrepreneur, Nixon practiced corporate law for 18 years — five years at Whitman & Ransom, a midsize Manhattan law firm, and 13 years at CIT Group Inc. (CIT), a leading commercial and consumer finance company where she ranked as the highest African-American woman officer at CIT. Nixon has also served as an adjunct professor at the School of Public Affairs and Administration at Rutgers University – Newark.

Nell Irvin Painter

Nell Irvin Painter

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Nell Irvin Painter is a distinguished American historian, author and artist. She is best known for her influential works on African American history, race and identity. Painter served as the Edwards Professor of American History at Princeton University, where she specialized in Southern history and the history of African Americans. Among her notable books are The History of White People, which explores the construction of racial identity in Western history, and Sojourner Truth: A Life, A Symbol, a definitive biography of the abolitionist and women’s rights activist.

After retiring from academia, Painter pursued a second career in visual art, earning an MFA from the Rhode Island School of Design and continuing to explore themes of history and identity through painting and mixed media. Her 2018 memoir, Old in Art School, chronicles her late-life journey as an artist. Her latest book, I Just Keep Talking (2023), reflects on her life, career and intellectual journey and was recognized as a New York Times Notable Book of 2024.

Beyond her scholarship and art, Painter has also been a leader in the arts community, serving as the chair of the MacDowell Colony, a prestigious artists’ residency program. A scholar of wide-ranging influence, Painter’s work has shaped discussions on race, identity and the American past.

Rev. Louise Scott-Rountree

Rev. Louise Scott-Rountree

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Rev. Louise Scott-Rountree has been Newark Council Member At-Large since 2022. She serves as the Manager of Clergy Affairs and is the first female to be appointed in this role. In this position, Rountree coordinates the efforts of Newark’s diverse faith-based community as founder and chair of the Newark Interfaith Alliance which is comprised of over 500 faith leaders.

Rountree continues to commit her works of service to the advancement of the Newark community. She was appointed by Mayor Baraka to serve on the Commission of the Status of Women and the City of Newark’s Homeless Commission. She has also served under the administrations of former mayors Sharpe James, Cory A. Booker and Luis A. Quintana.

She is a member of Women of Divine Destiny; a board member of My Sister’s Lighthouse; a board member of Got Vision; an executive member of Newark’s Senior Citizen Extravaganza Committee; honorary member of the Newark Anti-Violence Coalition and has worked many years as a senior citizen advocate and a community activist. She is also a lifelong member of the Newark National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). She has received countless acknowledgements and awards for her service to her community.

Ras J. Baraka

Ras J. Baraka

candidate

Ras J. Baraka, a Newark native, poet and educator, is the transformative Mayor of New Jersey’s largest city. Under his leadership, Newark achieved a 60-year low in crime, replaced 23,000 lead service lines at no cost to residents and reduced homelessness by 57%. Once facing a $90 million deficit, Newark now thrives with unprecedented economic growth. A member of Alpha Phi Alpha, Baraka is a lifelong advocate for equity and opportunity. Now running for Governor of New Jersey, his vision centers on tackling systemic challenges — affordability, housing, education and transportation — while fostering inclusivity and prosperity for all

Jon Bramnick

Jon Bramnick

candidate

Jon Bramnick is an experienced lawyer, professor and dedicated public servant. While serving in the State Assembly, Bramnick was elected by his colleagues to serve five terms as the Republican leader, making him the highest-ranking member of the Republican Caucus in the Assembly. He has served in the State Senate representing the 21st legislative district since 2022 and has fought to lower the cost of living, make our communities safer and to end the construction of thousands of court-mandated housing units in communities around the state. As governor, Bramnick will end the one-party rule that has taken over Trenton, leading to an unending stream of mandates, tax hikes and extreme policy, restoring balance in New Jersey.

Steven Fulop

Steven Fulop

candidate

Steven Michael Fulop is the 49th Mayor of Jersey City. Since he took office in 2013, residents have seen seven consecutive years of stable taxes, over 300 new police officers hired, 1,500 units of affordable housing built, expanded recreation, nearly $10 million invested in parks and open space and roughly 800 small businesses opened creating approximately 10,000 new jobs.

Under his leadership, Jersey City became the first city in the state to ensure paid sick leave. Mayor Fulop has led the city to record economic development that’s benefited families of all income levels. He is a first-generation American, a lifelong New Jerseyan, a Marine and a triathlete.

Mikie Sherrill

Mikie Sherrill

candidate

U.S. Naval Academy graduate, Navy helicopter pilot, former federal prosecutor, wife and mother of four — Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ Dist. 11) proudly serves New Jersey in Congress and is running for governor to make life easier and more affordable for Garden State families. Her career has been defined by service to her country and New Jersey. Sherrill is working hard to bring down costs for families —whether it’s grocery prices, child care or Trump’s SALT cap that punished New Jersey families. She helped deliver New Jersey’s fair share of federal funding on the Gateway Tunnel Project which will create good-paying union jobs and reduce commute times for families. She is fighting for reproductive freedom, defending abortion rights and access to contraception and IVF.

Sean Spiller

Sean Spiller

candidate

Sean Spiller is not your typical gubernatorial candidate. He’s a public school science teacher, an immigrant, a Black man, the proud leader of the New Jersey Education Association and an even prouder father of two young kids. He’s running for governor to take on the wealthy interests and entrenched insiders, and give a real voice to working people across New Jersey.

Steve Sweeney

Steve Sweeney

candidate

Steve Sweeney is a fighter with a proven record of delivering results for working people. As NJ Senate President, Sweeney served as a voice for working people against the entrenched interests in Trenton, passing hard-fought legislation to raise the minimum wage, enacting paid family leave and providing increased funding for law enforcement. He also sponsored legislation to establish marriage equality and provide equal pay for women. Now, he is running to be a quality-of-life governor, focused on making New Jersey more affordable by pledging no new taxes and lowering housing costs, more self-sufficient by investing in an all-of-the-above energy approach and standing up to the Trump administration. Sweeney is running for governor because he knows Jersey is worth fighting for.

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