Shavar Jeffries
{{short description|American lawyer}}
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Shavar Jeffries is an American civil rights attorney who in January 2023 became the CEO of the KIPP Foundation, a nonprofit which trains and develops educators to lead KIPP public schools; provides tools, resources and training for excellent teaching and learning; promotes innovation; and facilitates the exchange of insights and ideas across KIPP and other public schools and organizations. Previously, he was the president of Democrats for Education Reform, which promotes more charter schools, school funding and stricter teacher evaluations to revamp public education.{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/local/education/community/la-me-edu-shavar-jeffries-on-education-reform-problems-20150903-story.html|title=Democrats for Education Reform's Shavar Jeffries on how to fix his own movement|author=Los Angeles Times|date=3 September 2015|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=4 September 2015|archive-date=6 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906061007/http://www.latimes.com/local/education/community/la-me-edu-shavar-jeffries-on-education-reform-problems-20150903-story.html|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://www.nj.com/essex/index.ssf/2015/09/ex-newark_mayoral_candidate_jeffries_to_head_educa.html#incart_river|title=Ex-Newark mayoral candidate Jeffries to head education lobbying group, reports say|work=NJ.com|date=4 September 2015|access-date=4 September 2015|archive-date=5 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150905084848/http://www.nj.com/essex/index.ssf/2015/09/ex-newark_mayoral_candidate_jeffries_to_head_educa.html#incart_river|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/ex-newark-mayor-candidate-shavar-jeffries-to-lead-education-group-1441252538|title=Ex-Newark Mayoral Candidate Shavar Jeffries to Lead Education Group|first=Leslie|last=Brody|newspaper=Wall Street Journal|date=3 September 2015|access-date=15 April 2019|via=www.wsj.com|archive-date=3 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180803074358/https://www.wsj.com/articles/ex-newark-mayor-candidate-shavar-jeffries-to-lead-education-group-1441252538|url-status=live}} A former assistant state Attorney General, he was a candidate in the 2014 election for Mayor of Newark, New Jersey,{{cite news|last=Giambusso|first=David|title=With three major candidates declared, Newark braces for mayoral race|newspaper=The Star-Ledger|date=June 2, 2013|url=http://www.nj.com/essex/index.ssf/2013/06/with_three_major_candidates_de.html|access-date=2013-12-02|quote="We intend to show people that when I become mayor we all become mayor," he said. Jeffries, a former assistant state Attorney General, has a strong narrative. He grew up in the South Ward and lost his mother to violence. He graduated from Duke University and Columbia Law School and came back to Newark to raise his family. He has strong connections to charter schools, as well as Duke and Columbia alumni, which gives him an edge in fundraising. But Jeffries is relatively unknown in Newark, where typically one runs for council before shooting for mayor.}} after which he became a partner at Lowenstein Sandler in August 2014.{{cite web|url=http://www.nj.com/essex/index.ssf/2014/08/former_newark_mayoral_candidate_jeffries_joins_national_law_firm.html|title=Former Newark mayoral candidate Jeffries joins national law firm|work=NJ.com|date=21 August 2014|access-date=4 September 2015|archive-date=6 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906143801/http://www.nj.com/essex/index.ssf/2014/08/former_newark_mayoral_candidate_jeffries_joins_national_law_firm.html|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://www.lowenstein.com/sjeffries/|title=Shavar D. Jeffries – Our Professionals|work=lowenstein.com|access-date=4 September 2015|archive-date=25 March 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150325001355/http://www.lowenstein.com/sjeffries/|url-status=live}}
