Sadaf Jaffer, First Muslim Woman to serve as US Mayor
Title
Sadaf Jaffer, First Muslim Woman to serve as US Mayor
Description
From her website: Sadaf Jaffer is a scholar, activist, and elected official. Dr. Jaffer is a Postdoctoral Research Associate at Princeton University where she teaches courses on South Asian, Islamic, and Asian American Studies. She has published articles in the Journal of Womens History, as well as the Foreign Policy Research Institute, Huffington Post, and Altmuslimah blogs. Dr. Jaffer is also the mayor of Montgomery Township, New Jersey where she has focused her administration on good governance and increased transparency, communications, diversity, and inclusivity. Mayor Jaffer has been especially involved in work to combat prejudice and build connections throughout the community. In her first year on Township Committee she founded Montgomery Mosaic, a group allied with the national Not In Our Town (NIOT) movement. She serves on the board of directors for The New Agenda, an organization that promotes women's economic empowerment and combats sexual harassment and sexual assault. She is on the advisory board of Inspiring South Asian American Women (ISAAW), a group dedicated to encouraging civic engagement among South Asian American women in New Jersey. She is also on the advisory board of ARTE: Art and Resistance through Education, a non-profit that promotes human rights education and youth development through the arts. NJ Spotlight: She is the first woman of South Asian descent to serve as mayor of a town in New Jersey, and the first Muslim woman to serve as a mayor in the United States.
Creator
WHYY - PBS - NJ Spotlight
Date
May-19
Source
https://whyy.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Sadaf-Jaffer.jpg
Relation
Rights
Publisher
NJ Spotlight
Contributor
NJ Spotlight
Format
Photograph
Language
English
Type
Figures
Identifier
Islam. Pakistani-American. New Jersey. Scholar. Women. Mayor. South Asia.
Coverage
New Jersey
Files
Collection
Reference
WHYY - PBS - NJ Spotlight, Sadaf Jaffer, First Muslim Woman to serve as US Mayor, NJ Spotlight, May-19
Cite As
WHYY - PBS - NJ Spotlight, “Sadaf Jaffer, First Muslim Woman to serve as US Mayor,” Virtual Museum of Public Service, accessed April 25, 2024, https://vmps.omeka.net/items/show/575.