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To recognize and affirm the Columbus Urban League Young Professionals Association as a vital part of the mission to empower African Americans and disenfranchised groups through economic, educational and social progress.
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WHEREAS, the Columbus Urban League is a community-based, non-profit organization founded in 1918, as an affiliate of the National Urban League to empower disenfranchised groups; and
WHEREAS, the Columbus Urban League recognizes the need to empower and train the next generation of leaders to assume the mantel of leadership handed down from the Civil Rights generation; and
WHEREAS, the Columbus Urban League Young Professionals Association was formed to support the Columbus Urban League's mission, values and goals through educating other young professionals about the movement; and
WHEREAS, the Columbus Urban League Young Professionals Association will recruit new members, sponsor educational initiatives, fundraise for scholarships, furnish volunteers, and deliver personal and professional development to its members with the overall goal of empowering African Americans and disenfranchised groups to enter the economic and social mainstream of Columbus; and
WHEREAS, the Columbus Urban League Young Professionals Association is reestablishing and reconstituting itself with the renewed vigor and enthusiasm to create inclusive communities throughout Columbus on March 27, 2015 to ensure that the city is the best place to work, live and raise a family ; now therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS
That this Council does hereby recognize and affirm the Columbus Urban League Young Professionals Association for their efforts to economically and socially empower African Americans and disenfranchised groups in the City of Columbus and this region for the benefit all residents.