Author of If Mayors Ruled the World, Distinguished Senior Fellow @fordhamnotes Fordham University Urban Consortium and Founder of @intrdpndncemvmt @GPMProject
Joined August 2009
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Great to see my good friends last week @tavissmiley @marcsteiner to meet about the importance of #globalcities and #localresistance to Trump
Mayor @MarvinJRees visiting from Bristol to work with #GPM Consultative Committee on @GPMProject #SanctuaryCities proposal #citysolidarity
Mayor Patricia de Lille of Cape Town, new Chair of the Global Parliament of Mayors, meeting with Dr. Barber in NYC to discuss #GPM strategy
With Paris Mayor Hidalgo at the C40 #Women4Climate meeting at Columbia University talking about climate and the Global Parliament of Mayors
"Wonderful meeting between Paris Mayor @Anne_Hidalgo and @BenjaminRBarber prophet and visionary on the role of mayors" Deputy Mayor Klugman teapaw.org/PKlugman/status/842039…
Merveilleuse rencontre entre @Anne_Hidalgo et @BenjaminRBarber prophète et visionnaire sur le rôle des maires.
Forgive my recent silence. I am dealing with major health challenge. Be assured that with you I continue our fight for cities against Trump – at Manhattan, NY
"Be Encouraged" Governor Martin O'Malley writes to supporters, praising my essay for @thenation on cities resisting Trumpism
Watch me, @Richard_Florida and @JonHaidt debate: “Empowering Cities Under the New Administration" @NYUSchack ow.ly/PGxP308J1zm
Trump's learning the US isn't a company he can boss around but a Republic of laws he must serve. Judge Robart -- the law -- is his master. – at Manhattan, NY
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Check out this PDF shared by #cityscope to read about specific and successful urban innovations around the world. nycfuture.org/pdf/Innovation…
Time for urban civil disobedience: sanctuary cities produce most of wealth Trump wants to withhold from them: so keep the dough, let HIM sue – at Manhattan, NY
The Nation's inauguration issue THE PEOPLE VS THE PRESIDENT has just appeared with 6 compelling cover essays, including mine on CITIES. teapaw.org/thenation/status/82176…
My wife Leah & daughter Nellie join millions worldwide to tell Trump "no America first!" Equality for all everywhere! – at Manhattan, NY
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"Sisters and brothers, you are what democracy looks like!" - @lsarsour
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Good one from @VanJones68:
"Obama came in to fix things Bush broke. Trump is coming in to break things Obama fixed."
Courage friends:Trump is President. But democracy grows bottom up and belongs to citizens. It is our country and its destiny is in our hands – at Manhattan, NY
On this day joining Christmas and Hannukah, joy to all without rancor, recrimination or resentment. -- a day of peace & mutual understanding – at Manhattan, NY
Catch me and LA Mayor @ericgarcetti on @FareedZakaria GPS Sunday @CNN 10AM+1PM ET discussing vital role of #cities during Trump presidency
If ExxonMobile CEO Tillerson's taking over State Dept how about Al Gore taking over Exxon? US Gov can push big oil while Exxon pushes solar! – at Manhattan, NY