Senator Raymond Lesniak will give a lecture on his colorful and accomplished life in New Jersey politics, as reflected in his new book Cultivating Justice in the Garden State: My Life in the Colorful World of New Jersey Politics. The discussion will be moderated by Elizabeth Mayor J. Christian Bollwage. Lesniak left the State Senate in January 2018, after forty years in the legislature.

Lesniak is the Founder and President of the Lesniak Institute For American Leadership at Kean University. He has authored three other books: The Road to Abolition: How New Jersey Abolished the Death Penalty; What’s Love Got to Do With It: The Case for Same Sex Marriage and Beating the Odds: The Epic Battle That Brought Legal Sports Betting Across America.