Publisher’s Desk

ADRIAN COUNCIL PUBLISHER’S DESK “. . . It’s such a change/For us to live so independently/ Freedom, you see, has got our hearts singing so joyfully/Just look about/You owe it to yourself to check it out/Can’t you feel a brand new day?/Can’t you feel a brand new day?”

“A Brand New Day,” Diana Ross w/Michael Jackson Music by Quincy Jones from the movie soundtrack: The Wiz

The Wrap-Up

To God Be the Glory! Power to the People! Let Freedom Ring!

This sums up the reaction of those who had experienced The Positive Community’s 3rd Annual Great American Emancipation Day Awards Gala on February 19, at the Robert Treat Hotel in Newark, NJ. Just ask anyone who attended the event. It was a wonderful, soulful affair— a blessed occasion! This year’s theme: Saving Our Own Community.

We are forever grateful for our community of readers and an amazing network of clergy leaders, congregations, and friends; leaders in business, healthcare, and education; in the arts, in government, and community service. Thank you for being there for the people. At The Positive Community, we win when you win; and together, we are a winning team! We appreciate our dear sponsors, the forward-thinking small businesses, corporations, and institutions that care. But most of all, it was our community that came together on this day to remember our freedom journey, reflect upon our victories, and celebrate our collective talents and gifts.

Folks travelled to Newark from Washington, DC; Baltimore; Delaware; Philadelphia; South Jersey; and from throughout the greater NYC/NJ/Conn. region to endorse and promote the community-building ideals of freedom and progress—positive change! A spirit of self-acceptance, self-reliance, self-respect, and love filled the room. Yes, a good time was had by all! Shout out to Host, Rev. Jaques DeGraff, Producer Kim J. Ford, and the The Positive Communiuty production team.

On that day we honored wonderful, extraordinary people and institutions—our best and brightest. It was a pageantry of grace and dignity. The truth, beauty, and goodness of a loving and gifted race was affirmed!

Review the images on the following pages of this special section, visit online thepositivecommunity.com for videos and more. Download your copy of the “Cultural Narrative” poster that was presented to each honoree. Tune in to our commercial-free music streaming service, TPC Radio. Stand by for upcoming events and activities and future marketing opportunities. We at Positive Community Media remain ever steadfast in our commitment to only represent and promote our very best—America’s best!

Save-the-Date: January 1, 2023, the 160th anniversary year of the Great Emancipation—A Jubilee Celebration!

The next stop in “Our Year of Positive Change,” Juneteenth/Black Music Month, 2022!

. . . Because a positive community is everybody’s business. It really pays to care!

The Positive Community's Great Roll Call to Freedom

The Positive Community is grateful for the love, energy, and commitment shown by the following individuals, organizations, and corporations. Your support for the Great American Emancipation Day Awards means the world to us. We send to you a deep, heartfelt Thank You.

Abyssinian Baptist Church, Harlem— Rev. Dr. Calvin O. Butts III African American Chamber of Commerce—John Harmon, President Assemblywoman Cleopatra Tucker Baptist Minister’s Conference of Greater NY and Vicinity— Rev. Geraldine L. Harris, President Cathedral International, Perth Amboy, NJ—Bishop Donald Hilliard Charity Baptist Church of Christ, Bronx, NY—Rev. Reginald Williams Church of the Covenant, NYC— Rev. Dr. Cornell Edmunds Ebenezer Baptist Church, Orange, NJ—Rev. H. William Rutherford, III Evergreen Baptist Church, Palmyra, NJ—Rev. Dr. Guy CampbellFellowship Missionary BC, Newark, NJ— Rev. Dr. Elton T. Byrd First Baptist Church of Teaneck, NJ— Rev. Dr. Marilyn Monroe Harris First Baptist Church of South Orange, NJ —Rev. Terry L. Richardson, MDiv Laymen’s Movement of the General Baptist Convention of NJ—Vincent Bryant, President Macedonia Baptist Church, Lakewood, NJ—Dr. Edward D. Harper Metropolitan Baptist Church, Newark, NJ—Rev. Dr. David Jefferson, Sr. Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church, Brooklyn, NY— Bishop Johnny Ray Youngblood Mount Calvary Missionary Baptist Church, Newark—Rev. Dr. Ralph M. Branch, Jr. Mount Pleasant Baptist Church, Newark—Rev. Rakeem Thomas

