Asia Norton finds a renewing spirit of learning, working, family and fellowship, begun when her grandfather left the South after serving in the Korean War, came North, and made his home in Newark’s South Ward, with a conviction now forged across three generations.
An attorney and former teacher whose mother and grandmother taught, former President of the Newark Board of Education Norton grew up with a strong sense of the South Ward’s public institutions, its schools and churches, swimming pools, and neighborhood associations.
Now, she wants to represent the ward she loves as a member of the City Council, to strengthen community and government accountability, with a voice uplifted for neighbors seeking strong city services…