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With no notice on its meeting agenda, the East Orange ... Sheila Y. Oliver Academy, a name kept so secret that even the lieutenant governor herself said she didn’t find out until months later ...
EAST ORANGE ... of New Jersey who she so dutifully served. — Mayor Eric Adams (@NYCMayor) August 1, 2023 "Sheila Oliver was a trailblazer. She knocked down barriers for women of color in ...
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- Emotional statements have been pouring in lamenting the late New Jersey Lieutenant ... Governor Sheila Oliver. Starting out as a member of the East Orange Board of Education ...
Ms. Oliver, 71, was the first Black woman to hold statewide elected office there, after a long tenure in the General Assembly. By Tracey Tully Sheila Y. Oliver, New Jersey’s lieutenant governor ...
Sheila Oliver, the first Black woman to serve as New Jersey's Assembly speaker and as lieutenant governor ... Her family first settled in East Orange for a few years before moving to Newark. She ...
Sheila Oliver, who rose to become one of New Jersey’s most prominent Black leaders ... especially young women of color,” Murphy said in a statement Tuesday. “Beyond all of that, she was ...
New Jersey Lt. Gov. Sheila Oliver ... and experiences.” Oliver’s career in public service began with small positions in Essex County and the city of East Orange. In 1997, she ran for mayor ...