The Center for Politics and Race in America was named in honor of the late-Lt. Gov. Sheila Y. Oliver, the first Black woman in New Jersey to hold statewide office, at a ceremony attended by Lt. Gov. Tahesha Way, Oliver’s family, members of the Sheila Y. Oliver Civic Association, and leaders from Johnson & Johnson.

Dr Jones will speak at the SNF Agora Institute Seminar at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, MD.

Dr. Jones will moderate a panel discussion about Black Voters and the 2024 elections.

The panel will include Dr. Saladin Ambar, Newark Mayor Ras Baraka, Ashanti Jones: Policy Analyst at the New Jersey Institute for Social Justice and New Jersey Assemblywoman Shavonda Sumter.

The panel was sponsored by the Center for Cooperative Media at Montclair State University in collaboration with mosaic.nj.com, NJ.com, and NJ ethnic and community media.

Dr Jones will speak at the Race and Public Space Workshop at New York University’s Institute for Public Knowledge.

Dr. Jones moderates a discussion with New York Times bestselling authors Keith Boykin and Clay Cane about their latest books.