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22 RESIDENTS HONORED WITH CAMDEN COUNTY FREEDOM MEDALS
Honoring the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther
King, Jr.
For Immediate Release: December 24, 2008
Contacts: KEN SHUTTLERWORTH
Twenty-two
Camden County residents have been chosen to receive the 2009 edition
of the Camden County Freedom Medal, honoring the legacy of Dr. Martin
Luther King, Jr. on January 23 for their unselfish contributions
to improving their community.
“This
is Camden County’s way of honoring Dr. King,” said Freeholder
Director Louis Cappelli Jr. The award, created in 2001 under the
leadership of County Clerk James Beach, honors ideals indicative
of the slain civil rights leader.
Cappelli
said the medals will be presented during an evening ceremony at
the Dennis Flyer Theater on the main campus of the Camden County
College in Gloucester Township.
Freeholder Riletta Cream explained that the honorees are selected
by an independent, 10-member committee. Each nomination, which includes
a 300-word essay in support of the nominee’s accomplishments,
is reviewed by the committee. Dr. Mark Doorley, director of the
ethics program in Villanova University’s College of Liberal
Arts and Sciences, chairs the committee.
The
Freedom Medal committee includes Dr. Stella J. Horton, executive
director of the Camden Center for Youth Development, Inc.; Rev.
Douglas A. Goldsborough Sr., pastor of Mt. Zion United Methodist
Church in Lawnside; Juanita Johnson-Clark, of Lawnside, Rowan University
trustee; and, Father Tom Newton of St. Peter Celestine Church in
Cherry Hill.
Others
serving on the committee include Thomas H. Watkins, financial representative
for Lincoln Investment Planning, Inc; Habib Quraishi, a commissioner
on the Camden County Human Relations Commission and a member of
the Pakistani-American Society of South Jersey; Father Rene Canales,
Our Lady of Mt. Carmel in Berlin; Aqil Khan, vice president of the
Washington-based Pakistani American Congress, and Theresa L. Smith,
dean of enrollment and student services at Camden County College.
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