(NEWARK, NJ) -- U.S. Senator Cory Booker will launch a nationwide book tour for his new book Stand with a special event at New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) on Sunday, March 22, 2026, just ahead of the book's official national release on Tuesday, March 24th. The event begins at 2:00pm.
Senator Booker will be joined at NJPAC by acclaimed musician and philanthropist Jon Bon Jovi for an engaging conversation designed to inspire hope, unity, and positive action. This unique event offers attendees the rare opportunity to gain insights from Senator Booker and Jon Bon Jovi about America’s future, the importance of shared values, moral courage, and our collective responsibility as citizens. *** Note: this is not a musical performance.
Tickets are available for purchase online or by calling visit the NJPAC box office at (1-888-696-5722). New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) is located at One Center Street in Newark, New Jersey.
Stand (St. Martin’s Press is on sale: March 24, 2026), this event will be a powerful and urgent conversation about America’s shared values, moral courage, and collective responsibility.
Centered on Stand, Senator Booker’s book tour will feature stirring personal reflections and compelling stories of leadership that will challenge Americans to reclaim our national story and work together to redeem the American dream. At a moment of deep division and uncertainty, Stand offers a hopeful and urgent call to action rooted in enduring American ideals.
In Stand, Senator Booker argues that principles such as justice, compassion, courage, and civic engagement are not luxuries—they are vital, strategic tools essential to our survival and success as a nation. By wielding these tools together, he shows how Americans can reclaim a sense of common cause and help change the course of the country’s history.
Through inspiring and actionable insights, Stand speaks to Americans from all walks of life, offering a roadmap for leadership that is both values-driven and results-oriented. The book tour will feature conversations, readings, and audience engagement focused on how individuals and communities can translate shared ideals into meaningful action.
Senator Cory Booker is the senior United States senator from New Jersey. Booker earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees at Stanford University, attended Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar, and earned a law degree at Yale University. He served as mayor of Newark before becoming New Jersey’s first Black senator and only the fourth popularly elected Black senator in US history. Booker is a national leader in the effort to expand economic opportunity and create safe, strong, nurturing communities for every American family. He lives in Newark’s Central Ward.
BOOK TOUR SCHEDULE
Sunday, March 22 | Newark, NJ — New Jersey Performing Arts Center with Bookends at 2:00pm ET
Tuesday, March 24 | Washington, DC — Sixth & I with Politics and Prose Bookstore at 7:00pm ET
Thursday, March 26 | Philadelphia, PA — Philadelphia Free Library with Uncle Bobbie’s Coffee & Books at 7:00pm
Friday, March 27 | Atlanta, GA — First Baptist Church Decatur with Brave + Kind Books at 7:00pm
Saturday, March 28 | St. Louis, MO — St. Louis County Library at Shalom City of Peace with Left Bank Books
7:00pm CT
Sunday, March 29 | Chicago, IL — Thalia Hall with WBEZ and Barnes & Noble at 7:00pm CT
Tuesday, March 31 | New York, NY — Temple Emanu-el Streicker Cultural Center with Books & Books at 8:00pm ET
Friday, April 3 | Los Angeles, CA — Writers Block at Writers Guild Theater with Book Soup at 7:30pm PT
Saturday, April 4 | San Francisco, CA — Dominican University with Book Passage at 4:00pm PT
