Newark Mayor Ras J. Baraka’s progressive approach to governing has won him accolades from grassroots organizations to the White House. He was The Nation’s “Most Valuable Mayor” in 2015 and on the front page of the New York Times for “defying expectations” during his first year-and-half in office. Mayor Baraka’s leadership has married a profound vision with an unshakeable passion for the City where he has lived and worked for more than four decades. The City has nearly $2B in development underway and his impact has been felt on everything from a social impact venture fund to accelerate technology to the return of local control of schools after more than two decades and his executive order detailing the City’s sanctuary city status.

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