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RECOGNIZING AND COMMENDING
Sponsored by President C. Lawrence Crump
1. Individuals honored during Women’s History Month
Sponsored by Council Member Amina Bey
2. Arts High School Basketball Team on Winning the NJSIAA Group 1 State Championship
Sponsored by Council Member Patrick O. Council
3. Malcolm High Shabazz School Basketball Team on Winning the NJSIAA Group 1 State Championship
4. Individuals honored during the South Ward Palm Sunday Breakfast
Sponsored by Council Member Carlos M. Gonzalez
5. Simone Gordon, “The Black Fairy Godmother”
6. Lucy Del Gaudio
7. Clinton Hill Head Start, Grand Opening of Two Early Head Start Programs
8. Individuals honored during Her Voice, Her Strength, Voices of Resilience
Sponsored by Council Member Dupré L. Kelly
9. Yoell “BOYBOY” Cooper
10. Individuals honored during the West Ward Glass Ceiling Award Reception
Sponsored by Council Member Luis A. Quintana
11. Professor Luis Padin
12. Gloria T. Frank, Retirement
13. Individuals honored as the New Jersey Top 25 Most Influential Women of 2025
14. Grupo 5
15. Individuals honored as Valuable and Powerful Women Recognition 2026 for the Speakers of the Third Anniversary of “Ellas Nos Inspiran” the She Inspires us Conference
Sponsored by Council Member Louise Scott-Rountree
16. Pastor Liwanda Williams, First Pastoral Anniversary
17. Mother Cornelia Harris, 99th Birthday Celebration
18. Secret Place of Praise, Celebrating 14th Years
19. Pastor Anna Cooper, Street Dedication
20. Levi Holmes, 60th Birthday Celebration
21. Wali Muslim
22. Elder Robert L. Brown, 85th Birthday Celebration
23. Pastors Darrin and Lawren Monroe, 27th Pastoral Anniversary
24. Individuals honored during the Newark Interfaith Alliance Sixth Anniversary of Prayer, Praise, Worship and the Word
25. Pastor Randy T. Carlton, Senior Pastor of Jehovah Jireh Praise and Worship Church Center
26. Pastor Joshua G. Younger
27. Greater Elizabeth Area Section, 20th Annual Harambee Breakfast Celebrating 20 Years: Rooted in Community, Rising in Purpose
28. Individuals honored during the Greater Elizabeth Area Section, 20th Annual Harambee Breakfast Celebrating 20 Years: Rooted in Community, Rising in Purpose
29. Individuals honored during the Ivy Impact Awards, Scholarship and Community Recognition Luncheon
30. Lisa Funderburke, New Director and CEO, Newark Museum of Art
31. Individuals honored during the Leslie’s Soul Inspirations, Sara Pearl’s Legacy “Honoring Unsung Sheroes - Women of Purpose Past and Present”
Sponsored by Council Member Michael J. Silva
32. Manuel Cerqueira Amorim
33. Gerardo Mejia
34. Wilmer Aldaz and Monica Villalta
35. José Rebimbas
36. Fernando Linhares
37. Father Ezio Antunes
38. José Miguel Rodrigues
39. Augusto J. Neno Sr.
40. Delfim Sarabando
41. Pedro J. Belo
42. Gloria Maxwell
43. Aida Laurita Correa Cumbicus
44. Glendaliz Navas
45. Nancy Mincey
46. Gloria Ribeiro Tortorello
47. Rancho Típico de Pombal