SPIA in NJ Workshop Series: The New Jersey Reparations Council and the Future Promise of a New New Jersey

A workshop and discussion of the NJ Reparations Council.

Jean-Pierre Brutus is a senior counsel in the Economic Justice Program at the New Jersey Institute for Social Justice. He leads the Institute’s reparations advocacy and housing advocacy. Prior to joining the Institute, Jean-Pierre worked at Legal Services NYC, where he represented indigent Bronx tenants facing eviction. Jean-Pierre is a graduate of Georgetown University. He earned his PhD in African American Studies and JD from Northwestern University.
 

Maisha Simmons' work at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation is dedicated to helping New Jersey be a healthier place to live, work, and play. She joined the Foundation in 2008 as a program associate working to support advocacy efforts to combat childhood obesity. Since then, she has been responsible for coordinating a variety of RWJF programs to promote healthy eating and active living, violence prevention, family supportive policies, and health equity. Throughout her work at the Foundation, her aim has always been to “keep communities in the picture.”

Maisha has been recognized for her work in philanthropy through various leadership and advisory roles, including with the Executives’ Alliance for Boys and Men of Color and as an Association for Black Foundation Executives (ABFE) Fellow. In 2015, Simmons received the Emerging Leader Award from ABFE.