Daddy’s little girl: Fathers and daughters celebrated their special bond at New Community’s annual Father-Daughter Dance at St. Joseph Plaza in Newark.The evening included dinner, upbeat music spun by a deejay, a dance contest, professional photography and lots of raffle prizes.Bust a move: Andy Edionseri and his daughter, Tiffany, donned color-coordinated outfits and took first place in the dance contest, for the second year in a row.The evening included dinner, upbeat music spun by a deejay, a dance contest, professional photography and lots of raffle prizes.NCC Youth Services hosted the event and transformed St. Joseph Plaza into a dazzling array of pink and silver decorations, complete with a red carpet entrance into the dance.
For more than 50 years, New Community Corporation has walked the walk of social justice, helping residents of inner cities improve the quality of their lives to reflect individual God-given dignity and personal achievement. After all, NCC was birthed from the literal ashes of the civil disorders of 1967 by a core group of Black community leaders and White allies, including a young priest named William Linder. Together, they modeled through word and deed the moral principle and reality that Black Lives Matter.
Today, just as in 1967, NCC joins in solidarity with all those who seek justice and an end to police brutality and racism.
