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RECOGNIZING & COMMENDING
Sponsored by President Luis A. Quintana
1. Mother Edna Reed
2. Individuals honored during the Essex-West Hudson Central Labor Council, AFL-CIO, 35th Annual Breakfast, held on Sunday, June 5, 2022
3. Jorge E. Acosta, on Twenty (20) Years Commemoration of Priesthood
4. Individuals honored during the Father’s Day Event
5. Pastor Dr. Glenn Wilson, Sr.
Sponsored by Council Member Augusto Amador
6. Graduates honored from East Ward Public Schools
7. Diana Freeman, on her Forty-One (41) Years contribution to public education
Sponsored by Council Member C. Lawrence Crump
8. Dr. Lloyd Preston Terrell, on his retirement after Thirty-Eight (38) Years as Pastor of Franklin Street Johns UMC
9. Retirees honored from Quitman Street School
10. Councilman John Sharpe James, on his public service to South Ward residents
11. Reverend Michael L. Fisher, on his Twenty (20) Years of ministry and community engagement at Canaan Missionary Baptist Church of Newark
12. Individuals honored from the Psycho Education Program on Grief and Trauma
13. Alpha Betta Phi Fraternity, on its 60th Anniversary, on Monday, July 4, 2022
14. Dr. Eugene Lawton, Ceremonial Street Dedication, held on July 10, 2022
Sponsored by Council Member Carlos M. Gonzalez
15. Individuals honored during the 2022 Just One Soccer/L.E.G.A.C.Y. II - Team Championship Awards Celebration, held on Sunday, June 26, 2022
Sponsored by Council Member John Sharpe James
16. Individuals honored in Recognition of Outstanding Service to the South Ward Community, during the International Youth Organization’s Graduation, held on Friday, June 24, 2022
17. Pastor Tiffany A. Morrast, on her 10th Pastoral Anniversary at Secret Place of Praise, on Sunday, June 5, 2022
18. Pastor Ronald L. Slaughter, on his 11th Pastoral Anniversary at Saint James AME Church
19. Rivers of Living Water NJ UCC Ministries, on its 8th Anniversary, on Sunday, June 5, 2022
20. Mary Jackson, on her 90th Birthday Celebration
21. Cynthia Perkins, on her 75th Birthday Celebration
20. Rev. Dr. Cynthia D. Jackson, on her 10th Pastoral Anniversary at Allen AME Church, to be held on Sunday, July 31, 2022
21. Bishop Hilton Rawls, Sr. and First Lady Amanda Rawls, on their retirement from Saint Paul Life Center Church, on Saturday, June 11, 2022
22. Pastor Arthur S. Long, on his 2nd Pastoral Anniversary at Promised Land Missionary Baptist Church, on Sunday, June 12, 2022
23. Monic Lockett, on her retirement after Thirty-Two (32) Years of public service as a Teacher and Counselor with the Newark Board of Education
24. Amiri Baraka, Jr., on his community service
25. Individuals honored during the Tribute to Fathers Event
26. John T. Jenkins, Ceremonial Street Dedication, held on Saturday, June 25, 2022
27. The Witcher Family Reunion, held on Friday, June 25, 2022
28. Pastor Robert L. Morrast, on his 48th Pastoral Anniversary and Fifty (50) Years in ministry, on Sunday, June 12, 2022
29. Inez Kerr McClendon, posthumously on her contribution to the City and the Arts
30. Class of 2022 Graduates honored during the Historical Weequahic Neighborhood’s Annual Baton-Passing and Graduation Celebration, held on Saturday, June 25, 2022
Sponsored by Council Member LaMonica R. McIver
31. Gertrude Rubina Ray, on her 100th Birthday Celebration
32. Sharon Suber, on her retirement after Twenty-Nine (29) Years of public service as a Teacher
33. Mattie Longstreet, on her retirement after Twenty-Five (25) Years of public service as a Head Custodian
Sponsored by Council Member Anibal Ramos, Jr.
34. Graduates honored from Barringer High School
35. Graduates honored from Ridge Street School
36. Graduates honored from First Avenue Elementary School
37. Graduates honored from Elliot Street School
38. Graduates honored from Luis Munoz Marin School
39. Graduates honored from Technology High School
40. Graduates honored from Robert Treat Academy
41. Graduates Honored from Rafael Hernandez School
42. Captain Geraldo Rodriguez
43. The Honorable Patricia Q. Sheehan, Former Mayor of New Brunswick, on her 88th Birthday Celebration
44. Jersey Cares, Non-Profit Organization