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Clementi Family to be Honored at Essex County LGBTQ Ceremony

Jane, Joseph and James Clementi will be presented with Pride of Essex County Awards in honor of their family member Tyler Clementi.

On Tuesday, August 19, Essex County Executive Joseph N. DiVincenzo, Jr. and the Essex County Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Questioning Advisory Board will host the Essex County LGBTQ Pride Month Celebration. During the ceremony, DiVincenzo will present Pride of Essex County Awards to Jane, Joseph and James Clementi, family members of Tyler Clementi, a Rutgers University student who took his own life after being a victim of cyberbullying.

In his memory, his family created the Tyler Clementi Foundation, which promotes safe, inclusive and respectful social environments in homes, schools, campuses, churches and the digital world for vulnerable youth, LGBTQ youth and their allies.

Date: Tuesday, August 19, 2014

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Time: 12 Noon (promptly)

Place: Essex County Hall of Records, Freeholder Chambers, Room 506; 465 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd. Newark, NJ

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