RECOGNIZING AND COMMENDING Sponsored by President C. Lawrence Crump 1. Individuals honored during the Hispanic Heritage Month Celebration 2. Individuals honored during the Hispanic Heritage Flag Raising 3. Detective Mark Olmeda, Retirement 4. Dolly Thalia Chaparro 5. Sandra Garcia 6. Claudia Usma 7. Geovanna Villacres 8. Individuals honored during the Eyes Like Mine Inc. 2025 Miss Blind Diva Empowerment Pageant 9. Ms. Gloria Roely Reyes Gomez 10. Day of the Girl, Honoring Outstanding Young Women Leaders Sponsored by Council Member Patrick O. Council 11. Individuals honored for receiving their Professorships from the World Gospel Music Association 12. Brenda Anderson, Honoring Her Life and Legacy Sponsored by Council Member Carlos M. Gonzalez 13. Individuals honored during the Newark Latino Film Festival 14. Individuals honored during the Fourth Annual Domestic Violence Walk 15. Individual Pastors honored from Temple Rock Community Church 16. Individuals honored during the First Annual Newark Diwali 2025 Sponsored by Council Member Dupré L. Kelly 17. Blanca “Kookie” Lopez, 60th Birthday Celebration Sponsored by Council Member Luis A. Quintana 18. Honoring the 60th Anniversary of High Park Gardens Cooperative Corporation 19. Individuals honored during the Anniversary of Sister Cities between Chunchi, Ecuador and Newark, New Jersey 20. Andrés Wilmer González Sanchez, Lawyer Councilman of Jipijapa Canton Province of Manabí, Republic of Ecuador 21. Individuals honored during Acclamation Day, September 28, 2025 22. Individuals honored from Yolanda’s Love during Domestic Violence Awareness Month 23. Individuals honored during a Youth Program in recognition of domestic Violence Awareness Month 24. Individuals honored during the Children of Faith Parade and Multicultural Festival 2025 25. Manuel Alejandro Cardenas Espinoza 26. Individuals honored during Hispanic Heritage Month and the Homenaje a la Prensa Internacional Sponsored by Council Member Anibal Ramos, Jr. 27. Individuals honored during the Yale Debate Association’s 33rd Annual Yale Invitational High School Tournament Sponsored by Council Member Louise Scott-Rountree 28. Individuals honored during the Shani Baraka Women’s Resource Center Annual Domestic Violence Conference 29. Individuals honored during the Urban League of Union County - 81st Anniversary Dinner and Gala 30. Bishop Kenneth and Pastor Deborah Davall, 70th Birthday Celebration 31. Pamela Grier-Hines, Ribbon Cutting for PGH Luxury Apartments and 24-Hour Daycare 32. Orange United Methodist Church, Celebrating 195 Years of Faith 33. Reverend Raymond Grier, Street Dedication 34. Individuals honored during the Newark Interfaith Alliance 12th Annual Prayer Breakfast 35. Reverend John and Lady Laura White, 25th Pastoral and 39th Marriage Anniversary 36. Reverend Raymond Grier, Street Dedication 37. Dolores L. A. Curtis, 88th Birthday Celebration 38. Individuals honored during the Muslim League of Voters, “Keeping Citizenship Active”, Celebrating 40 Years of Service 39. Darnell Richardson 40. Individuals honored during the Universoul Circus, “Faith Leaders United” Under the Big Top 41. Willie B. Holman, 90th Birthday Celebration 42. Individuals honored during the Ninth Annual Hispanic Heritage Month Celebration 43. Trinity Temple Seventh Day Adventist Church's 103rd Anniversary 44. Individuals honored during the Interfaith Appreciation Luncheon 45. Pastor Dr. Liwanda Williams Birthday Celebration 46. Individuals honored during the 10th Anniversary Trailblazers & Unsung Sheroes Awards Gala 47. Good Neighbor Baptist Church 54th Church Anniversary 48. Dr. Semaj Vanzant, Sr., First Annual Address at the General Baptist Convention of New Jersey, Inc. - 121 Annual Session 49. Individuals honored during the Good Neighbor Baptist Church 54th Church Anniversary 50. Reverend Rahmin E. Wynn, 11th Pastoral Anniversary Sponsored by Council Member Michael J. Silva 51. Regina Oliveira 52. Rádio Corações de Portugal 53. PALCUS 54. Jack Barreira