RECOGNIZING AND COMMENDING Sponsored by Council Member Patrick O. Council 1. Oro Solido, honored for their contributions to the Latino music industry 2. Knock-Out Productions, honored for their dedication to the City through sports and entertainment 3. Sr. Bishop Collie Edwers, Ceremonial Street Dedication, to be held on Friday, September 20, 2024 Sponsored by Council Member Carlos M. Gonzalez 4. Individuals honored during the 2nd Annual El Salvador Flag Raising, held on Thursday, September 5, 2024 5. Individuals honored during the 14th Annual Battle of the Badges 2024 Softball Tournament, held on Saturday, September 14, 2024 6. Individuals honored during the 63rd Annual Puerto Rican Day Parade of Newark, New Jersey, held on Sunday, September 15, 2024 Sponsored by Council Member Dupré L. Kelly 7. Individuals honored during the Honduras 203rd Independence Flag Raising, held on Friday, September 13, 2024 Sponsored by Council Member Luis A. Quintana 8. Chuck McFadden, Honorary Co-Chair of the 33rd Annual Celebration of Labor of the Essex-West Hudson Labor Council, AFL-CIO, held on Friday, September 6, 2024 9. Individuals honored during the Annual Day of Prayer (Acclamation Day), held on Sunday, September 8, 2024 10. Individuals honored during the Senior Golden Queen Event, held on Thursday, September 9, 2024 11. Individuals honored during the Mexican Flag Raising, held on Monday, September 16, 2024 12. Deidre Green, honored as the “Seniors of the Golden Club” for her contributions to the City’s senior community 13. Esperanza Ceballos, honored as the “Seniors of the Golden Club” for her contributions to the City’s senior community Sponsored by Council Member Anibal Ramos, Jr. 14. Third Presbyterian Church of Newark, on its 200th Anniversary Celebration, to be held on Sunday, September 22, 2024 15. Senator George Helmy, honored for his appointment to the U.S. Senate 16. Ana Doris Velez, Ceremonial Street Dedication, held on Saturday, September 14, 2024 17. Individuals honored during the First Cup Clemente Tournament, of the Roberto Clemente Newark League and Pony Baseball and Softball, held Wednesday, September 11th - 14th, 2024 Sponsored by Council Member Louise Scott-Rountree 18. Pastor Lewis Collier, on his 70th Birthday Celebration, at Macedonia Pentecostal Church of Newark, on Friday, September 6, 2024 19. Pastor Lewis Collier and Evangelist Dr. Sabrina Collier, on their 13th Wedding Anniversary, at Macedonia Pentecostal Church of Newark, on Friday, September 6, 2024 20. Bishop Hilton Rawls, Sr., on his 75th Birthday Celebration and 44th Pastoral Anniversary, held on Sunday, September 8, 2024 21. Reverend Dr. Jonnel R. Green, on his Pastoral Anniversary, at Bethesda Baptist Church, held on Sunday, September 8, 2024 22. Pastor Terry D. Gadson, Sr., on his Apostolic Affirmation for the Sacred Office of Apostle, at Shiloh Pentecostal Church, held on Saturday, September 14, 2025 23. Reverend Oliver Coleman, L.A.C.A. International Chairman, honored during the L.A.C.A. State of New York and International 23rd Graduation Banquet, held on Saturday, September 14, 2024 24. Bishop Gregory Woods, on his 60th Birthday Celebration, at Revival Temple Center of Deliverance, on Sunday, September 15, 2024 25. Angelo Ellerbee, Ceremonial Street Dedication, to be held on Thursday, September 19, 2024 26. Bishop Samuel Lawrence Green, Sr., on being the 125th Elected and Consecrated Presiding Prelate for the First Episcopal District of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, at the Mount Zion AME Church, to be held on Saturday, September 21, 2024 27. Pastor Oliver and First Lady Deadra Coleman, on their 5th Pastoral Anniversary, at Ebenezer Baptist Church, to be held on Sunday, October 26, 2024 Sponsored by Council Member Michael J. Silva, Jr. 28. Individuals honored during the 215 Years of Independence of the Republic of Ecuador, held on Friday, September 13, 2024 29. Prime Minister Luĺs Montenegro 30. Jose Cesario, Secretário de Estado das Comunidades Portuguesas 31. Embaixador Duarte Lopes