RECOGNIZING AND COMMENDING Sponsored by President C. Lawrence Crump 1. NJIT HIS and Hispanic Heritage Month Fiesta Sponsored by Council Member Patrick O. Council 2. Honorable Congresswoman, LaMonica R. McIver, formerly Newark Municipal Council President, congratulating her election to the 10th Congressional District Sponsored by Council Member Dupré L. Kelly 3. Theodore and Blanche Judkins, Ceremonial Street Dedication 4. Anya Nawrocky, Director of Membership Experience and Growth, of Wellpoint Sponsored by Council Member Luis A. Quintana 5. Individuals from Chunchi, Ecuador, honored during the Sister Cities Relationship Ceremony, held on Friday, September 20, 2024 6. Individuals of OMEU, honored during the (122) years Commemoration of the Emancipation of Macara Canton, Province of Loja, Republic of Ecuador, held on Saturday, September 21, 2024 7. Paola Verenice Pabón Caranqui, Prefect of Pichincha, President of the Consortium of Provincial Government of Ecuador (COBGOPE) 8. Individuals from the Province of Luanda, Republic of Angola honored during the Sister Cities Relationship Ceremony, held on Friday, September 27, 2024 9. Dorine A. Francis, honored for her nineteen (19) years of service to FOCUS, Inc. 10. Yesenia Vargas, Entrepreneur, Master in Beauty Industry in Hair Extensions 11. Borinqueneers Park Education Alliance, on its 125th Anniversary of the 65th Infantry Regiment 12. Donna Roman Hernandez, honored during the Violence Intervention & Prevention Specialists, LLC (V.I.P.S.) Community Service Awards Ceremony and Documentary Screening of “Street Justice”, to be held on Thursday, October 3, 2024 13. Individuals honored during the Violence Intervention & Prevention Specialists, LLC (V.I.P.S.) Community Service Awards Ceremony and Documentary Screening of “Street Justice”, to be held on Thursday, October 3, 2024 14. Yailin La Mas Viral, Dominican Rapper Sponsored by Council Member Anibal Ramos, Jr. 15. Vanessa Guy Sponsored by Council Member Louise Scott-Rountree 16. Bishop Wayne L. Johnson, on his 75th Birthday Celebration 17. Geraldine Wilson, on her 92nd Birthday Celebration 18. Suliman Onque, on his 50th Birthday Celebration 19. Hadiyah M. Malone, on her Retirement Celebration, after twenty-one (21) years of public service to the City’s Department of Public Safety, Division of Fire 20. Rufus L. Jackson, Assistant Public Safety Director, on his retirement after twenty-nine (29) years of public service to the City’s Department of Public Safety 21. PGH & Associates Urban Renewal, LLC, on its Ground Breaking Ceremony, held on Friday, September 20, 2024 22. Gospel House of Prayer Ministry Int. (USA), on its 7th Anniversary Celebration, held on Sunday, September 22, 2024 23. Pastor Raymond Grier, on his 74th Birthday Celebration and 18th Pastoral Anniversary, held on Sunday, September 22, 2024 24. Reverend Dr. Johnnie D. Brooker, Jr., on his 1st Pastoral Anniversary, held on Sunday, September 22, 2024 25. Pastor Matthew Peay, on his 10th Pastoral Anniversary, at Greater Unity Faith Tabernacle, held on Sunday, September 22, 2024 26. Greater Unity Faith Tabernacle, on its 13th Church Anniversary, held on Sunday, September 22, 2024 27. Individuals honored during the CIC Champions Gala, held on Thursday, September 26, 2024 28. Individuals honored during the City’s Annual Hispanic Heritage Month Celebration, held on Friday, September 27, 2024 29. Professor George Sykes III, celebrating forty-five (45) years of musical genius, held on Saturday, September 28, 2024 30. Aziza Kibibi and Precious Little Ladies, Inc., honored during the Hope Blossoms Luncheon, held on Saturday, September 28, 2024 31. Individuals honored during the 40th Annual Conference of the International Black Women’s Conference, held on Saturday, September 28, 2024 32. Individuals honored during the Calvary Gospel Church Nurse Guild’s, Annual Praise and Thanksgiving Brunch, held on Saturday, September 28, 2024 33. Bishop Alvin Crone, on his Birthday Celebration, at Revival Temple of Deliverance, held on Sunday, September 29, 2024 34. Reverend Thurselle C. Williams, on her Pastoral Installation, at New Hope Baptist Church of East Orange, held on Sunday, September 29, 2024 35. Dr. Mary Ellen Clyne, PhD., on her Retirement Celebration, after twenty-five (25) years of service at Clara Maass Medical Center, during the 11th Annual Prayer Breakfast, to be held on Thursday, October 3, 2024 36. Individuals honored during the Women of Divine Destiny, Inc. Honors, to be held on Sunday, October 6, 2024 37. Paradise Baptist Church, on its 80th Church Anniversary, to be held on Friday, October 25, 2024 Sponsored by Council Member Michael J. Silva 38. Railroad Cigars 39. Frank Siller, CEO of Tunnel to Towers Foundation