Episode 8 - "A Movement of the People" w/Victor Monterrosa - Left POCket Project Podcast

Episode 8 - “A Movement of the People” w/Victor Monterrosa – Left POCket Project Podcast

Victor & I discuss the history of socio-economic challenges and related activism in Newark, NJ, his run for city council, & what inspired him to serve his community

About Victor’s Campaign for Newark City Council:
Victor for Council: https://www.instagram.com/victorforcouncil/

Featured Profile for 100 People: “Newark”
http://www.100people.org/wp/newark_gallery/victor-monterrosa/

More about the Campaign Platform & Fellow Candidates with A Movement of the People
http://amovementofthepeople.com/

Related Reading & Resources:

Books:
Newark: A History of Race, Rights, and Riots in America by Kevin Mumford
https://www.amazon.com/Newark-History-America-American-Culture/dp/0814795633/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1517238781&sr=8-1&keywords=history+of+newark

The Prize: Who’s in Charge of America’s Schools? By Dale Russakoff
https://www.amazon.com/Prize-Whos-Charge-Americas-Schools-ebook/dp/B00AXS6BIE/ref=sr_1_23?ie=UTF8&qid=1517238820&sr=8-23&keywords=history+of+newark

Articles:
“We Don’t Want Mark Zuckerberg’s Charity” by Jason Farbman
https://www.jacobinmag.com/2015/12/facebook-zuckerbergs-charity-gates-philantrophy

“The Amazon Sweepstakes” by Michal Rozworski
https://www.jacobinmag.com/2017/11/amazon-headquarters-incentives-investment-jeff-bezos

“Newark's Toxic Tomb; Six Acres Fouled by Dioxin, Agent Orange's Deadly Byproduct, Reside in the Shadow of an Awakening Downtown” by Laura Mansnerus
http://www.nytimes.com/1998/11/08/nyregion/newark-s-toxic-tomb-six-acres-fouled-dioxin-agent-orange-s-deadly-byproduct.html

Public Archives & Community Resources:
Ironbound Environmental Justice History and Resource Center
http://ncph.org/history-at-work/ironbound-ej-history/

The Latino Oral History Collection – New Jersey Hispanic Research & Information Center
http://www.npl.org/Pages/Collections/njhric/LatinoOralHistory.html

Urban Cooperative Enterprise Legal Center
http://www.theucelc.org/

Covenant House of New Jersey
https://nj.covenanthouse.org/
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