Background
Jeffries grew up in the South Ward of Newark. He lost his mother to violence and was raised by his grandmother, a public school teacher.{{cite web|last=W|first=R|title=When Cory's gone|work=Democracy in America|publisher=The Economist|date=August 14, 2013|url=https://www.economist.com/blogs/democracyinamerica/2013/08/newark|access-date=2013-12-05|archive-date=2017-08-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170816003401/https://www.economist.com/blogs/democracyinamerica/2013/08/newark|url-status=live}} He first attended Newark Public Schools and later received a scholarship to attend Seton Hall Preparatory School in West Orange.{{cite web|title=About Shavar Jeffries|work=For Newark Mayor 2014|publisher=www.shavarjeffries.com|url=http://www.shavarjeffries.com/default.asp?c=610&p=2002|access-date=2013-12-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131206135047/http://shavarjeffries.com/default.asp?c=610&p=2002#|archive-date=2013-12-06|url-status=dead}} Jeffries obtained his bachelor's degree from Duke University in 1996.{{cite web|title=Shavar D. Jeffries|publisher=Gibbons|url=http://www.gibbonslaw.com/biographies/attorney_biography.php?attorney_id=561|access-date=2013-12-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131212201016/http://www.gibbonslaw.com/biographies/attorney_biography.php?attorney_id=561#|archive-date=2013-12-12|url-status=dead}} After graduating he attended Columbia Law School where he served as managing editor of the Columbia Human Rights Law Review and clerked for the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund. He received his Juris Doctor in 1999. Jeffries lives in the South Ward with his wife, Tenagne Girma-Jeffries, and their two children.
Career
After law school, Jeffries clerked for Judge Nathaniel R. Jones of the U.S. Court of Appeals. He then worked as an associate with Wilmer Cutler & Pickering. Since 2001, Shavar has been counsel at Gibbons P.C., a firm based at the Gateway Center in Newark.
Jeffries has been an associate professor at the Center for Social Justice at Seton Hall Law School since 2004. In 2008-2010, he took a leave of absence to serve as Assistant Attorney General and Counsel to New Jersey Attorney General Anne Milgram and led several departments, including the Juvenile Justice Commission and the Civil Rights Division.{{cite web|title=Shavar D. Jeffries|publisher=Seton Hall Law|url=http://law.shu.edu/Faculty/fulltime_faculty/Shavar-Jeffries.cfm|access-date=2013-12-05|archive-date=2013-07-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130725010112/http://law.shu.edu/Faculty/fulltime_faculty/Shavar-Jeffries.cfm|url-status=live}}
In April 2010, Jeffries was elected to the Newark Public Schools Advisory Board.{{cite web|url=http://blog.nj.com/njv_tom_moran/2010/09/public_support_is_integral_to.html|title=Tom Moran: Public support is integral to Newark schools reform|work=NJ.com|date=27 September 2010|access-date=4 September 2015|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304053122/http://blog.nj.com/njv_tom_moran/2010/09/public_support_is_integral_to.html|url-status=live}} He became a partner at Lowenstein Sandler in August 2014. In September 2015 he became the president of Democrats for Education Reform which promotes more charter schools, school funding and stricter teacher evaluations to revamp public education.
