Ronn Jordan
Ronn Jordan
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Want to be a Guest on my radio show? contact ronnagaderadio@gmail.com| Hometown: | , |
| Interests: | America's Future Now, community organizing, NWBCCC Board Member, Social Justice |
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Ronn's Bio
Job Title:
Community Leader/Creator & Host of Ronnagade Radio
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Favorite Quote:
Those who profess to favor freedom and yet depreciate agitation, are people who want crops without ploughing the ground; they want rain without thunder and lightning; they want the ocean without the roar of its many waters. The struggle may be a moral one, or it may be a physical one, or it may be both. But it must be a struggle. Power concedes nothing without a demand; it never has and it never will.
- Frederick Douglass
A proud Akwesasne Mohawk, Ronn is a lifelong Bronx resident who is a product of NYC Public Schools and knows the importance of community involvement. Since his son Christopher was a kindergarten student Ronn has been in the spotlight of both political and educational issues in the NW Bronx, a leader in a school construction campaign that won 6 new schools and provided 3000 much needed seats through a NYC Capital Budget Amendment. Ronn has been appointed to Mayor Bloomberg’s task force to develop the Kingsbridge Armory, a 565,000 square foot Armory that has been left almost empty for 15 years into a $350 million dollar multi-use facility to provide much needed economic development and 4 schools in one of the most overcrowded school districts in the state. Ronn serves on the Board of the Alliance for Quality Education, a statewide coalition of education advocates to bring about fair and equitable funding for public schools. Ronn also serves as both a mentor and colleague to the youth affiliate of the NWBCCC, Sistas & Brothas United (SBU).While serving on the design team of Leadership Institute, Ronn worked tirelessly with youth leaders and parents to design the first small HS in the country that was designed by youth for youth. Leadership Institute is a NYC public school whose 3 themes are Leadership Development, Community Action and Education for Social Justice. Ronn has been dubbed “The Man, The Myth, The Legend” by the youth of SBU a title that he accepts with hard work and blushing cheeks. Ronn is currently leading the fight for schools to be built throughout NYC with a campaign title that he came up with NY S.E.A.T.S. (Schools Exploding At The Seams) that seeks to build over 26,000 new seats citywide with 10,000 of them going towards Bronx High Schools. Ronn is also the host of a weekly internet radio show called “Ronnagade Radio ~Warrior for Justice~” that discusses Social Justice issues that affect our country.
