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RECOGNIZNG AND COMMENDING
Sponsored by President C. Lawrence Crump
1. Pamela Ujazi Gaston
2. Janelle Ashby
Sponsored by Council Member Patrick O. Council
3. Individuals honored during the 2025 South Ward Teacher of the Year Awards
4. Lamani Crawford
5. Paulette Jones, Ceremonial Street Dedication
6. Mario Banks, Newark Board of Education, 2025 Teacher of the Year
7. 2025 Teachers of the Year
8. Tabiatha Lee, Retirement Celebration
9. Leslie Foster, 50th Birthday Celebration
10. Stephanie Chamblee-Pinkston, 60th Birthday Celebration
11. Individuals honored during the Weequahic Historic Neighborhood Passing the Baton Event
Sponsored by Council Member Carlos M. Gonzalez
12. Cynthia M. Banks, Building Naming Ceremony
Sponsored by Council Member Dupré L. Kelly
13. Individuals honored during the 2025 Thirteenth Avenue Elementary School Panthers’ Championship
14. Individuals honored during the 2025 Dr. William H. Horton Elementary School Wildcats’ Championship
15. Individuals honored as Valedictorians from Schools Within the West Ward for the 2024-2025 Academic Year
16. Mr. Clarence T. Allen, Retirement Celebration
Sponsored by Council Member Luis A. Quintana
17. Individuals honored during the Madre Símbolo de la Organización de Macareños en Estados Unidos O.M.E.U
18. Mrs. Gertrude Ray, 100th Birthday Celebration
19. Individuals honored during the 2025 Women of Distinction Award, Ariagna Perello Foundation
20. Individuals honored during as Mount Vernon Retirees
21. Jedsy Torres
22. Elsie A. Rivera PHD (c), DNP APN, FNP-C
Sponsored by Council Member Anibal Ramos, Jr.
23. Top 10 students, Abington Avenue Elementary School
24. Top 10 students, Dr. E. Alma Flagg Elementary School
25. Top 10 students, Dr. William H. Horton Elementary School
26. Top 10 students, Elliott Street Elementary School
27. Top 10 students, First Avenue Elementary School
28. Top 10 students, Franklin Elementary School
29. Top 10 students, Luis Muñoz Marin Elementary School
30. Top 10 students, McKinley Elementary School
31. Top 10 students, Park Elementary School
32. Top 10 students, Rafael Hernandez Elementary School
33. Top 10 students, Ridge Street Elementary School
34. Top 10 students, Roberto Clemente Elementary School
35. Top 10 students, Salomé Ureña Elementary School
36. Top 10 students, Sussex Avenue Elementary School
37. Top 10 students, Robert Treat Academy Charter School
38. Top 10 students, Technology High School
39. Top 10 students, Newark School of Global Studies
40. Top 10 students, Newark School of Fashion and Design
41. Top 10 students, Barringer High School
Sponsored by Council Member Louise Scott-Rountree
42. Reverend Dr. David Jefferson Sr., Esq. and Reverend Linda Jefferson, First Lady, 30th Pastoral Anniversary
43. Pastor Tamara Bethea, Abundant Hope Christian Center Elevation Service
44. Individuals honored during the Dimensions of Light WOTCC Pentecost Celebration
45. Pastor Elect Reverend Barry Miller, Pastoral Installation
46. Reverend Dr. George A. Blackwell, III and Minister B. Helena Blackwell, Retirement Celebration
47. Reverend Dr. George A. Blackwell, III and Minister B. Helena Blackwell, 30th Pastoral Anniversary
48. Temple of Salvation Deliverance Church, 11th Annual Holy Convocation
49. Pastor Keith Oden, Second Pastoral Anniversary
50. Michaela White
51. Assemblywoman Cleopatra G. Tucker
52. Ta-Tanisha Harrell
53. Individuals honored in celebration of the University High School’s Regionally and Nationally Ranked Speech Team
54. Malyka R. Sankofa, Retirement Celebration
55. Bishop Ronald Jones, 75th Birthday Celebration
56. Pastor Edward D. Harper and First Lady Virginia A. Harper 25th Pastoral Anniversary
57. Anthony Ponder and Ministry’s Desire, Grateful Album Release Party
58. Miller-Thornton Family, 102nd Anniversary of Family’s Migration to the North
59. Elidia Yvette Brown, 35th Birthday Celebration
60. Bishop Rayman L. Wyatt, Sr.
61. Gospel Mission Baptist Church, 57th Year Anniversary
62. Reverend Terence T. Dunlap, Sr., Pastoral Installation
63. Individuals honored during the 40th Annual Gospel Music Month Celebration
64. Mabel Elmore, Retirement Celebration
65. Individuals honored during the World Gospel Music Month Celebration
66. Individuals honored during the Woman at the Well: “Woman of Resilience” Dance Experience
67. Pauline Salmon-Parkinson, Retirement Celebration
68. Full Effect Church of New Jersey, Church Dedication
69. Individuals honored during the Newark-Scott Cultural and Civic Foundation, Inc.’s Third Annual Madam Louise Scott Legacy Brunch
70. Reverend Dr. Charles F. Boyer, Fourth Pastoral Anniversary, Greater Mount Zion African Methodist Episcopal Church
71. Individuals honored during the North Ward Clergy Alliance Unity Service
72. Dr. Albert J. Lewis, Jr., Birthday Celebration and Gospel Music Month
73. Individuals honored during the Greater Abyssinian Baptist Church, Women’s Day Worship Experience “Just Breathe”
74. Bishop Donald Hilliard, Jr., 68th Birthday Celebration\
75. Individuals honored during the YMCA Award Ceremony - 2025
Sponsored by Council Member Michael J. Silva
76. Luis Marques Mendes
77. Margarita B. Hernandez-Abeigon
78. André Villas-Boas
79. DaPunkSportif