Mayoral candidacy
Jeffries announced his election bid on May 20, 2013.{{cite web|title=Shavar Jeffries|publisher=Our Campaigns|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=307430|access-date=2013-12-06|archive-date=2013-12-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203004825/http://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=307430|url-status=live}}{{cite news|last=Giambusso|first=David|title=Shavar Jeffries officially jumps into the ring for Newark mayoral contest|newspaper=The Star-Ledger|date=May 21, 2013|url=http://www.nj.com/essex/index.ssf/2013/05/shavar_jeffries_officially_jum.html|access-date=2013-12-05|archive-date=2013-12-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131206032904/http://www.nj.com/essex/index.ssf/2013/05/shavar_jeffries_officially_jum.html|url-status=live}}
Jeffries was relatively unknown in Newark,{{cite news|last=Glover|first=Vivian|title=Who will run Newark without Cory Booker?|newspaper=Thegrio |publisher=The Grio|date=October 15, 2013|url=http://thegrio.com/2013/10/15/who-can-run-newark-without-cory-booker/|access-date=2013-12-05}} where typically one runs first for council and then for mayor. Jeffries introduced a public safety plan in October 2013{{cite web|title=The Jeffries Plan|publisher=The Star-Ledger|date=October 23, 2013|url=http://origin.library.constantcontact.com/download/get/file/1103195912627-144/The+Jeffries+Plan.pdf|access-date=2013-12-31|archive-date=2013-10-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029063332/http://origin.library.constantcontact.com/download/get/file/1103195912627-144/The+Jeffries+Plan.pdf|url-status=live}}{{cite web|last=Giambusso|first=David|title=Newark mayor's race: Shavar Jeffries lays out public safety plan|publisher=The Star-Ledger|date=October 23, 2013|url=http://www.nj.com/essex/index.ssf/2013/10/newark_mayors_race_shavar_jeffries_lays_out_public_safety_plan.html|access-date=2013-12-22|archive-date=2014-01-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140102202653/http://www.nj.com/essex/index.ssf/2013/10/newark_mayors_race_shavar_jeffries_lays_out_public_safety_plan.html|url-status=live}} As of January 2014, Jeffries had raised the most campaign financing of the candidates.{{cite news|last=Giambusso|first=David|title=Newark mayor's race: Shavar Jeffries outpaces candidates in fundraising|publisher=The Star-Ledger|date=January 30, 2014|url=http://www.nj.com/essex/index.ssf/2014/01/newark_mayors_race_shavar_jeffries_outpaces_candidates_in_fundraising.html#incart_river_default|access-date=2014-01-30|archive-date=2014-02-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140204021706/http://www.nj.com/essex/index.ssf/2014/01/newark_mayors_race_shavar_jeffries_outpaces_candidates_in_fundraising.html#incart_river_default|url-status=live}}
The election took place May 13, 2014 and Jeffries was defeated by Municipal Council of Newark Council Member Ras Baraka. Other potential candidates, Council Members Anibal Ramos, Jr. and Darrin S. Sharif,{{cite news|last=Giambusso|first=David|title=Darrin Sharif announces run for mayor of Newark|newspaper=The Star-Ledger|date=August 16, 2013|url=http://www.nj.com/essex/index.ssf/2013/08/darrin_sharif_announces_run_for_mayor_of_newark.html|access-date=2013-11-26|archive-date=2013-12-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203101330/http://www.nj.com/essex/index.ssf/2013/08/darrin_sharif_announces_run_for_mayor_of_newark.html|url-status=live}}
{{cite news|last=Giambusso|first=David|title=With three major candidates declared, Newark braces for mayoral race|newspaper=The Star-Ledger|date=June 2, 2013|url=http://www.nj.com/essex/index.ssf/2013/06/with_three_major_candidates_de.html|access-date=2013-12-02|archive-date=2013-12-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131214111355/http://www.nj.com/essex/index.ssf/2013/06/with_three_major_candidates_de.html|url-status=live}} had earlier dropped out of the race.{{cite news|last=Queally|first=James|title=Newark mayoral race narrows to 2 as another candidate drops out|publisher=The Star-Ledger|date=February 12, 2014|url=http://www.nj.com/essex/index.ssf/2014/02/newark_mayoral_race_narrows_as_another_councilman_drops_out.html#incart_river_default|access-date=2014-02-12|archive-date=2014-02-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140223122739/http://www.nj.com/essex/index.ssf/2014/02/newark_mayoral_race_narrows_as_another_councilman_drops_out.html#incart_river_default|url-status=live}}
