Category: Public Education
![City of Newark Will Dedicate Street In Honor Of Rev. Dr. Ronald B. Christian](https://cdn.nwe.io/files/x/34/83/c0a747a713ca44004681b9042333.jpg)
The City of Newark will dedicate a street in honor of he Rev. Dr. Ronald B. Christian today, December 19, at 11 a.m., at Wickliffe and West Market Streets. The street will be renamed in the honor of Irvington's spiritual leader who began his career of activism and advocacy in Newark dating back from 2002 until his death in October 2015 this year at age 51.
![Sharpe James/Kenneth A Gibson Recreation Center To Launch A Four-Week "Fight2BFit" Program In Newark, NJ Tomorrow](https://cdn.nwe.io/files/x/8f/09/d880bd76a2d285759fcefe9e7f49.jpg)
Mayor Ras J. Baraka announced the launching of a four-week "Fight2BFit" health and wellness competition on Thursday, October 8, at 4:30 p.m. for children ages 8 to 11. The event will take place at the Sharpe James/Kenneth A. Gibson Recreation Center, 226 Rome Street, Newark, NJ with the Former WNBA Liberty legend and Hall of Fame Inductee Sue Wicks.
![Governor Cuomo Launches A New Statewide Initiative To Recruit Veterans](https://cdn.nwe.io/files/x/30/be/34f9c7a05d15266b5a873ca1452d.jpg)
Governor Cuomo launches a statewide initiative to recruit Veterans. The statewide initiative is aimed at assisting New Americans learn English to become U.S. citizens.
![What Do You See In The Mirror After Slavery?](https://cdn.nwe.io/files/x/a0/54/ff3af3d07ad168221967b8480929.jpg)
It has been over 500 years since Christopher Columbus discovered America and under 500 years since the Emancipation of Slaves. Is there a deep-rooted misunderstanding of the word "prejudice" and how it is perceived when African Americans share their experience of Africans? A UX Film Festival presented a documentary "Bound" as a in depth look of the African vs. the African American view.