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Newark kicks off Pride Week starting with flag raising ceremony at City Hall

Newark Pride week kicks off
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NEWARK, N.J. -- Pride Week kicks off Monday in Newark with flag raising ceremony.

Mayor Ras Baraka and community leaders will be on hand for the event at City Hall. 

The city's LGBTQ+ Commission will also highlight the weeklong schedule of Pride activities, which ends with a march Sunday. 

For the first time ever, City Hall will be lit in rainbow colors as a sign of solidarity with the community. 

Monday's event gets underway at 6 p.m.

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