RECOGNIZING AND COMMENDING Sponsored by President C. Lawrence Crump 1. Individuals honored during Women’s History Month Sponsored by Council Member Amina Bey 2. Arts High School Basketball Team on Winning the NJSIAA Group 1 State Championship Sponsored by Council Member Patrick O. Council 3. Malcolm High Shabazz School Basketball Team on Winning the NJSIAA Group 1 State Championship 4. Individuals honored during the South Ward Palm Sunday Breakfast Sponsored by Council Member Carlos M. Gonzalez 5. Simone Gordon, “The Black Fairy Godmother” 6. Lucy Del Gaudio 7. Clinton Hill Head Start, Grand Opening of Two Early Head Start Programs 8. Individuals honored during Her Voice, Her Strength, Voices of Resilience Sponsored by Council Member Dupré L. Kelly 9. Yoell “BOYBOY” Cooper 10. Individuals honored during the West Ward Glass Ceiling Award Reception Sponsored by Council Member Luis A. Quintana 11. Professor Luis Padin 12. Gloria T. Frank, Retirement 13. Individuals honored as the New Jersey Top 25 Most Influential Women of 2025 14. Grupo 5 15. Individuals honored as Valuable and Powerful Women Recognition 2026 for the Speakers of the Third Anniversary of “Ellas Nos Inspiran” the She Inspires us Conference Sponsored by Council Member Louise Scott-Rountree 16. Pastor Liwanda Williams, First Pastoral Anniversary 17. Mother Cornelia Harris, 99th Birthday Celebration 18. Secret Place of Praise, Celebrating 14th Years 19. Pastor Anna Cooper, Street Dedication 20. Levi Holmes, 60th Birthday Celebration 21. Wali Muslim 22. Elder Robert L. Brown, 85th Birthday Celebration 23. Pastors Darrin and Lawren Monroe, 27th Pastoral Anniversary 24. Individuals honored during the Newark Interfaith Alliance Sixth Anniversary of Prayer, Praise, Worship and the Word 25. Pastor Randy T. Carlton, Senior Pastor of Jehovah Jireh Praise and Worship Church Center 26. Pastor Joshua G. Younger 27. Greater Elizabeth Area Section, 20th Annual Harambee Breakfast Celebrating 20 Years: Rooted in Community, Rising in Purpose 28. Individuals honored during the Greater Elizabeth Area Section, 20th Annual Harambee Breakfast Celebrating 20 Years: Rooted in Community, Rising in Purpose 29. Individuals honored during the Ivy Impact Awards, Scholarship and Community Recognition Luncheon 30. Lisa Funderburke, New Director and CEO, Newark Museum of Art 31. Individuals honored during the Leslie’s Soul Inspirations, Sara Pearl’s Legacy “Honoring Unsung Sheroes - Women of Purpose Past and Present” Sponsored by Council Member Michael J. Silva 32. Manuel Cerqueira Amorim 33. Gerardo Mejia 34. Wilmer Aldaz and Monica Villalta 35. José Rebimbas 36. Fernando Linhares 37. Father Ezio Antunes 38. José Miguel Rodrigues 39. Augusto J. Neno Sr. 40. Delfim Sarabando 41. Pedro J. Belo 42. Gloria Maxwell 43. Aida Laurita Correa Cumbicus 44. Glendaliz Navas 45. Nancy Mincey 46. Gloria Ribeiro Tortorello 47. Rancho Típico de Pombal