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珍妮爾‧霍爾
JANELLE HALL
PhD in public policy and
■ 瓦爾登大學
administration, Walden
University, 2020
公共政策與管理學博士，
Adjunct faculty, Seton Hall
2020 年
University, 2023-present
CEO, United Passaic
■ 西頓霍爾大學
Organization, 2021-present
兼任教師，2023 年至今
■ 帕塞克聯合組織
首席執行官，2021 年至今

From homelessness to family
霍爾曾面臨許多挑戰。如今，
turmoil, Janelle Hall faced
她致力於幫助他人。
many challenges. Now she’s
focused on helping others.
In Hall’s biopic the pages begin proud empowerment. “I am a home- who is also a charter member of
˜စᑺഐҼܝdμڀəਗ਼
ίμ˨ፋ׵
৫dᎍဧίԟ༁ʱ೯ə 250 ͉
fl ying o the calendar: a master’s owner and college professor. I sit on Hall’s Rotary club. 2019 ϋΪͣАष
“You surround yourself with
degree in public administration
ڐɓࡈʃࣛʑᕎක࢖ึᝂd™ the Board of Governors at Fairleigh ̘˰ۃٙ఻ࡈ˜༁dμɓٜ௑
ሙ͉dவԬሙ͉݊͟μٙՅࣛ
from Fairleigh Dickinson University Dickinson. I have my own business change agents. You want to chal-
ГᖯӜΫኳ༸f˜ӊࡈɛே λʾࡒࣧڗ໛τࢆhдᖯдत Мί˼ԒᗙdԨᏍпμٙ̃Ҕ
in 2013; a doctorate in public policy called Beyond Inspired. I am the CEO lenge one another,” Crockett says in
(Tiffany Crockett) ࣏ᗍٙdд
֎֊๫ᚥઃϞڛধऎᎰस͎ٙ
ซձμሔሔf຅ࣛμΣҢוom of the very organization that I once describing her longtime relationship
and administration in 2020 fr
Walden University, where another
ፕdμึϓͭІʉ֮ٙ෦д received services from.” with Hall.
ᖯдतɰ݊ᎍဧהίҧቃٟٙ
ፋdٜՑμ׵ 2021 ϋ̘˰f
coworker urged they both enroll for With each accomplishment the Hall’s own journey has had no
௴֐ٟࡰʘɓf
(Passaic) ҧቃٟd˸՟˾Ңࡁ room erupted in cheers, almost shortage of challenges. She says her
a PhD. “Guess who got her degree
Ϟܘεԫ࠽੻ชࢸfμ
fi rst?” Hall says with a grin.
ήਜίอڿޥઋಂග̰̘ٙԟ drowning out her conclusion: “And husband did not physically abuse
ٙ܀ɿࡁேʊڗɽϓɛiՉ
˜ЫࠅᜫІʉԒᗙఖ
Hall is now an adjunct faculty all the accomplishments I shared her but chipped away at her sense
ࡈҧቃٟf™
ᔎഹᜊࠧ٫fЫࡁࠅʝ޴ܿ
ʕ 3 ࡈͦۃ͍ίɪɽኪfᎍဧ
member at Seton Hall University with you are thanks to the magic of self in other ways: verbal abuse,
in South Orange, New Jersey. She of Rotary.” denial of control, restriction of ac-
኷f™дᖯдतί౜ࠑμၾᎍ
͉ɛɰ˜౬ΫІʉٙΤο™f
఻ࡈ˜ʫdᎍဧఱם෍
has been honored by local and state “It took her almost an hour to cess to friends, and a growing isola-
ဧٙڗಂᗫڷࣛႭ༸f
ə 25 Τٟࡰfʔɮʘܝdί leave the ballroom after her speech,” tion. At age 21, “young [and] inexpe-
˜Ңٙᕎ੎͍ό͛ࣖəl™μ
oŽ cials for her contributions to her
community. She has written a mo-
2025 ϋ 2 ˜d֮෦дҧቃٟ Sirower reports. “Everybody kept rienced,” Hall married a man nearly
ίࣣʕᄳ༸f˜຅ج֜࿧ɨج
ᎍဧٙɛ͛ࣚ೻ɰ̂တ
tivational book titled The Daughter wanting to talk to her. And she made twice her age. “My family essentially
͍όϓͭd͟ᎍဧዄ΂ٟڗf a promise to me at that time that she disowned me because of the choice
࿽ࣛd˼Ҫն༶ٙҁΌ౛છᛆ
of Destiny, which maps her history
əܿ኷fμႭdμٙɩ˃ᒱ್
ʹഗəҢf™
