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Dept/ Agency: Offices of Municipal Council/City Clerk
Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Ceremonial Street Designation
Honoree: Minnie Allen
Date(s): Saturday, January 18, 2024
Official Street Name(s): Osborne Terrace and Hawthorne Avenue
Ceremonial Intersection Name: Minnie Allen Way
Sponsor: Council President C.Lawrence Crump
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WHEREAS, Ordinance 6PSF-f, adopted on May 20, 2015, authorizes the designation of an intersection, etc. for honorary and ceremonial purposes; and
WHEREAS, Minnie Allen, migrated to the City of Newark in 1968 from Mobile, Alabama at the age of seventeen and immediately began her lifelong service to the City of Newark, serving as a Teacher's Aide at the Robert Treat School under the leadership of the former Superintendent of the Newark Board of Education, Eugene Campbell; and
WHEREAS, recognizing her tremendous leadership potential and zeal for public service and education, he encouraged her to enroll at Essex County College, where she began her higher educational journey earning an associate degree in Education and Urban Studies-where she met former Mayor Sharpe James-who encouraged her to continue her studies at Bloomfield College, all the while working tirelessly in after-school programs for the Newark Board of Education; and
WHEREAS, through former Mayor James, Minnie further expanded her commitment to public service by getting involved in community service and politics through the Sharpe James Civic Organization, playing an influential role in his victorious Mayoral election and administration; and
WHEREAS, Minnie later earned a M.S. degree from Jersey City State College, and earnestly worked for the City for over 35 years, assisting the youth and the unemployed seeking ...
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