Hispanic Organizer
Hola! My name is Rafael Santiago. I was born and raised in Mexico. I fell in love with the city of Newark back in 2009. I evolved as a young adult in North Newark eager to grow and learn to master the language I enrolled in ESL in FOCUS. This interaction with a nonprofit allowed me to grow confidence in the new world and I was able to find the Latino Commission on AIDS in NYC. In this organization I discovered the passion I had for my Latinx community. With this passion burning I wanted to create change locally, where I found a new home New Labor in 2015. New Labor...
Kareem Willis is a scholar, activist and proud member of the LGBTQ Community. As a Ph.D student currently enrolled in the School of Public Affairs and Administration at Rutgers University- Newark, Kareem is learning how to harness his passion for social advocacy,change and empowerment for the betterment of the lives of other persons. As a nonprofit enthusiast, hisfocus is on researching methods that nonprofit organizations and others charged with fulfilling the public good can deploy to better maximize their impact. This research initiative is important as nonprofits will need to craft more...
