Candle Category: Joy

This is another candle of Joy from Micah Desiante who is appointed the legislative action team chair of the Paterson Education Association and will also have a seat on the PEAPAC committee. He’s bringing his folding chair to the table to make sure we preserve education and restore democracy.

This is a candle of joy for the city of Just Us and Micah Desiante. The city of Just Us is the Civics education and social justice club Micah’s students started last year and finally launched the Vote 16 Paterson campaign this past Friday while they followed Newark’s lead in securing youth voting in school...

Jill and John Wodnick light a candle of joy to celebrate Lavender Wodnick’s masters degree from Carnegie Mellon University.

We light this candle for John Worth Levin. With great joy, Mary Duus announces the birth of her 2nd grandchild on May 1. All are well and in awe of this tiny being. He is named for Mary’s brother who passed away in 2011.

Brennyn Nast lights this candle of joy for the Sesame Workers Union. On May 15th the workers behind the non-profit that produces Sesame Street formed a union! Though Brennyn was laid off in March, they have continued to work for this union effort that they began with a small group of colleagues nearly 2 years...

We light this candle of joy for the Hylton family celebrating Zuri Andrew Hylton who graduated from Seton Hall University with a Bachelors in Social Work on May 19. He will pursue a masters of social work next year. Please keep him and all graduates in your thoughts & prayers as they navigate these complicated...