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2025 Movement-Building Call to Collaboration
Date: Thursday, February 13th and Monday, April 7th
Time: 8:30am – 4:00pm
Location: The College of New Jersey (2000 Pennington Rd, Ewing Township, NJ 08618)
New Jersey is poised to become a model for civic engagement and civil rights protection due to the critical and important work of countless individuals and organizations over many, many years. We must continue to invest in, energize and grow a network of activists, community members, policy advocates, nonprofit leaders, public servants, funders and others who will go to the mat and advocate for the rights of all those who reside in our state. The challenges to equity and justice are great, but together we are stronger.
Our Call to Collaboration will take a creative and collaborative approach to strengthening existing relationships, building new partnerships, and accelerating the ideas and progress currently underway in our state.
Together, we tackled the Central Question:
How can we transform NJ’s organizing ecosystem to create an unstoppable solidarity movement led by those most affected, and equip those fighting for justice with the enrichment and resources needed to ignite action for a liberated future?
2025 Call to Collaboration Host Team
Rosanna Aran – Laundry Workers Center
Anna Barcy – New Labor
Jessica Culley – CATA – The Farmworker Support Center
Kim Gaddy – South Ward Environmental Alliance
Alma García – Equity Ahora New Jersey
Assatta Mann – New Jersey Institute for Social Justice
Maria Montesinos – Make the Road New Jersey
Cristian Moreno-Rodriguez – El Pueblo Unido of Atlantic City
Ana Paola Pazmiño – Resistencia en Acción NJ
Racquel Romans-Henry – Salvation and Social Justice
Gathering Ground gratefully acknowledges leadership funding from Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
Thanks to our partner Equity Ahora New Jersey.
Additional funding provided by Stone Foundation of NJ.
“What an energizing and enlightening event! It was so wonderful to convene with recovery partners across the state to reflect on lessons learned. When we join forces and find a common voice, we are so much stronger and more effective. I look forward to being part of this movement to make meaningful changes which will positively impact the future of response and recovery in NJ.”
– Kelly Higgs – Former Executive Director of NJVOAD
