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The African Awards Banquet and Dinner is WISOMMM’s largest annual fundraising event which raises funds to benefit the Over the years, this successful event has honored men and women for community, corporate, social and educational service, political activism, entrepreneurship and for being strong African families.
2010 Honorees Dr. Gwendolyn Goldsby Grant, Excellence in Health Award Mildred English, Educational Excellence Award David & Shkihana Muhammad, Strong African Family Award
2009 Honoree Sis. Frederica Bey, Lifetime Achievement Award
2008 Honorees DeLacy Davis, Educational Excellence
Past Honorees have included: Minister Louis Farrakhan, leader Nation of Islam,
Talent shows, arts and crafts, essay contests and other positive youth activities bring kids and their families together to share food, music, and fun in Newark’s historic Lincoln Park. Winners of the annual essay contest are invited to attend WISOMMM’s annual African Ball. The festival is aimed at deterring youth related violence, and encouraging students to persevere
Each year in February WISOMMM observes Black History Month showcasing films, scholars and cultural performances that highlight Africa’s gifts to the world. The Black History Month Film Festival has been an opportunity to celebrate African American cinema and the African Diaspora and showcase a diverse collection of films - from emerging and established filmmakers.
Black Marriage Day Hall of Fame This celebration is a heart-felt effort to recognize, and awaken in others, the importance and significance of marriage in the African-American community. We seek to honor, in perpetuity,
Each year in December WISOMMM celebrates African culture and traditions at its annual Kwanzaa Celebration.
Pre-Mother’s Day Brunch Cruise Each year, WISOMMM honors mothers on a Pre-Mother’s Day Brunch Cruise fundraisor on The Spirit of New Jersey Cruise Line. This is always the Perfect Gift for Special Moms
Quarterly Forum – American Prisons; A Hearing of Citizens A series of on-going public forums and town hall meetings to discuss and strategize methods of reform for human rights violations within the Prison Industrial Complex.
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WISOMMM Child Care Center. Since the first dinner which was held in October 2000, the event has raised more than $70,000. Each fall WISOMMM takes time out to celebrate and publicly recognize deserving sheroes and heroes in Essex County and New York metropolitan area. 
Each year WISOMMM sponsors an annual back-to-school youth festival; a fun filled event that showcases the talents and aspirations of kids in the greater Newark community. 
those couples who have led by example, holding together their marriages for decades, and whose enduring bond and love, inspires us all.