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Mayor of Newark, NJ Speaks on Importance of Community Organizing

Cory A. Booker, mayor of Newark, New Jersey, and former staff member at the Urban Justice Center, devotes special attention in his Huffington Post blog to the American tradition of community organizing. Having first learned about community involvement from his parents during the civil rights movement, Booker decided to "[begin his] career working for The Urban Justice Center in the streets of Newark, organizing residents to fight for better housing conditions." He says, "community organizers have been at the center of so many of [America's] great social movements," and believes this same concept will be a strength to both presidential candidates. According to Booker, realizing and uplifting the power of community involvement and organization will be key to winning this year's presidential race.