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