RECOGNIZING & COMMENDING Sponsored by President Luis A. Quintana 1. Mother Edna Reed 2. Individuals honored during the Essex-West Hudson Central Labor Council, AFL-CIO, 35th Annual Breakfast, held on Sunday, June 5, 2022 3. Jorge E. Acosta, on Twenty (20) Years Commemoration of Priesthood 4. Individuals honored during the Father’s Day Event 5. Pastor Dr. Glenn Wilson, Sr. Sponsored by Council Member Augusto Amador 6. Graduates honored from East Ward Public Schools 7. Diana Freeman, on her Forty-One (41) Years contribution to public education Sponsored by Council Member C. Lawrence Crump 8. Dr. Lloyd Preston Terrell, on his retirement after Thirty-Eight (38) Years as Pastor of Franklin Street Johns UMC 9. Retirees honored from Quitman Street School 10. Councilman John Sharpe James, on his public service to South Ward residents 11. Reverend Michael L. Fisher, on his Twenty (20) Years of ministry and community engagement at Canaan Missionary Baptist Church of Newark 12. Individuals honored from the Psycho Education Program on Grief and Trauma 13. Alpha Betta Phi Fraternity, on its 60th Anniversary, on Monday, July 4, 2022 14. Dr. Eugene Lawton, Ceremonial Street Dedication, held on July 10, 2022 Sponsored by Council Member Carlos M. Gonzalez 15. Individuals honored during the 2022 Just One Soccer/L.E.G.A.C.Y. II - Team Championship Awards Celebration, held on Sunday, June 26, 2022 Sponsored by Council Member John Sharpe James 16. Individuals honored in Recognition of Outstanding Service to the South Ward Community, during the International Youth Organization’s Graduation, held on Friday, June 24, 2022 17. Pastor Tiffany A. Morrast, on her 10th Pastoral Anniversary at Secret Place of Praise, on Sunday, June 5, 2022 18. Pastor Ronald L. Slaughter, on his 11th Pastoral Anniversary at Saint James AME Church 19. Rivers of Living Water NJ UCC Ministries, on its 8th Anniversary, on Sunday, June 5, 2022 20. Mary Jackson, on her 90th Birthday Celebration 21. Cynthia Perkins, on her 75th Birthday Celebration 20. Rev. Dr. Cynthia D. Jackson, on her 10th Pastoral Anniversary at Allen AME Church, to be held on Sunday, July 31, 2022 21. Bishop Hilton Rawls, Sr. and First Lady Amanda Rawls, on their retirement from Saint Paul Life Center Church, on Saturday, June 11, 2022 22. Pastor Arthur S. Long, on his 2nd Pastoral Anniversary at Promised Land Missionary Baptist Church, on Sunday, June 12, 2022 23. Monic Lockett, on her retirement after Thirty-Two (32) Years of public service as a Teacher and Counselor with the Newark Board of Education 24. Amiri Baraka, Jr., on his community service 25. Individuals honored during the Tribute to Fathers Event 26. John T. Jenkins, Ceremonial Street Dedication, held on Saturday, June 25, 2022 27. The Witcher Family Reunion, held on Friday, June 25, 2022 28. Pastor Robert L. Morrast, on his 48th Pastoral Anniversary and Fifty (50) Years in ministry, on Sunday, June 12, 2022 29. Inez Kerr McClendon, posthumously on her contribution to the City and the Arts 30. Class of 2022 Graduates honored during the Historical Weequahic Neighborhood’s Annual Baton-Passing and Graduation Celebration, held on Saturday, June 25, 2022 Sponsored by Council Member LaMonica R. McIver 31. Gertrude Rubina Ray, on her 100th Birthday Celebration 32. Sharon Suber, on her retirement after Twenty-Nine (29) Years of public service as a Teacher 33. Mattie Longstreet, on her retirement after Twenty-Five (25) Years of public service as a Head Custodian Sponsored by Council Member Anibal Ramos, Jr. 34. Graduates honored from Barringer High School 35. Graduates honored from Ridge Street School 36. Graduates honored from First Avenue Elementary School 37. Graduates honored from Elliot Street School 38. Graduates honored from Luis Munoz Marin School 39. Graduates honored from Technology High School 40. Graduates honored from Robert Treat Academy 41. Graduates Honored from Rafael Hernandez School 42. Captain Geraldo Rodriguez 43. The Honorable Patricia Q. Sheehan, Former Mayor of New Brunswick, on her 88th Birthday Celebration 44. Jersey Cares, Non-Profit Organization