Equitable Growth in the City:
Problems, Approaches and Public Scholarship

Schedule

8:30 - 9:00 am | Sign in and breakfast

9:00 - 9:20 am | Welcome

9:20 - 10:35 am | Visions of an Equitable Newark: Now and in the Future

• Mussab Ali, CLiME Senior Research Fellow (moderator)

• Vivian Cox Fraser, President and CEO, Urban League of Essex County

• Howard Gillette, Professor of History Emeritus, Rutgers University-Camden

• Maria Lopez-Nuñez, Deputy Director of Organizing and Advocacy, Ironbound Community Corporation

• Dr. Denise Rodgers, Vice Chancellor for Interprofessional Programs Rutgers Health

10:45 am - 12:00 pm | Challenges Behind Affordable Housing Innovation

• David D. Troutt, Founding Director of CLiME and Distinguished Professor of Law, Rutgers Law School (moderator)

• Adenah Bayoh, Founder, Adenah Bayoh & Companies

• Alan Mallach, Senior Fellow, Center for Community Progress

• Marcus Randolph, President and CEO, Invest Newark

• Elana Simon, PhD Student, Price School of Public Policy, University of Southern California

12:00 - 1:45 pm | Lunch and Keynote by Newark Mayor Ras J. Baraka honoring Chancellor Nancy Cantor

1:45 - 3:00 pm | Public-Private Partnerships in Equitable Growth - The Newark Equitable Growth Commission

• Joshua Miller, CLiME Senior Research Fellow (moderator)

• Staci Berger, President and CEO, Housing and Community Development Network of New Jersey

• Richard Cammarieri, Director of Community Engagement, New Community Corporation

• Joseph Della Fave, Equitable Growth Commission

• Aisha Glover, Head of Urban Innovation, Audible

• Allison Ladd, Deputy Mayor and Director Newark Department of Economic and Housing Development

• Raymond Ocasio, Consultant/Advisor

• Judith Thompson-Morris, Deputy Director, Greater Newark Local Initiatives Support Corporation

3:00 - 3:15 pm | Coffee Break

3:15 - 4:30 pm | CLiME in Progress: Works of Public Scholarship

• Mussab Ali, CLiME Senior Research Fellow

  • Gentrification dynamics in three New Jersey cities

• Anna Griffith, CLiME Fellow

  • Modeling legislation to curb institutional buyers

• Joshua Miller, CLiME Senior Research Fellow

  • Lost opportunities to promote community policing

• Steven Northington, CLiME Fellow

  • Economic disparities in transportation planning

• Kay Rogan, CLiME Fellow

  • Designing housing for health

4:30 - 6:00 pm | Reception

Parking

If you are not affiliated with Rutgers and will be driving to campus for the event, you will need to register and pay for parking in advance using this link. The fee is $5 and will allow for parking in Deck 2 or Deck 3. Both decks are located on Washington Street near the Center for Law and Justice.

Location

Center for Law and Justice, 123 Washington Street, Newark, NJ 07102