Essex County Board of Commissioners Meeting Oct 10, 2024

Essex County Board of County Commissioners · October 10, 2024

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International Day of the Girl ceremony and honorees

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Commissioner Doreen Murray Thomas opened a ceremony to mark International Day of the Girl, introduced Doctor Peterson (superintendent of Essex County Schools) and youth speakers Miracle Baker and Raven Saint Paul, and presented awards to honorees including Derica Johnson, Takara Phillips, Nevaeh Lane, Oluwademalade Siya Addua, the Central High School girls basketball team and students from the Newark School of Fashion and Design. Doctor Peterson said, "I know the power of girls." The program emphasized leadership, community support and schools' role in mentoring girls.

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Essex County Board of County Commissioners held a combined ceremony and board meeting that opened with an International Day of the Girl award program honoring students and community mentors, followed by routine roll call, public comment on benefit backlogs and housing, and votes on multiple county contracts and resolutions.

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