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To congratulate the Columbus Section of the National Council of Negro Women on the occasion of its Inaugural Bethune Birthday Tea Party in honor of Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune's 143rd Birthday and recognize the significant contributions made by the Columbus Section to the city and the community.
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WHEREAS, the mission of the National Council of Negro Women is to advance opportunities and improve the quality of life for African American women and their families and communities; and
WHEREAS, the National Council of Negro Women was founded by Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune, a child of slave parents who went on to become a distinguished educator and government consultant, and benefitted for several decades from the leadership of its former national president, Dr. Dorothy Irene Height, an icon of the Civil Rights Movement; and
WHEREAS, the Columbus Section of the National Council of Negro Women supports the organization's mission by adopting local schools; providing leadership development sessions to adolescent females; and providing food baskets and clothing to needy families and homeless shelters; and
WHEREAS, the Columbus Section will host its Inaugural Bethune Birthday Tea Party in honor of Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune's 143rd Birthday on Sunday, July 8, 2018 at the Creekside Conference & Event Center 101 Mill St, Suite 300 located in Gahanna, Ohio; and
WHEREAS, the Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune Afternoon Tea Party, will continue the Columbus Section's tradition of outreach to the young leaders who will emerge to carry the community forward in the years and decades to come; now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
That this Council does hereby congratulate the Columbus Section of the National Council of Negro Women on the occasion of its Inaugural Bethune Birthday Tea Party in honor of Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune's 143rd Birthday and recognize the significant contributions made by the Columbus Section to the city and the community.