Mount Teman AME, Elizabeth, NJ— Rev. George E. Britt National Convention of Gospel Choirs & Choruses - Rev. Albert Morgan New Garden State Jurisdiction, COGIC NJ— Bishop William T. Cahoon New England Missionary Baptist Convention New Hope Baptist Church, Metuchen, NJ—Rev. Dr. Ronald L. Owens Office of Black Ministry, Archdiocese of NY—Bro. Tyrone Davis Ruth Fellowship Ministries— Rev. Tracey L. Brown St. John Baptist Church, Scotch Plains, NJ—Rev. Shawn T. Wallace Union Baptist Temple, Bridgeton, NJ— Rev. Dr. Albert L. Morgan World Gospel Music Association— Rev. Dr. Albert Lewis

Nesbitt Funeral Home, Elizabeth, NJ Neighborhood Technical Ctr., Brooklyn, NY—Rev. Dr. Valerie Durrah Lt. Governor State of NJ Sheila Y. Oliver

Barnabas Health/ Newark Beth Israel Hospital Global Black Women Chamber of Commerce—Ambassador Susan Johnson Cook City of Newark Harlem Congregations for Community Improvement Urban League Union County— Crystal Orr, Interim President & CEO Hal Jackson’s Talented Teens International—Debi Jackson One Hundred Black Women

Willie Blalock—Industrial Bank Pillar College Hon. Mildred C. Crump—Retired Newark City Council President C. Lawrence Crump—Newark City Council, Member-at-Large New Jersey Democratic Committee— Hon. Leroy Jones, State Chairman Cotton Funeral Service, Orange, NJ Urban League Union County—Donna Alexander Lowe, Retired President 2021 Elizabeth City Council President, Pat Perkins-Auguste Elizabeth City Councilman William Gallman Elizabeth City Councilman Manny Grova, Jr. Robert Taylor, Esq., East Orange, NJ Amaker & Porterfield Transportation, Plainfield, NJ NAACP, Montclair, NJ— Roger Terry, Sr. NAACP, Elizabeth, NJ— Shawn McClain NAACP, New York State— Dr. Hazel N. Dukes, President NAACP, Newark NJ— Ms. Deborah Smith-Gregory NAACP, New Jersey State— Richard T. Smith

Perry Funeral Home, Newark, NJ Lincoln Park Cultural District Anthony Smith Newark Alliance - Evan S. Weiss NJPAC - John Schreiber Essex County Executive - Joe DiVincenzo Special Thanks to Caterer Two Fish Five Loaves

Robert Treat Hotel, Newark, NJ TPC Photographers: Vincent Bryant, Ryan Council, Raymond Hagans, Bruce Moore, Wali Amin Muhammad, Seitu Oronde and Karen Waters. Positive Community Staff: Leslie Nash, Angela Ridenour, Adrian Council Jr., Marc Williams, Satori MPR, Cheryl Saunders, Austin Fenner, Glenda Cadogan, Fern Gillespie, Maishman Media, LLC, Penguin Design Group, Raymond Hagans, & Wayne Smith. Associate Editor, R.L. Witter, Editor-inChief, Jean Nash Wells & Publisher, Adrian A. Council, Sr. Special Thanks to Pauline Barfield, Barfield Media Video Production by PositiveBlackDad Inc.

KIM NESBITT GOOD

L-R: Louise Scott-Rountree, Kim Nesbitt Good, and NJ Lt. Governor Sheila Y. Oliver "The Emancipation Awards is a beautiful and meaningful event that represents us as a people. I loved being amongst those who came to celebrate this special day together. To see the joy on my ambassadors' and all the people's faces was inspirational and wonderful. I am truly honored to be a part of The Positive Community." —Kim Nesbitt Good

PATROIT AWARD

Kim Nesbitt Good surrounded by friends and supporters K im Nesbitt Good is the proprietor of the Nesbitt Funeral Home in Elizabeth with her husband of 35 years, Ted. Her insistence on the highest standards in her profession is matched by her efforts on behalf of the African American community in and around Union County. She has been honored by scores of local, state, federal and national organizations, highlighted by receiving the Presidential Pin from President Barack Obama in recognition of her extraordinary service to others. Ms. Nesbitt Good is the co-founder of “Friends,” an organization of Black Women committed to uplifting the Black Community, and the founder of Friends of the New Jersey Legacy Foundation, whose mission is to acknowledge the legacy of African Americans in New Jersey. She is the proud mother of 2, Lawrence and Leah.

