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National Emergency Summit on Gentrification, hosted by Mayor Ras J. Baraka

IBW21/NAARC – Consistent with our campaign to make Newark, NJ a Model City for Black America and the nation, April 4th – 6th, IBW convened a National Emergency Summit on Gentrification, hosted by Mayor Ras J. Baraka. The amazing Summit was attended by more than 100 community-based anti-gentrification activists, urban planners, community economic development specialists, elected officials, civil rights and faith leaders. An Action Agenda was adopted and a National Advisory/Planning Committee was established to implement the Agenda as follows..