#street-co-naming

#street-co-naming

"This ceremony, in honor of Sajda Musawwir Ladner, is the catalyst in the transformation of Jersey Street," said Lorna Harris, emcee for the event. Located steps from 425 Jersey St., where the Universal Temple of the Arts center opened in 1990, the intersection now bears the name of the singular figure who spent decades of her life committed to the surrounding community. "My mother was here at a time when people encouraged her to go other places, and she stuck, she stayed the course and she affected so many young people," said Rashida Ladner-Seward, Musawwir Ladner's daughter and the current executive director of the arts group.