Overview
The topic of affordable housing is back by popular demand from participants in last year’s Standing in Solidarity season.
A new law was enacted in 2024 requiring every town in New Jersey to create its fair share of affordable housing. But what does this mean for families — will they find a warm welcome, and viable housing options, in every municipality? Or might local politics in some towns potentially stymie the building of affordable homes?
The evening’s conversation will center around the Social Impact film City Rising: Gentrification and Displacement, a PBS documentary series exploring the impact of discriminatory laws on the country’s housing crisis. We encourage you to watch the film ahead of attending the event HERE.
In partnership with Dodge Poetry, the program will open with a poem by Mia X, the City of Newark’s inaugural Poet Laureate.
Our conversation will be moderated by Amol Sinha, Executive Director at ACLU of New Jersey and curator of the program.
organizations tabling
panelists
Rev. Eric Dobson, Senior Special Advisor at Fair Share Housing Center and co-founder of Dobson Harris LLC
Adam Gordon, Executive Director, Fair Share Housing Center
Samra Haider, President and CEO, Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation
Taiisa Kelly, CEO, Monarch Housing Associates
DaWuan Norwood, Policy Counsel, ACLU of New Jersey
Amber Randolph, Associate Vice President, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation