• We are ready for the fight ahead.

Alongside our supporters and partners, the Institute has consistently effected meaningful and transformative change in New Jersey.

What We’ve Accomplished

We lowered the voting age to 16 in Newark, NJ for school board elections.

New York Times

We launched the first-of-its-kind New Jersey Reparations Council to study the history of slavery and its aftermath in New Jersey and propose reparative policies.

Gothamist

We championed a bill that restored the right to vote for more than 83,000 people on probation and parole

Salon

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At the Institute, we work day in and out to Make the Two New Jerseys One.

We fight to create a state where everyone can thrive, including our Black and other residents of color.

Our record of success tells our story, but we can’t do this work without you.

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