RECOGNIZING AND COMMENDING Sponsored by President LaMonica R. McIver 1. Dior Fall, President and Founder, 1000 Shades of Women International 2. Hear Her Campaign on Pregnancy Complications Awareness, September 30, 2022 Sponsored by Council Member Patrick O. Council 3. Participants honored of Freedom Summer Scholars Camp hosted by Newark NAACP Sponsored by Council Member C. Lawrence Crump 4. Participants and Honorees of Eyes Like Mine, Inc., 2022 Miss Blind Diva Empowerment Pageant Sponsored by Council Member Luis A. Quintana 5. Individuals honored during the First Cry of Independence of Ecuador 6. Individuals honored during the Children of Faith Flag Raising Ceremony 7. Puerto Rico Chamber of Commerce 8. Maurice Hagan, Outstanding Business Owner, Coachman’s N Bar 9. Individuals honored during the Hispanic Heritage Event Celebration 10. Chief Minelli Torres Sukola, US Army Reserves 11. Individuals honored during the Domestic Violence Conference Sponsored by Council Member Anibal Ramos, Jr. 12. Sickle Cell Association of New Jersey (SCANI) Sponsored by Council Member Louise Scott-Rountree 13. Deborah Davall, Vocal Music Teacher, on her retirement after twenty-seven (27) years of public service with Newark Public Schools 14. Verneida Bailey, on her retirement after twenty-three (23) years of public service with the Newark Municipal Court Retirement 15. Pastor David Ojo, on his 50th Birthday Celebration and Book Launch, held on Sunday, September 18, 2022 16. Beverly H. Dawkins, Ushers’ Ministry Surprise Appreciation Luncheon, at Aenon Baptist Church, held on Saturday, September 24, 2022 17. Apostle Timothy Burgess, celebrating 50 Years of Preaching and 30 Years of Pastoring, at White Rock Baptist Church, held on Saturday, September 24, 2022 18. Bishop Gerald A. Edwards, on his Appreciation/Birthday Celebration, held on Monday, September 26, 2022 19. Individuals honored during the Rutgers African-American Alumni Alliance (RAAA), Inc., 2022 Hall of Fame Induction, to be held on Saturday, October 1, 2022 20. Minister Carlton Pope, Appreciation Service, at St. John’s Baptist Church to be held on Sunday, October 23, 2022, 21. Mableteen Louise Henderson-Tucker, on her retirement after fifty-two (52) years of public service Sponsored by Council Member Michael J. Silva, Jr. 22. Dr. Hugo Soares, Secretario Geral do Partido Social Democrata em Portugal