and o ers “8 steps [that] can lead would start her own Passaic Rotary I made,” she writes in The Daughter
༈ٟʊ຾ᑘ፬ཀୋɓϣ
ӚϞ࿁μਂЂ᜗ɪٙ߿ܙdШ
you to personal empowerment.” club to replace the one our district of Destiny. She nevertheless kept her
ۍ˸Չ˼˙όɓᓃᓃή࿣์ə
˜ɓࡈɛٙɛ͛ࣚ೻
᎑ࡌݺਗdԨ͍ࠇ೥ۃֻε׼ had lost during COVID.” father company in the months be- Ꮠ
In her own climactic, destined
Within months, Hall had recruited fore his death from leukemia in 2019
moment of self-empowerment, Hall
̵̋΍ձ਷ආБ਷ყ؂ਕʘ μٙІҢႩٝjԊႧ߿ܙe࡞ ༈ί׵νО༶͜Іʉٙϓ̘̌
became the executive director of 25 members and soon after, in Febru- and helped her siblings take care of
ࣚdШவԨڢᎍဧୋɓϣ̈ ary 2025, the Rotary Club of Passaic their mother, who had Alzheimer’s,
ྮμٙછՓᛆeࠢՓμၾ؃ʾ
Ꮝп˼ɛf™ᎍဧႭf˜ԫઋ
the United Passaic Organization,
ʘה˸޶ৎԸᚶ૱ೌΈdՉԸ
ٙᑌᖩd˸ʿ˚ू̋ᄌٙ֘ͭ
਷f2024 ϋdμਞ̋əɓϣ for was of¤icially chartered with Hall until she died in 2021.
a broad-based service group
There is much to be thankful for.
the city that helps families in need now serving as its president.
ۃֻ̋ॶٙࣚБdμਗ਼Չ౜ࠑ ชf21 ๋ࣛd˜ϋჀ˲ॹ˶ ϞІfЫࠅਂٙఱ݊ϓމɓຐ
— and the very organization that The club has already hosted its Her children are grown; three of
׼ዱdᜫՉ˼ɛ׼ͣලฮ̥݊
މ˜రӋၚग़ϓڗ™ٙࣚ೻d ຾᜕™ٙᎍဧ෴ഗəɓࡈˢμ them are currently in college. Hall
once helped pay her rent years ago fi rst retreat and is planning an in-
when she was stru˜gling. Her story, ternational service trip to the Do-
ᅲࣛٙf™စᔖࡰڌο࿇ဆ
ɰ݊˜ࠠอஹഐnڢݲɛձΌ ɽڐɓ࠴ٙӲɛf˜Ңٙ࢕ɛ herself has “taken back ownership
not surprisingly, has compelled at- minican Republic, which won’t be of my name.” “My divorce is fi nal!”
ଢ౳֢ऎ̮ٙڢݲɛ™рɢٙ Hall’s fi rst trip out of the country. In she writes in her book. “When the
ਿ͉ɪΪމҢٙ፯኿ϾၾҢ
ਗd̺࿇ໝɨf
tention, especially among Rotary
ɓ௅ʱf࿁μϾԊdϤБ௰Ϟ ᓙഒəᗫڷf™μߐն༶ʘ judge banged his gavel, he gave me
members. Early in 2024, for example, 2024 she was part of an organized
there she was addressing 300 people trip to Ghana that she describes as full custody of my destiny.”
จ່ٙ௅ʱ݊ઞஞɓ࢕֘Յ ɾ‘ɓࣣʕᄳ༸fኋ၍νϤd ᅠ˖jJonathan Black
at a Rotary presidents-elect learning a “quest for spiritual growth” and “Your journey in life is how you
seminar in Whippany, New Jersey. part of e orts “to reunite ... Africans use your success to help others,”
“Let me introduce myself,” she and the global diaspora.” The most Hall says. “Things may seem dim or
told the audience, whereupon she meaningful part for her turned out dark for a reason. It’s up to you to be
removed the pink bathrobe she’d to be a visit to an orphanage where a beacon so others can understand
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pulled on earlier, the very robe she Hall distributed 250 schoolbooks
had worn in the homeless shelter, to donated by a childhood friend and Roll credits. Close curtain.
reveal a striking blue dress and her school principal, Ti any Crockett, — «¬®¯°±¯® ²³¯´µ
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