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RECOGNIZING AND COMMENDING
Sponsored by President C. Lawrence Crump
1. Individuals honored during the Hispanic Heritage Month Celebration
2. Individuals honored during the Hispanic Heritage Flag Raising
3. Detective Mark Olmeda, Retirement
4. Dolly Thalia Chaparro
5. Sandra Garcia
6. Claudia Usma
7. Geovanna Villacres
8. Individuals honored during the Eyes Like Mine Inc. 2025 Miss Blind Diva Empowerment Pageant
9. Ms. Gloria Roely Reyes Gomez
10. Day of the Girl, Honoring Outstanding Young Women Leaders
Sponsored by Council Member Patrick O. Council
11. Individuals honored for receiving their Professorships from the World Gospel Music Association
12. Brenda Anderson, Honoring Her Life and Legacy
Sponsored by Council Member Carlos M. Gonzalez
13. Individuals honored during the Newark Latino Film Festival
14. Individuals honored during the Fourth Annual Domestic Violence Walk
15. Individual Pastors honored from Temple Rock Community Church
16. Individuals honored during the First Annual Newark Diwali 2025
Sponsored by Council Member Dupré L. Kelly
17. Blanca “Kookie” Lopez, 60th Birthday Celebration
Sponsored by Council Member Luis A. Quintana
18. Honoring the 60th Anniversary of High Park Gardens Cooperative Corporation
19. Individuals honored during the Anniversary of Sister Cities between Chunchi, Ecuador and Newark, New Jersey
20. Andrés Wilmer González Sanchez, Lawyer Councilman of Jipijapa Canton Province of Manabí, Republic of Ecuador
21. Individuals honored during Acclamation Day, September 28, 2025
22. Individuals honored from Yolanda’s Love during Domestic Violence Awareness Month
23. Individuals honored during a Youth Program in recognition of domestic Violence Awareness Month
24. Individuals honored during the Children of Faith Parade and Multicultural Festival 2025
25. Manuel Alejandro Cardenas Espinoza
26. Individuals honored during Hispanic Heritage Month and the Homenaje a la Prensa Internacional
Sponsored by Council Member Anibal Ramos, Jr.
27. Individuals honored during the Yale Debate Association’s 33rd Annual Yale Invitational High School Tournament
Sponsored by Council Member Louise Scott-Rountree
28. Individuals honored during the Shani Baraka Women’s Resource Center Annual Domestic Violence Conference
29. Individuals honored during the Urban League of Union County - 81st Anniversary Dinner and Gala
30. Bishop Kenneth and Pastor Deborah Davall, 70th Birthday Celebration
31. Pamela Grier-Hines, Ribbon Cutting for PGH Luxury Apartments and 24-Hour Daycare
32. Orange United Methodist Church, Celebrating 195 Years of Faith
33. Reverend Raymond Grier, Street Dedication
34. Individuals honored during the Newark Interfaith Alliance 12th Annual Prayer Breakfast
35. Reverend John and Lady Laura White, 25th Pastoral and 39th Marriage Anniversary
36. Reverend Raymond Grier, Street Dedication
37. Dolores L. A. Curtis, 88th Birthday Celebration
38. Individuals honored during the Muslim League of Voters, “Keeping Citizenship Active”, Celebrating 40 Years of Service
39. Darnell Richardson
40. Individuals honored during the Universoul Circus, “Faith Leaders United” Under the Big Top
41. Willie B. Holman, 90th Birthday Celebration
42. Individuals honored during the Ninth Annual Hispanic Heritage Month Celebration
43. Trinity Temple Seventh Day Adventist Church's 103rd Anniversary
44. Individuals honored during the Interfaith Appreciation Luncheon
45. Pastor Dr. Liwanda Williams Birthday Celebration
46. Individuals honored during the 10th Anniversary Trailblazers & Unsung Sheroes Awards Gala
47. Good Neighbor Baptist Church 54th Church Anniversary
48. Dr. Semaj Vanzant, Sr., First Annual Address at the General Baptist Convention of New Jersey, Inc. - 121 Annual Session
49. Individuals honored during the Good Neighbor Baptist Church 54th Church Anniversary
50. Reverend Rahmin E. Wynn, 11th Pastoral Anniversary
Sponsored by Council Member Michael J. Silva
51. Regina Oliveira
52. Rádio Corações de Portugal
53. PALCUS
54. Jack Barreira