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