The Call To Participation Cory Booker Sparknotes

An awe inspiring political science autobiology by Cory Booker, showcases the fundamentals in getting a crime ridden city back on track to liveable, through role models, community gardens and visibility of public figures (whether it be police, religious leaders or politicians). He tells the story of the community that he has been let into under the guidance of Ms.Virginia Jones, a iron jawed angel at the age of sixty eight year old, to change the urban culture that persisted in poverty stricken Newark, New Jersey. As Cory advances in his duties as public servant, a struggle with city wide problems vs. community responsibilities insures, allowing once important issues to fall to the wayside without realization until the shoe drops. United by
Immobilizing the man and securing the weapon, without a loss of life Cory yells “Not in our City! Not anymore!” Crime Safety and security can be achieved by promoting the common good, through moral and ethical participation. It is because we are connected to each that violence and crime incidents don’t happen in a vacuum: they occur in neighborhoods, communities, cities, reaching far beyond the immediate victim. So Cory had an all hands on deck approach to these challenges, igniting a domino effect on community members who took on his ideas and ran with them. They “led cleanups of abandoned lots, activist stepped forward to help with prisoner reentry programs” and even nightly citizen patrols, all in an effort not to just clean up neighborhoods but to do right by them. Cory called out to the Newark's religious leaders, asking them to join their efforts with new ideas focused on coordination between senior citizens, the police and youth. “The Call to Participation” does not end with yourself, but expands to make sure others answer the call as