Jeffries' eight-member council slate includes incumbents East Ward Councilman Augusto Amador, North Ward Councilman Anibal Ramos, Jr. and At-large Councilman Carlos Gonzalez and candidates Brian Logan (South Ward). Kevin Waters (West Ward) and Andre Speight (Central Ward). Lynda Lloyd (At-large), and former Assemblyman Wilfredo Caraballo (At-large).{{cite news|last=Giambusso|first=David|title=Newark mayor's race: Jeffries rolls out council slate and senior plan|publisher=The Star-Ledger|date=February 26, 2014|url=http://www.nj.com/essex/index.ssf/2014/02/newark_mayors_race_jeffries_rolls_out_slate_and_senior_plan.html#incart_river_default|access-date=2014-02-26|archive-date=2014-03-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140306065631/http://www.nj.com/essex/index.ssf/2014/02/newark_mayors_race_jeffries_rolls_out_slate_and_senior_plan.html#incart_river_default|url-status=live}}
In February he received an endorsement of William D. Payne{{cite news|last=Frasier|first=Craig D.|title=Jeffries gaining ground in Newark mayoral race|publisher=Amsterdam News|date=February 27, 2014|url=http://amsterdamnews.com/news/2014/feb/27/jeffries-gaining-ground-newark-mayoral-race/|access-date=2014-02-28|archive-date=2016-03-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304004141/http://amsterdamnews.com/news/2014/feb/27/jeffries-gaining-ground-newark-mayoral-race/|url-status=live}} and March from Donald Payne, Jr.,{{cite web|url=http://www.politickernj.com/72090/newark-mayors-race-payne-endorsement-boosts-jeffries-local-legitimacy-while-baraka-payne-feud-|title=Newark mayor's race: Payne endorsement boosts Jeffries' local legitimacy, while Baraka-Payne feud fueled|author=Mark Bonamo|work=New Jersey News, Politics, Opinion, and Analysis|access-date=4 September 2015}} both of whom who are part a long time Newark political dynasty. He has also been endorsed by the Teamsters,{{cite web|url=http://amsterdamnews.com/news/2014/mar/20/shavar-jeffries-gets-first-union-endorsement/|title=Shavar Jeffries gets first union endorsement|work=amsterdamnews.com|date=20 March 2014|access-date=4 September 2015|archive-date=22 March 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140322111446/http://amsterdamnews.com/news/2014/mar/20/shavar-jeffries-gets-first-union-endorsement/|url-status=live}} State Senator Teresa Ruiz and Assemblywoman Eliana Pintor-Marin.{{cite news|last=Bonamo|first=Mark|title=Shavar Jeffries Newark mayor's race: At North Ward endorsement rally, Jeffries campaign shows resurgence, defiance|publisher=NJ Politicker|date=March 22, 2014|url=http://www.politickernj.com/tags/shavar-jeffries|access-date=2014-03-22|archive-date=2014-03-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140321153414/http://www.politickernj.com/tags/shavar-jeffries|url-status=live}} Jeffries received the endorsements of Board of Chosen Freeholders President Blonnie Watson, Freeholder Vice-President Patricia Sebold and Freeholder D. Bilal Beasley. Hakeem Jeffries, the Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives, representing New York's 8th congressional district in Brooklyn and Queens with roots in Newark, has also endorsed Jeffries. In May he received the endorsement of Eva Longoria.{{cite web |url=http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/cf4a30c031c94d6aa53056a42f3bc0d2/NJ--Newark-Mayoral-Race-Longoria |title=Shavar Jeffries gets support of actress Eva Longoria in Newark mayoral race |access-date=2014-05-06 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140506213057/http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/cf4a30c031c94d6aa53056a42f3bc0d2/NJ--Newark-Mayoral-Race-Longoria |archive-date=2014-05-06 }} Jeffries was endorsed by The Star-Ledger.{{cite news|title=Shavar Jeffries for Newark mayor: Editorial|newspaper=The Star-Ledger|date=May 8, 2014|url=http://www.nj.com/opinion/index.ssf/2014/05/shavar_jeffries_for_newark_mayor_editorial.html#incart_m-rpt-1|access-date=2014-05-08|archive-date=2014-05-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140511104557/http://www.nj.com/opinion/index.ssf/2014/05/shavar_jeffries_for_newark_mayor_editorial.html#incart_m-rpt-1|url-status=live}}
