Brick City: Politics of Redemption and Resurrection

By Gerald Britt
November 6, 2009

Brick City, is an enlightening and inspirational story about Newark, New Jersey and it's energetic young mayor, Corey Booker.

To say simply regard it as the story of a man and the city, is an understatement. It is a saga of a city that is trying to overcome what some would consider insurmountable odds: gangs, violent crime, poverty and the rage which comes when progress is made, but when expectations and pent up exasperations are equally high.

To watch Booker, playing midnight basketball with youth, at crime scenes with the police, encouraging, preaching and pleading, police, business leaders, community leaders and radio listeners, to join with him in making Newark better, safer and livable, is wonderfully inspirational. And something from which all of us, can learn.

It is a story of retail politics, redemption and a city that struggles for revival. It's worth our attention.

Published November 6, 2009 by Gerald Britt | Permalink | Tags: City Council Gangs New Jersey Politics Public Policy Urban Youth Violence Youth Outreach

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