Fatou Sow
- Dec 17, 2017
- 18 min
Alternative Spring Break: Newark, New Jersey
Monday, March 14, 2017 Today was very interesting, to say the least. It’s my second time back in Newark. I met my cousin for the first time last night at our hotel and his experiences in Jersey vary differently from what I’ve heard so far. To hear feedback on new developments going on in the city from the mayor’s perspective (a Howard University graduate) compared to students and life-long members of the city was conflicting. Gentrification is running rapidly through major ci
