WHAT:

Ceremony to unveil plaque to dedicate the Jersey City NJ - Bergen South Post Office to Judge Shirley A. Tolentino as per Public Law 113-39 (H.R. 1376) signed into Law by President Obama on July 25, 2014.

WHO:

Tolentino Family
Steven Hernandez – USPS Northern NJ District Manager
Honorable Donald M. Payne Jr. – Congressman 10TH District NJ
Honorable Albio Sires – Congressman 8th District NJ
Honorable Steven Fulop – Mayor, Jersey City NJ
Honorable Tom DeGise – County Executive, Hudson County NJ
Honorable Sandra D. Cunningham – NJ State Senator, 31st District
Kerry Wendt – Postmaster, Jersey City NJ
Honorable Diane Coleman – Ward F Councilwoman Jersey City NJ
Kimberly Holmes ESQ. – 1st VP Programs & Chaplain
National Coalition of 100 Black Women,
Bergen/Passaic NJ Chapter   
Honorable Torkwase Y. Sekou – Essex County, NJ
Honorable Joseph Charles – Jersey City NJ
Rosemary Sideboard Hughes – Essex County NJ
Patricia Mosley – Former Judicial Secretary to Honorable Shirley A.
Tolentino at Superior Court of NJ
Lincoln High School Honor Guard – Jersey City NJ
Snyder High School Chorus & Music Director – Jersey City NJ
Fred W. Martin Middle School Student Performer – Jersey City NJ
Delta Sigma Theta Sisters

WHEN:

11:00 a.m. Monday, December 8, 2014

WHERE:

Post Office
369 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive
Jersey City New Jersey 07305

DETAILS:

Initially sponsored in the House of Representatives by Congressman Donald M. Payne Jr. (NJ 10th), the President of the United States signed Public Law 113-39 on July 25, 2014.

Born and raised in Jersey City NJ, Judge Tolentino became the first female appointed to the Superior Court of NJ in January 1984. She had previously been appointed as the first female to the Jersey City Municipal Court in 1976. She was elevated in 1981 and became the first female Presiding Judge of the Jersey City Municipal Court.  She passed on October 31, 2010