BISHOP JOHNNY RAY YOUNGBLOOD

"I hope our ancestors envisioned a day like 2/19/2022. A day of honoring a man like Bishop Dr. Johnny Ray Youngblood who unapologetically tells our story, served with nothing but the truth, hold the chaser. It was an honor to lift my voice to give honor to these amazing men and women of our community. We gave them their crowns in front of a crowd …. Glory… We must fight on… Glory!!" — Deacon Deborah Lewis CFO/COO Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church TORCHBEARER AWARD

Bishop Johnny Ray Youngblood, pastor of Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church, has fostered the growth of the congregations and the inception of community programs. He is recognized on the national political front because of his work with East Brooklyn Congregations (EBC), an affiliate of the Industrial Areas Foundation. He spearheaded the Nehemiah Housing Project, which constructs owner-occupied single-family homes in three of the most devastated communities in Brooklyn. He serves as a national spokesman for the group and in 1990 was recognized and written up in the Congressional Record for his trailblazing work with the project. Bishop Youngblood is the subject of the book, Upon This Rock: The Miracles of a Black Church, written by Samuel G. Freedman. In December of 1995, Bishop Youngblood was featured in The New Yorker magazine as one of the “ten most influential” New Yorkers.

L-R: Bishop Youngblood, Jacques DeGraff and Kasiem Aboti Walters

DR. BENJAMIN CHAVIS

In his remarks at the event, Dr. Chavis announced that The Positive Community will become the newest member of the National Newspaper Publishers Association, a distinguished group of Black media owners and publishers that serve our communities throughout the United States.

TORCHBEARER AWARD

At the age of thirteen, Benjamin Franklin Chavis, Jr, tried to take out books from the segregated local library. That was just the start of his storied career in civil rights activism. Chavis served as a youth coordinator for the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) and on the advance team for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Falsely convicted, Chavis spent nearly a decade in prison before being exonerated. Undeterred, he continued fighting the good fight, becoming the youngest executive director and CEO of the NAACP. Later Chavis served as executive director of the “Million Man March.” Chavis has been President and CEO of the National Newspaper Publishers Association since 2014, which focuses on supporting and advocating for publishers of the nation’s more than 200 Black newspapers.

L-R: Daily Challenge Publisher Thomas Watkins and Dr. Chavis

MAYOR RAS J. BARAKA

"I grew up in a family that believes that the arts can be a powerful, liberating and transformational force in the struggle for racial, social and economic justice." —Ras J. Baraka

SERVANT LEADERSHIP AWARD

L-R: Newark Mayor Ras J. Baraka, and Gwen Carr, mother of Eric Garner N ewark Mayor Ras J. Baraka’s progressive approach to governing has won him accolades from grassroots organizations to the White House. He was the Nation’s “Most Valuable Mayor” in 2015 and on the front page of New York Times for “defying expectations” during his first year and a half in office. Mayor Baraka’s leadership has married a profound vision with unshakable passion for the city where he has lived and worked for more than four decades. The city has nearly $2B in development underway and his impact has been felt on everything from a social impact venture to accelerate technology to the return of local control of schools after more than two decades and his executive order detailing the city’s sanctuary city status.

NAHSE

“[Shirley Chisholm] once gave a speech and said ‘...you don’t make progress by standing on the sidelines, whimpering and complaining. You make progress by implementing ideas.’ She said it decades ago, but it’s so appropriate today." —NJ Lt. Governor Sheila Y. Oliver

L-R NAHSE Presidents Franck Nelson (New Jersey) and Zsalyne "Jay" Fergus (New York) LEADERSHIP AWARD

The National Association of Health Services Executives (NAHSE) is a nonprofit association of Black health care executives founded in 1968. Its purpose is promoting the advancement and development of Black health care leaders and elevating the quality of health care services rendered to minority and underserved communities. NAHSE New Jersey, formed in March 2017, is the 29th chapter of NAHSE and its president is Franck

D. Nelson. The New York chapter president is Zsalyne

Fergus.

