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To congratulate the Columbus Section of the National Council of Negro Women on the occasion of its ninth annual luncheon and to 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, NCNW was founded by 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 national president, the recently deceased Dorothy Irene Height, an icon of the Civil Rights Movement; and
WHEREAS, the Columbus Section of NCNW 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 9th annual luncheon on Saturday, May 22, 2010 at the Hilton Columbus/Easton; and
WHEREAS, this year's luncheon theme, "Engaging the Generations," continues 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 congratulates the Columbus Section of the National Council of Negro Women on the occasion of its ninth annual luncheon, and recognizes the significant contributions made by the Columbus Section to the city and the community.