Newark|Local Event
2025 Citywide Convening of Newarkers Organized For Accountable Development (NOFAD)
Event Details
2025 Citywide Convening of Newarkers Organized For Accountable Development (NOFAD)
Saturday, November 8, 2025
10 am–1:30 pm
WM Ashby Community Care & Training Center, 695 Bergen Street, Newark, NJ 07108
Across Newark, residents are doing Development Watch to pre-spond to proposed developments and advocate for their neighborhood agendas. Come hear about how it’s going and compare notes with other residents concerned with how we build the future of our city.
Main Goal: Build Resident Power In Development Decisions
Side Dish Goals
1. Celebrate & showcase NOFAD progress and continue building shared vision for accountable development in Newark.
2. Share resident & organizational success stories and practical tools for advocacy in planning and development processes.
3. Strengthen relationships across residents, community organizations, city agencies, developers, academics, and media partners.
4. Recruit new neighborhoods and partners into the Development Watch network.
Free & Open to the Public
Register by 11/7/25 at http://tinyurl.com/2025NOFAD
Questions? Ask Asada Rashidi at asada@southwardea.com or (862) 658-9573
We're happy to offer lunch & childcare
What's NOFAD? Read “Newark Residents Are Reshaping Who Influences Land Use Decisions"
NOFAD is supported by the Victoria Foundation and other funders