L-R Franck Nelson, Nakita Cooper, Newark Mayor Ras J. Baraka, Lauriel Porter, Molina Jean-Louis, and Cliff Manning

L-R: NAHSE NY President Zsalyne "Jay" Fergus and Dr. Kahlil Carmichael L-R: Amerigroup's Daniel Rosas, Newark Happening Ricardo Salazar and Franck Nelson

DEBI JACKSON

"The 3rd Annual Emancipation Day Awards held in the elegant Robert Treat Ballroom was a rousing success with love overflowing from all corners of the room. It was an emancipation of the soul, spirit and mind. Especially since everyone had been on lock down for almost a year. Thank you Adrian Council, Jean Wells and the entire Positive Community Media staff for filling our lives with food, poetry, song and fellowship." —Debi Jackson

COMMUNITY SPIRIT AWARD

L-R: Dave Shepard, Dr. Bob Lee, and Debi Jackson N ew York City born, raised and educated, Debi Bolling Jackson was known for over 30 years as Debi B, co-host of the WBLS Sunday Classics beside her legendary husband, radio and television personality, Hal Jackson. The Hal Jackson’s Talented Teens International® (HJTTI) scholarship competition was Hal’s heart and showcased young women giving them exposure to the music, film and entertainment industries. Some of the women who came through HJTTI include Sheryl Lee Ralph, Jada Pinkett Smith, Taraji P. Henson and Dr. Suzan Johnson Cook. Ms. Jackson is CEO and President of the Youth Development Foundation, Inc. (YDF) which is the parent nonprofit organization of HJTTI. For 52 years YDF/HJTTI has awarded over $2,500,000 in scholarships and prizes to young women from around the world. YDF/ HJTTI has partnered with Black Women for Black Girls and continues Hal’s legacy by awarding a minimum of five scholarships annually.

L-R: Jean Nash Wells and John Harmon AACCNJ president

Rev. Lewis Collier and Melba Moore L-R: Alita Price, Lloyd and Suzanne Holmes

NJPAC CEO and President John Schreiber L-R: Cecil Cates, Leah Dade and Hon. Mamie Bridgeforth

L-R: Mr. and Mrs Foster, Rev. Shawn Wallace and guestSeated L-R: Lillian Bullock, Gloria Penn, Ronald Suggs, Janet Jasper from St. John's Baptist Church, Scotch Plains, NJ L-R Kenya Travitt, Athony Smith and Christopher Watson, City of Newark

L-R: ASW Cleopatra Tucker and NJ Lt. Governor Sheila Y. Oliver

L-R: Hon. Mildred Crump and son, Lawrence Crump EMANCIPATION CELEBRATION

L-R: Rev. Dr. Allen K. Hand Sr. with wife Loretta Hand and Bishop Johnny Youngblood L-R: Malcolm A. Punter Jr., Aarian Punter and Dr. Malcolm Punter, HCCI president

L-R: Jeffrey Dunn, Adrian Council Sr., Danny Dunn, William Ewing Esq. and seated entrepreneur Edward Funches Willie Blalock, Industrial Bank

L-R: James Austin Jr., Karen Waters, Melba Moore, Alexis Morrast and Rev. Dr. Albert Morgan

L-R: Rev. Shawn Wallace, Bishop Johnny Youngblood and Rev. Kahlil Carmichael Jacques DeGraff

L-R: Horace and Carole Wright Cathedral International, Perth Amboy NJ L-R: Dr. Cornell Edmunds, Esq. and Bishop Johnny Youngblood

Baptist Minister's Conference of Greater New York and Viciniity "In Classic Black" Leadership team of Union Baptist Temple, Bridgeton, NJ

L-R: Franck Nelson, First Lady NaDeen with husband Rev. Dr. Terry Richardson of First Baptist Church, South Orange, NJ

Standing: Rev. Dr. Albert Morgan, Seated L-R Doris Bryant and Tesha Sims EMANCIPATION CELEBRATION

Yahaya Kamate Drummers Alexis Morrast Kasiem Aboti Walters

NOTABLE QUOTES

Ithoroughly enjoyed the event. It was a blessing to share in the celebration of the achievement of pioneers and in the display of talent by the next generation.

Rev. Evans Spagner Fountain Baptist Church, Summit, NJ

Coretta Scott King said, ‘The Greatness of community is most accurately measured by the compassionate action of its members.’ The award recipients for this year’s Great Emancipation Day Award Ceremony are individuals who faithfully and gallantly work on behalf of the people in the community. It is always a joy to be able to support the great work that The Positive Community does in sharing our cultural narrative, educating the masses, highlighting, and honoring those from the community that are catalysts for positive change in the community.”