Jeffries conceded the race to Baraka at the Golden Dome Athletic Center on election night.{{cite news|last=Wright-Piersanti|first=Tom|title=Shavar Jeffries concedes Newark mayoral race|newspaper=The Star-Ledger|date=May 14, 2014|url=http://www.nj.com/essex/index.ssf/2014/05/shavar_jeffries_concedes_newark_mayoral_race.html|access-date=2014-05-14|archive-date=2014-05-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140515085510/http://www.nj.com/essex/index.ssf/2014/05/shavar_jeffries_concedes_newark_mayoral_race.html|url-status=live}}
Scholarship
In 2015 Jeffries has established the Donna Johnson Memorial Scholarship to support the educational development of a young person who has experienced the loss of a parent, guardian, or loved one because of domestic violence, or whose life has otherwise been touched by violence against women.{{cite web|url=http://www.shavarjeffries.com/scholarship|title=Scholarship - Shavar Jeffries|work=Shavar Jeffries|access-date=4 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150921023122/http://www.shavarjeffries.com/scholarship#|archive-date=2015-09-21|url-status=dead}}
Success Academy Charter Schools
Shavar Jeffries resigned from the Board of Directors of the Success Academy Charter Schools in 2017. Jeffries is a critic of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos and President Donald Trump.{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/education/wp/2016/11/17/advocacy-group-warns-fellow-democrats-dont-become-trumps-education-secretary/ |title=Advocacy group warns fellow Democrats: Don't become Trump's education secretary |date=2021-10-28 |orig-date=2016-11-17 |author1=Emma Brown |newspaper=The Washington Post |place=Washington, D.C. |issn=0190-8286 |oclc=1330888409}}{{WaPoCheckDates}} This position was in conflict with Success Academy chief executive officer Eva Moskowitz, who had supported Hillary Clinton, but was muted in her criticism of Trump until several days after Jeffries' resignation.{{cite web|url=https://www.politico.com/states/new-york/city-hall/story/2017/08/14/democrats-for-education-reform-chief-resigns-from-success-academy-board-113916|title=At odds over Trump, Democrats for Education Reform chief resigned from Success board|first=Eliza|last=Shapiro|website=Politico PRO|access-date=15 April 2019|archive-date=7 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190307192654/https://www.politico.com/states/new-york/city-hall/story/2017/08/14/democrats-for-education-reform-chief-resigns-from-success-academy-board-113916|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/what-new-york-citys-biggest-school-reformer-sees-in-donald-trump|title=What New York City's Biggest School Reformer Sees in Donald Trump|first=Dana|last=Goldstein|date=23 November 2016|access-date=15 April 2019|via=www.newyorker.com}}
The resignation of Jeffries came before Dan Loeb, Success Academy board chair and wealthy hedge fund executive made racial remarks about State Senate Democratic leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins. These comments triggered a PR crisis in the biggest charter network of NYC. Loeb's statement was the black lawmaker "did more damage to people of color than anyone who has ever donned a hood.{{Cite news|url=https://www.politico.com/states/new-york/city-hall/story/2017/08/14/democrats-for-education-reform-chief-resigns-from-success-academy-board-113916|title=At odds over Trump, Democrats for Education Reform chief resigned from Success board|work=Politico PRO|access-date=2018-06-07|language=en|archive-date=2018-06-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612142435/https://www.politico.com/states/new-york/city-hall/story/2017/08/14/democrats-for-education-reform-chief-resigns-from-success-academy-board-113916|url-status=live}}" Moskowitz said an apology for these remarks was necessary. The complete post of Loeb ridiculed the legislator for not supporting charter schools. He lauded State Senator Jeff Klein who was always vocal in backing charter institutions. 