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RECOGNIZING AND COMMENDING
Sponsored by President Luis A. Quintana
1. Individuals honored during Ecuador’s First Cry of Independence Celebration
2. Individuals honored during the 35th Annual Labor Day Parade
3. Individuals honored during the Ecuadorian Flag Raising Ceremony
4. Individuals honored during Back to School Backpack Drive
5. Individuals honored during Final Barranquiteños Latin Art and Festival
6. Kelvin Cruz, President of the Sports Federations Dominican Republic
7. Individuals honored during the Newark Latin Festival Free Concert
8. P. Robinson González, HSDV, Solemn Installation
9. Ismael Cala
10. Ernesto Rivera, Director of Ivy Hill Park Apartments, Retirement
11. Individuals honored during Third Cup Clemente Tournament
12. Oh So Good Landscaping LLC, Grant Opening
13. Antonia Lerdo, 65th Birthday Celebration
14. Miguel Jumbo
15. Filmaciones MF Antony
16. Individuals honored during Acclamation Day/Day of Prayer
17. Stanley Marcus, Esq.
18. Individuals honored during the Mexican Flag Raising Ceremony
19. Jessica S. Quintana Boyd
20. Individuals honored during the Annual Puerto Rico Flag Raising 2026
21. Individuals honored during the World-Wide Leaders Program
Sponsored by Council Member Amina Bey
22. Michael B. Jordan, Actor
23. Evangelist Victoria Young, 100th Birthday Celebration
24. Individuals honored during Kali Kouture Newark Summer Youth Program
25. Kali Kouture
Sponsored by Council Member Patrick O. Council
26. Rafaela Cura
27. Individuals honored during African Diaspora in America
Sponsored by Council Member C. Lawrence Crump
28. Dorothy Harris, Street Dedication
29. Sheikh Fufana Abdul Rauf
30. Elder-Elect Elijah Robinson, Man of the Year, Saint Paul Sounds of Praise Pentecostal Fellowship Ministries
31. Bishop Emerson H. Deline, Pastor and General Overseer of United Christian Assembly Church, Inc.
32. Alpha Alpha Lambda Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., 100th Anniversary
33. Captain Kamillah Zakia Barnes
34. Individuals honored during the Brazilian Flag Raising Ceremony
Sponsored by Council Member Dupré L. Kelly
35. Individuals honored during Hip Hop Appreciation Week
36. Individuals honored during Jamaica’s 64th Independence Flag Raising Ceremony
37. Individuals honored during PUSSH’s Jr. Violence Interrupters Program Ceremony
38. El Shino Aguakate
39. Individuals honored during the 7th Annual Honduras Flag Raising Ceremony
40. The 205th Anniversary of the Independence of the Republic of Honduras
Sponsored by Council Member Anibal Ramos, Jr.
41. Individuals honored during Newark Police Department’s Super Heroes of 2026
42. Los Barranquiteños Pro Cultura Puertorriqueña
43. Individuals honored during Third Cup Clemente
44. Victor Ortiz, “Batman”
45. The Peach Cobbler Factory
Sponsored by Council Member Louise Scott-Rountree
46. Captain Kamillah Barnes, Proclamation Ceremony
47. Reverend Paul M. Graves, Sr., Moderator’s Third Annual Address
48. Yasmeena Atia Sharif, Jazz Vocal Major, University of Southern California
49. Reverend Pedro Bismarck Chau
50. Gerald Holloway, Celebrating 40 Years of Fashion, Entertainment and Legacy
51. Bishop Kenneth S. Davall, Sr. and Pastor Debroah D. Davall, 50th Wedding Anniversary
52. Rising Stars Sports and Dance Academy
53. Nasha Thomas, Celebrating 40 Years of Hosting Ailey Camps of the Alvin Ailey Dance Theater
54. Cleveland Hines, 90th Birthday Celebration
55. Macedonia Baptist Church, 100th Church Anniversary
56. Elder Quincy Ruffin
57. Pastor Marcelino Nieves
58. Bishop Dr. Ch Evans and First Lady Lillian Evans, 40th Pastoral Anniversary
59. Overseer, Pastor Latanya Tammy Copeland, Fourth Pastoral Anniversary
60. Newly Destined, A Path to Hope and Renewal, Celebrating 33 Years of Community Service
61. Evangelist Annie Ruth Blakely-Write, 90th Birthday Celebration
62. Bishop Gregory A. Woods, 28th Pastoral Anniversary
63. Sister Mary Ford, First Timothy Baptist Church
64. Chief Chorister St Gertrude Thomas, 100th Birthday Celebration
65. Mgtr. Segundo Victor Montero Díaz
66. Individuals honored during the 20th Annual, In Loving Memory of Shakil Williams Community Health Event
67. Pastor Robert Gamble, 44th Pastoral Anniversary
68. Bishop Buster Simmons, 70th Birthday Celebration
69. Individuals honored during A Newark Celebration of Excellence
70. Individuals honored during the Arts High School Class of 1976 Semicentennial Reunion
71. Bishop Hilton Rawls, Sr., 77th Birthday and 46th Pastoral Anniversary
72. Kevin Peterman, 2026 Homegoing Reunion and Family Picnic
73. Antonia Lerdo
74. Individuals honored during the 9/11 25th Anniversary Flag Raising Ceremony
Sponsored by Council Member Michael J. Silva
75. Deputy Chief Edgar Padilla
76. Dr. Guido Rafael Vaca Jimenez
77. Deputy Chief Danny Costa