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 Baye Adofo-Wilson, Lincoln Park/Coast Cultural District, Inc. Baye Adofo-Wilson is an urban planner, community organizer, promoter, and lawyer. He is the Executive Director of Lincoln Park/Coast Cultural District, Inc. (LPCCD), an arts and cultural community development corporation he created, staffed and manages. The Lincoln Park Coast Cultural District (LPCCD) is a CDC transforming a low-income neighborhood in Newark, NJ into an arts and cultural district. The arts and cultural district will include 300 "green" mixed-income housing units, historic restoration projects, an annual music festival and The Museum of African American Music. There will be over one-million square feet of development, including sixteen USGBC LEED Certified buildings and participation in the USGBC LEED - Neighborhood Development pilot program. Also essential to LPCCD's mission is the creation of green collar jobs. LPCCD is collaborating with strategic partners to form a Green Collar Apprenticeship Program (GreenCAP). The goal of GreenCAP is to provide 100 residents with a trade license in HVAC, plumbing and electrical trades. On-the-job training will be offered on LPCCD's housing development projects.
Before running LPCCD, Mr. Wilson was the Director of the New Jersey office of Regional Plan Association, the nation's oldest private, non-profit regional planning organization. While at RPA and developing plans for Lincoln Park, Mr. Wilson helped develop the New Jersey Mayors' Institute of Community Design, a design charette for NJ Mayors. Under Mr. Wilson's leadership, the New Jersey Mayor's Institute of Community Design hosted charettes for East Orange, Old Bridge, Burlington, Commercial Township, Hope, South Amboy, Greenwich, Bordentown, Hackensack, Highland Park, Hightstown, Pleasantville and Vineland.
As a community organizer, Mr. Wilson was the National Chair of the National Hip-hop Political Convention in 2004, a project to increase, organize and funnel the hip-hop generation's resources, size and culture into US electoral politics. Over 150,000 18-35 year olds across the nation were registered to vote as a result of the event. The National Hip-Hop Political Convention also featured New Jersey's largest free hip-hop concert ever, spanning three days and twenty-five performances at Newark's Military Park. Between 1998-2001, he was the Executive Producer of the Black August Benefit Concerts, a concert series that uses hip-hop to organize and bring awareness to political causes and events domestically and internationally. The concerts took place in Havana, Oakland, New York,Johannesburg, Capetown and Durban. Mr. Wilson was also the National Co-Chair of the National Conference of Black Lawyers (NCBL) from 1998-2000. Mr. Wilson has lectured about hip-hop, politics, and community organizing at campuses all across the country, including Harvard, Yale, Brown, Penn, Cornell, Wesleyan andColumbia Universities.
Mr. Wilson received a BS degree in sociology and English from Rutgers University, a Masters degree in Regional Planning from Cornell University and a law degree from the University of Pennsylvania. He received a host of fellowships and awards at the respective institutions. He is a board member of the New Jersey Public Policy Research Institute. He is a member of the New Jersey Bar, a graduate of Leadership Newark, Charter Class, and Leadership New Jersey 2001. He is also the recipient of many professional awards, including NJ Biz 40 Under 40, the Lea
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LaDonna Redmond, Institute for Community Resource Development Rev. Lennox Yearwood, Jr., Hip Hop CaucusVan Jones, Green For AllPaul Hawken, Author, "Blessed Unrest"Adrienne Maree Brown, The Ruckus SocietyMajora Carter, Green For All & Sustainable South BronxMalia Lazu, The Gathering for JusticeWinona LaDuke, Honor the EarthBaye Adofo-Wilson, Lincoln Park/Coast Cultural District, Inc.Mary Anne Hitt, Appalachian VoicesJakada Imani, Ella Baker Center for Human RightsBryant Terry, Black and GreenIan Kim, Ella Baker Center for Human RightsJerome Ringo, Apollo AllianceAndy Lipkis, TreePeopleEvon Peter, Native MovementPerformers: The Hot 8 Brass BandRobert Bullard, Environmental Justice Resource CenterAdi Nochur, 1SkyNile K. Malloy, Rainforest Action NetworkLynn Hinckle, UAW Local 879Andrew Ehrmann and Joey Adamji, Macalester CollegeCarlos Moreno, Summer Jobs CampaignKeri Bolding, California Public Utilities CommissionJoel Rogers, Center on Wisconsin Strategy, Author, "What Workers Want"Mahfam Malek, Green for AllMakani Themba-Nixon, The Praxis Projectibrahim abdul-matin, National Urban FellowAfeni Shakur, Amaru EntertainmentBracken Hendricks, Center for American ProgressKandi Mossett, Indigenous Environmental NetworkDiana Abellera, People's GroceryJen Soriano, Center for Media JusticeKarl Carter, Inner City EnterprisesShyaam Shabaka, Food FirstConnie Galambos Malloy, Urban HabitatAya de Leon, PerformerBiko Baker, The League of Young VotersGlen O'Gilvie, Earth Conservation CorpsPete Nelson, BioDimensionsKassidy Johnson, Responsible Endowments CoalitionAnasa Troutman, The Highlander CenterLamont Summersett, Lincoln Park Coast Cultural DistrictJohn Moore, Global GreenElsa Barboza, SCOPELance Williams, US Green Building CouncilRoxanne Brown, Blue Green AllianceSal Vaca, RichmondBUILDAlycia Carter, Office of Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9)Carlos Jimenez, Jobs with JusticeUele Siebert, Groovy FoodsAndy Johnson, Greencorps ChicagoAngela Greene, Solar RichmondAnnette Williams, Bronx Environmental Stewardship Training ProgramDr. Beverly Wright, Deep South Center for Environmental JusticeHonorable D'Army Bailey, Co-Founder of the National Civil Rights MuseumGloria Walton, SCOPE LAHashim Benford, Miami Workers CenterNia Robinson, Environmental Justice and Climate Change InitiativeNikki Henderson, California Student Sustainability CoalitionOmar Freilla, Green Worker CooperativesRagini Kapadia, Energy Action CoalitionTony C Anderson, Morehouse CollegeJonathan Adams, Applied Research CenterChuck Turner, Boston City CouncilorMikhail Pappas, Pennsylvania League of Young VotersRonne Adkins, Shelby County Health DepartmentWil Seegars, Generations to Come
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