Andrea Mason visited Bard students on October 14 to talk about her work. Ms. Mason is currently a Senior Aide to Mayor Ras J. Baraka as well as the first Senior Manager of the Newark People's Assembly. Ms. Mason worked with the City of Newark’s Division of Recreation and Cultural Affairs for 15 years until becoming the South Ward Aide to Honorable Mayor Ras J. Baraka in 2016.  In 2018, Ms. Mason was appointed as the first Senior Manager of a newly created Division within the Mayor’s Office called Newark People’s Assembly.