RECOGNIZING AND COMMENDING Sponsored by President C. Lawrence Crump 1. Pamela Ujazi Gaston 2. Janelle Ashby Sponsored by Council Member Patrick O. Council 3. Individuals honored during the 2025 South Ward Teacher of the Year Awards 4. Lamani Crawford 5. Paulette Jones, Ceremonial Street Dedication 6. Mario Banks, Newark Board of Education, 2025 Teacher of the Year 7. 2025 Teachers of the Year 8. Tabiatha Lee, Retirement Celebration 9. Leslie Foster, 50th Birthday Celebration 10. Stephanie Chamblee-Pinkston, 60th Birthday Celebration 11. Individuals honored during the Weequahic Historic Neighborhood Passing the Baton Event Sponsored by Council Member Carlos M. Gonzalez 12. Cynthia M. Banks, Building Naming Ceremony Sponsored by Council Member Dupré L. Kelly 13. Individuals honored during the 2025 Thirteenth Avenue Elementary School Panthers’ Championship 14. Individuals honored during the 2025 Dr. William H. Horton Elementary School Wildcats’ Championship 15. Individuals honored as Valedictorians from Schools Within the West Ward for the 2024-2025 Academic Year 16. Mr. Clarence T. Allen, Retirement Celebration Sponsored by Council Member Luis A. Quintana 17. Individuals honored during the Madre Símbolo de la Organización de Macareños en Estados Unidos O.M.E.U 18. Mrs. Gertrude Ray, 100th Birthday Celebration 19. Individuals honored during the 2025 Women of Distinction Award, Ariagna Perello Foundation 20. Individuals honored during as Mount Vernon Retirees 21. Jedsy Torres 22. Elsie A. Rivera PHD (c), DNP APN, FNP-C Sponsored by Council Member Anibal Ramos, Jr. 23. Top 10 students, Abington Avenue Elementary School 24. Top 10 students, Dr. E. Alma Flagg Elementary School 25. Top 10 students, Dr. William H. Horton Elementary School 26. Top 10 students, Elliott Street Elementary School 27. Top 10 students, First Avenue Elementary School 28. Top 10 students, Franklin Elementary School 29. Top 10 students, Luis Muñoz Marin Elementary School 30. Top 10 students, McKinley Elementary School 31. Top 10 students, Park Elementary School 32. Top 10 students, Rafael Hernandez Elementary School 33. Top 10 students, Ridge Street Elementary School 34. Top 10 students, Roberto Clemente Elementary School 35. Top 10 students, Salomé Ureña Elementary School 36. Top 10 students, Sussex Avenue Elementary School 37. Top 10 students, Robert Treat Academy Charter School 38. Top 10 students, Technology High School 39. Top 10 students, Newark School of Global Studies 40. Top 10 students, Newark School of Fashion and Design 41. Top 10 students, Barringer High School Sponsored by Council Member Louise Scott-Rountree 42. Reverend Dr. David Jefferson Sr., Esq. and Reverend Linda Jefferson, First Lady, 30th Pastoral Anniversary 43. Pastor Tamara Bethea, Abundant Hope Christian Center Elevation Service 44. Individuals honored during the Dimensions of Light WOTCC Pentecost Celebration 45. Pastor Elect Reverend Barry Miller, Pastoral Installation 46. Reverend Dr. George A. Blackwell, III and Minister B. Helena Blackwell, Retirement Celebration 47. Reverend Dr. George A. Blackwell, III and Minister B. Helena Blackwell, 30th Pastoral Anniversary 48. Temple of Salvation Deliverance Church, 11th Annual Holy Convocation 49. Pastor Keith Oden, Second Pastoral Anniversary 50. Michaela White 51. Assemblywoman Cleopatra G. Tucker 52. Ta-Tanisha Harrell 53. Individuals honored in celebration of the University High School’s Regionally and Nationally Ranked Speech Team 54. Malyka R. Sankofa, Retirement Celebration 55. Bishop Ronald Jones, 75th Birthday Celebration 56. Pastor Edward D. Harper and First Lady Virginia A. Harper 25th Pastoral Anniversary 57. Anthony Ponder and Ministry’s Desire, Grateful Album Release Party 58. Miller-Thornton Family, 102nd Anniversary of Family’s Migration to the North 59. Elidia Yvette Brown, 35th Birthday Celebration 60. Bishop Rayman L. Wyatt, Sr. 61. Gospel Mission Baptist Church, 57th Year Anniversary 62. Reverend Terence T. Dunlap, Sr., Pastoral Installation 63. Individuals honored during the 40th Annual Gospel Music Month Celebration 64. Mabel Elmore, Retirement Celebration 65. Individuals honored during the World Gospel Music Month Celebration 66. Individuals honored during the Woman at the Well: “Woman of Resilience” Dance Experience 67. Pauline Salmon-Parkinson, Retirement Celebration 68. Full Effect Church of New Jersey, Church Dedication 69. Individuals honored during the Newark-Scott Cultural and Civic Foundation, Inc.’s Third Annual Madam Louise Scott Legacy Brunch 70. Reverend Dr. Charles F. Boyer, Fourth Pastoral Anniversary, Greater Mount Zion African Methodist Episcopal Church 71. Individuals honored during the North Ward Clergy Alliance Unity Service 72. Dr. Albert J. Lewis, Jr., Birthday Celebration and Gospel Music Month 73. Individuals honored during the Greater Abyssinian Baptist Church, Women’s Day Worship Experience “Just Breathe” 74. Bishop Donald Hilliard, Jr., 68th Birthday Celebration\ 75. Individuals honored during the YMCA Award Ceremony - 2025 Sponsored by Council Member Michael J. Silva 76. Luis Marques Mendes 77. Margarita B. Hernandez-Abeigon 78. André Villas-Boas 79. DaPunkSportif