Rev. Shawn T. Wallace Sr. Pastor, St. John’s Baptist Church, Scotch Plains, NJ T he Emancipation Awards luncheon was very rewarding and informative. A great experience meeting and fellowshipping with others of the same village. We commend Bro. Adrian Council for bringing us together and keeping the issues on the forefront.

Rev. Dr. Albert Morgan President of the New England Missionary Baptist Convention

The most outstanding observance in recent years. It was no hollow event. The Emancipation Day Awards pictured and portrayed the richness of Black American culture. For too long has our triumphant history lagged in the minds of the people. I pray that TPC continues this fine tradition of community uplift.

Rev. Dr. John Scott Pastor, St. Johns Baptist Church, Harlem NY and Past Moderator United Missionary Baptist Association

On behalf of the National Coalition of 100 Black Women Bergen-Passaic Chapter, I send our gratitude and congratulations on the third annual Great Emancipation Day Awards.

This most memorable and inspiring event beautifully celebrates those who have made significant contributions to their communities. We are proud to amplify the impact of these trailblazers.

We salute you, Adrian Council, Jean Wells, and the Positive Community family for your vision of making a difference across the globe.

It was no small task in the middle of a COVID season, a harsh winter day, and during Black History Month, when Black people could be spending their Saturday afternoon any way they wished, that Positive Community Magazine’s executives—Adrian and Jean—filled a room of self-empowerment believers. Their message to us at the gala was simple: we must each be a part of the change we seek. What an event! It was wonderful to see the integration of young Black talent and classic video performances by artists such as Whitney Houston and Duke Ellington. James and I were proud to attend in support of our friend and honoree Debi Jackson, but mostly, in support of TPC’s charge to all of us—let’s not get weary people, keep fighting until our victory is won.

Congratulations on an outstanding gala!”

Rev. Dr. Valerie Oliver Durrah Neighborhood Technical Assistant Clinic, Brooklyn, NY

The Emancipation awards was a super positive experience. Great people, great food, great fellowship, great networking opportunity!

Will Turner United Baptist Temple, Bridgeton, NJ Gwenette ReesePresident NCBW Bergen/Passaic Chapter

The Emancipation celebration was overwhelmingly special this year. The Positive Community enjoyed a full room of supporters that complimented the day. Harlem Congregations for Community Improvement (HCCI) is honored to be a member of the Positive Community family and supporter of the movement for positive change spearheaded by Mr. Adrian Council and his team.

Malcolm A. Punter, Ed.D President & CEO HCCI, Inc.

NOTABLE QUOTES

Both fulfilling and promising for more reasons than one. Bishop Johnny Ray Youngblood

Every presentation, rendition and truly every person honored, made it a fabulous Great American Emancipation Day Award Gala! It was a cold and windy evening but the spectacular warmth, excitement, and congeniality of everyone in the ballroom of The Robert Treat Hotel made it an unforgettable momentous affair! We at Cathedral International know the essence of an extraordinary atmosphere and event. It was our honor to have celebrated yours with you and especially the unveiling of “Positive Community Media.”

Bishop Donald Hilliard, Jr. Senior Pastor Cathedral International

It was Aristotle who once stated that "Excellence is not an act, but a habit", and indeed the family of The Positive Community make it a Habit of presenting Excellence.

A wonderful gala with wonderful people.

Rev. Joel Youngblood

This is my first time attending the Great Emancipation program. Very informative and well organized. I am delighted that we at the Baptist Ministers’ Conference of Greater New York and Vicinity (BMCGNY&V) was able to support this endeavor!

Strength for the Journey!

Rev. Geraldine L. Harris Pastor Greater File BC, Harlem President BMCGNY&V

It was great to see our people being honored for their contribution to our culture, especially my Bishop Johnny Youngblood. To see us come together and give them their accolades while they are here to receive it was a feeling of respect.The display of who we are through song, dance, instrument and poetry, was an expression of love. The Positive Community did a good job of showing who we are in different walks of life. T he Positive Community Great Emancipation Day Awards Dinner was the epitome of its namesake. It was our community coming together to break bread and to celebrate the very best of us. It was pride, it was fellowship, it was hope, it was encouragement and, most importantly, it was love. I was honored to have the opportunity to celebrate and support my Bishop and stand with Mount Pisgah as a microcosm of all that he has poured into our community.

