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To recognize and commend Dr. Julialynne Walker for her many years of community service.
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WHEREAS, Julialynne Walker in 2018 founded The Bronzeville Growers Market located in King-Lincoln/Bronzeville and also founded the Bronzeville Agricademy which has impacted hundreds of growers on the near eastside; and
WHEREAS, Dr. Walker brings over 30 years of experience working with movements for social change, beginning with the civil rights movement, continuing with African liberation struggles and is still engaged in consolidating the North American Delegation, Pan African Movement and Pan African Movement as Chair; and
WHEREAS, As the President of the Franklin Park Community Association, Dr. Walker has nurtured a strong cooperative relationship with the Franklin Park community; and
WHEREAS, Dr. Walker also gave her time and energy as a management consultant in South Africa for fifteen years and worked for more than six months in Botswana, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe since her first visit to Africa as a student at the University of Ghana - Legon in 1969; and
WHEREAS, Dr. Walker’s local community activities include serving on the boards of the Columbus Africentric Early College, Columbus Landmarks Foundation, ComFest, the James Preston Poindexter Foundation and the advisory committees for the Columbus African-American Digital Collection for the Columbus Metropolitan Library and Pan-African Connections; and
WHEREAS, Dr. Walker is a recipient of the Phenomenal Women of Central Ohio Award (2020), the Oni Award from the International Congress of Black Women (2013), the Service Award from the International Congress of Black Women (2016) and the Pan African Award from the Federation of African Organizations of Ohio (2015)
WHEREAS, Dr. Walker has contributed her library of books, magazines, ephemeral to the Pan African Archives at The Freedom Park in Pretoria, South Africa; now, therefore
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY ...
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