93 percent of students enrolled as Success Academy are either Black or Latino.{{Cite news|url=https://www.politico.com/states/new-york/city-hall/story/2017/08/11/loeb-will-remain-chair-of-success-academys-board-113906|title=Loeb will remain chair of Success Academy board, following racial remark|work=Politico PRO|access-date=2018-06-07|language=en|archive-date=2018-06-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612140712/https://www.politico.com/states/new-york/city-hall/story/2017/08/11/loeb-will-remain-chair-of-success-academys-board-113906|url-status=live}}
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20161025100539/http://www.jeffriesformayor.com/ Shavar Jeffires Mayor 2014]
- {{Citation|last1=Perry|first1=Ravi K (editor)|last2=Gillespie|first2=Andra|title=Beyond Booker: Assessing the Prospects of Black and Latino Mayoral Candidates in Newark, New Jersey|work=21st Century Urban Race Politics: Representing Minorities As Universal Interests|publisher=Emerald Group Publishing|year=2013|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hHvvH6bd7-YC&q=Beyond+Booker%3A+Assesing+the+Prospects+of++Black+and+Latino+Mayoral+Contenders+in+Newark%2C+New+Jersey&pg=PA33|isbn=9781781901847}}
- {{cite web|last=Mooney|first=John|title=Would-Be Successors to Cory Booker Offer Views on Newark's Schools|publisher=NJ Spotlight|date=October 25, 2013|url=http://www.njspotlight.com/stories/13/10/25/would-be-successors-to-cory-booker-offer-views-on-newark-s-schools/}}
- {{cite news|last=Grossman|first=Andrew|title=Controversial Professor Links Two Rising Politicians Two Rising Political Leaders Are Connected to a Former CUNY Professor|publisher=The Wall Street Journal|date=April 28, 2013|url=https://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424127887324482504578451021412889956}}
- {{cite news|title=Candidate Q&A: Newark mayoral candidate Shavar Jeffries puts focus on neighborhoods|newspaper=NJBiz|date=March 3, 2014|url=http://www.njbiz.com/article/20140303/NJBIZ01/302289996/Candidate-Q&A:-Newark-mayoral-candidate-Shavar-Jeffries-puts-focus-on-neighborhoods}}
- {{cite news|last=Brooks|first=David|title=How Cities Change|newspaper=The New York Times|date=March 17, 2014|url=http://mobile.nytimes.com/2014/03/18/opinion/brooks-how-cities-change.html}}
- {{cite news|last=Taub|first=Rob|title=A Vision for Newark|newspaper=Huffington Post|date=April 28, 2014|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/rob-taub/shavar-jeffries-looking_b_5184815.html}}
- {{cite news|last=Trosk|title=Shavar Jeffries for Mayor of Newark|publisher=Daily Kos|date=May 9, 2014|url=http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/05/09/1298227/-Shavar-Jeffries-for-Mayor-of-Newark#}}
- {{cite web|title=Meet The Democratic Candidates for Newark Mayor|publisher=WNYC|date=May 9, 2014|url=https://www.wnyc.org/people/shavar-jeffries/}}
- {{cite news|last=Sherman|first=Ted|author2=Naomi Nix|title=Newark's race for mayor: Baraka and Jeffries at the end of old-school battle with new cash|newspaper=The Star-Ledger|date=May 11, 2014|url=http://www.nj.com/politics/index.ssf/2014/05/newark_mayors_race_enters_final_days_as_baraka_and_jeffries_battle_in_high_stakes_race.html#incart_m-rpt-1 }}
- {{cite news|last=Pressley|first=Daron|title=Month of the Man: Shavar Jeffries Talks Turning Tragedy into Motivation for Leadership|publisher=Black Enterprise|date=May 12, 2014|url=http://www.blackenterprise.com/career/shavar-jeffries-civic-leadership-tips-millennials-mayoral-race-newark/}}
- [http://dropoutnation.net/2014/05/15/we-need-more-shavar-jeffries/comment-page-1/ We Need More Shavar Jeffries]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20140519214626/http://s2smagazine.com/95260/shavar-jeffries-wants-safe-newark-for-next-generation/ S@S Magazine]
- [https://www.huffingtonpost.com/shavar-jeffries/sotu-2016-president-obama_b_8961404.html SOTU 2016: President Obama's Education Legacy]
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