Nicole Jones

Mt Pisgah Baptist Church Prayer Intercessor

We got together to Lift Our Voices and Sing the praises of the Giants within our community while they could hear us. We have to thank Positive Community for helping us to acknowledge our beloved leaders who have made it their life’s mission to focus on “Saving Our Own Community.”

Congratulations to all of this year’s honorees.

Special congratulations to my beloved Bishop Johnny Ray Youngblood a giant among men who works tirelessly as a Pastor and a Black Man to Save Our Community one WORD, one person, one family, one home at a time and he is changing the world in the process. How do we describe a room full of black key leaders and followers, sharing stories, accomplishments and talents in a beautiful symphony of fellowship, love, praise and laughter? … The word is Emancipated!!

Namaste, Deacon Deborah Lewis CFO/COO Mt Pisgah Baptist Church

This year's Emancipation Day Awards Banquet showcased a few of the individuals primarily responsible for the significant uplift in various communities, as well as their own.

Father Robert Doyle Mt Pisgah Baptist Church Board of Elders, Chairman

Congratulations on hosting an awesome program celebrating Emancipation. Thank you for your amazing leadership!!!

Marcia Brown, Esq.

Founder of The Upper Room Prayer and Worship Service, Vice Chancellor Rutgers-Newark (ret.)

Carolyn Spann Mt Pisgah Baptist Church Historian Thank you all.

TORCHBEARER AWARD

Suzan Johnson Cook

The Hon. Suzan Johnson Cook (Ambassador Sujay), was nominated by Secretary Hillary Clinton and appointed by President Barack Obama, as the third U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom, the first woman, African American and faith leader to hold this post. With a $1M grant from the Lilly Endowment, she leads a Black Women in Ministry mentoring program and is the CEO of the Global Black Women’s Chamber of Commerce. She was the first female Chaplain for the New York City Police Department for 21 years and was on the frontlines of Ground Zero, 9/11. A founding member of A Partnership of Faith, she served as a senior pastor for three New York City congregations and was the first female president of the historic Hampton University Ministers Conference, the largest conference of African American clergy in the world. Ambassador Sujay’s remarks about the Emancipation Award can been see on ThePositiveCommunity.com website.

THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS Corporate Partners

for Community Progress in support of "Our Year of Positive Change"

The Prayer Circle: on the far right of this photo is Bro. Tyrone Davis, Office of Black Ministry Archdiocese of NY

Mayor Eric Adams Leads Candlelit Vigil

New York City Mayor Eric Adams led police officers and hundreds of residents at a candlelit prayer vigil outside the NYPD's 32nd Precinct stationhouse at 135th Street in Harlem on Saturday, January 22, 2022. Adams spoke to the crowd of mourners about the need to unite the city against violence. The vigil honored slain rookie officer Jason Rivera, who was killed the night before. His critically injured partner Wilbert Mora passed away days later.

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to free herself mentally little by little. Resistance to her physical condition overcame everything as her mental state morphed from that of an enslaved person to a person of free thought. We are born physically free but often succumb to the enslaving culture of self-doubt, jealousy, and oneupmanship. We all suffer from those less than moments. We are, according to the Constitution of the United States, all created equal, but not only do we sometimes think of ourselves as unworthy or unequal, we view others as unworthy or unequal.

Our thoughts, deeds, and actions determine the futures of our families. According to James Baldwin, “History, as nearly no one seems to know, is not merely something to be read. And it does not refer merely, or even principally, to the past. On the contrary, the great force of history comes from the fact that we carry it within us, are unconsciously controlled by it in many ways, and history is literally present in all that we do. It could scarcely be otherwise, since it is to history that we owe our frames of reference, our identities, and our aspirations.”

Let’s applaud Newark and other cities for understanding our public spaces need to better reflect the cause of liberty for all. Let us all be diligent in assuring whatever tools we have in our possession, love and freedom go hand in hand.

At the African American Chamber of Commerce gala Businessman Danny Dunn, Newark Mayor Ras J. Baraka and Edward Funches, the founder of InclusionMarketing. An organization of disabled ex-offenders who are now small business owners.

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