Diversity Regional Reception - South Jersey
September 23, 2021 | 5:30 p.m.
Crowne Plaza, Cherry Hill
Join the NJ Chamber and the African American Chamber of Commerce of NJ for a regional reception to help recognize and celebrate New Jersey’s Champions of Diversity.
The event will include passed hor d'oeuvres and an open bar. You will also have the opportunity to network with our Champions of Diversity, and business and political leaders from the across the region.
Dress code for the event is business casual.
Honorees
Joe Jingoli
CEO
Joseph Jingoli & Son
Honored for the firm’s signature “Competitive Edge” program as worked at the Hard Rock Café in Atlantic City. The firm reaches out within the community and utilizes service, education and mentorship programs to provide job opportunities to community members.
Angel Santiago
Fifth Grade Teacher
Loring Flemming Elementary School
Honored for being named the New Jersey State Board of Education 2020-2021 State Teacher of the Year and for facilitating the Young People of Character (YPOC) program. Its mission is to bring together fourth and fifth grade students from all walks of life to serve their communities (e.g. writing letters to veterans for Veterans Day, cleaning up the school grounds for Earth Day, and volunteering during the Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service). He is a fifth grade teacher at the Loring Flemming School in Camden County.
Center for Community Arts (Cape May)
Honored for utilizing the arts to promote and teach the rich black community history of Cape May County. Center for Community Arts (CCA) is dedicated to discovering, preserving and presenting the African American history of Cape May County. The Program creates annual exhibits including an Underground Railroad trolley tour and the Franklin Street School (an elementary school for Cape May’s African American children in the 1920’s). The program also created panel discussions, presents African American Heritage Walking Tours, and administers the growing John T. and Janet D. Nash Archives of African American History. CCA was founded in 1995 by 12 women artists and community activists – (6 African American and 6 white) who met around a kitchen table over a six-month period.
COVID-19 Event Policy and Information
The New Jersey Chamber of Commerce requires all attendees of in-person events provide proof of vaccination or applicable proof of a negative COVID-19 test.
COVID-19 PCR test must be taken within 72 hours of an event’s start time. COVID-19 antigen test must be taken within 6 hours of the event's start time.
Guests are required to wear masks except when eating and drinking.
NJ Chamber Event Code of Conduct