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RECOGNIZING AND COMMENDING
Sponsored by President C. Lawrence Crump
1. Deputy Chief Monique D. Smith, Retirement from Irvington Police Department
2. Ora L. Davis, 92nd Birthday Celebration
Sponsored by Council Member Amina Bey
3. Individuals Honored During Muslim Heritage Month, Councilperson for a Day
4. Individuals Honored During Muslim Heritage Month Flag Raising Ceremony
5. Central Ward Cougars 10U and 12U Championship Teams
6. Central Ward Cougars 40th Anniversary
Sponsored by Council Member Luis A. Quintana
7. Julio Adonis Gross Gonzalez “DJ Adoni”
Sponsored by Council Member Louise Scott-Rountree
8. Individuals Honored During the Newark YMCA, 55th Annual Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Breakfast
9. Gregory Selph, 34th Birthday Celebration
10. Reverend Dr. Douglas Williams, III, 15th Pastoral Anniversary
11. Bishop Gerald A. Edwards, 10th Pastoral Anniversary
12. Mr. Norris Holmes, 94th Birthday Celebration
13. Bishop Kevin E. Taylor, 25th Pastoral Anniversary, Silver Jubilee Gala
14. Imam Mujahideen Mohammed, First Anniversary being Resident Imam of Masjid Muhammad Newark
15. Detective Manuel Spruill, 23 Years of Dedicated Service to the Newark Department of Public Safety
16. Dr. Odessa McNeill, 80th Birthday Celebration
17. Chief Apostle Antoine Obery, Birthday Celebration
18. Jackie Sharpe, 75th Birthday Celebration
19. Tanya Freeman, Concluding her Tenure on the UH Board of Directors in December 2025
20. Reverend Marienna Mason, President-Elect of the Baptist Minister’s Conference of Newark and Vicinity, Installation Service
21. Nygel Hill, GNBC Hero
22. Individuals Honored During the Positive Community, Seventh Annual Great American Emancipation Day Awards Celebration
23. Dr. Daniel Black, 2026 Martin Luther King, Jr., Commemorative Lecture, “Author Talk and Book Signing”
24. Individuals Honored During the Baptist Ministers Conference of Newark and Vicinity, Installation Service