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HomeMy WebLinkAboutPROCLAMATION 03/16/2009ettp of V�. 'i CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION OF THE NAACP & SANTA ROS.4-SONOAIA COUNTY CHAPTER WHEREAS, in February 2009, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) celebrated a 100 year journey as the nation's oldest, largest and most effective civil rights advocacy organization — and it has forever changed the landscape of American history, and specifically a spotlight on the protection of Civil Rights throughout Sonoma County for the past 56 years; and WHEREAS, for 100 years, the NAACP's collective courage of people of all races, nationalities and faiths united on one premise - that all men and women are created equal. The vision of the NAACP is to ensure a society, in which all individuals have equal rights and there is no racial hatred or racial discrimination; and WHEREAS, despite violence, oppression, trauma. intimidation and hostile government policies, the nation's beacon for social justice and its grass-roots base of members has persevered; and WHEREAS, the NAACP's most courageous moments have involved everyone from school children to laborers to professionals to presidents to just ordinary men and women, those who decided to champion what's right and just: and WHEREAS, from the ballot box to the classroom, the dedicated workers, organizers, and leaders who forged this great organization and maintain its status as a champion of social justice, fought long and hard to ensure that the voices of African Americans would be heard; and the noteworthy community efforts of Eddie Mae Sloan (Warrior-Shero), establishment and timeless sustainability with SCPEO projects for woman, children and other people of disparities (Head Start, Council on Aging, Alianza Del Pueblo, Ya -Ka -Aura Indian Education Center, Commission on the Status of Women, Roseland Children's Health Center, to name just a few); and WHEREAS, the Santa Rosa -Sonoma County Chapter of the NAACP works within the mission of its charter to ensure the political, educational, social, and economic equality of rights of all persons and to eliminate racial hatred and racial discrimination. NOW, THEREFORE, BE 1T RESOLVED THAT 1, Pamela Torliatt, Mayor of Petaluma, along with the members of the City Council, do hereby recognize, acknowledge, and extend best wishes for the NAACP's Centennial Celebration, and commended the Santa Rosa -Sonoma County Chapter's NAACP membership for their courage and commitment to voter empowerment, political awareness and the fulfillment of `all peoples' freedom, justice and equality: \ �� �aKxeea '7afzP�ectt. 712alyaz e4lne caOizEz, y�e&t4 yW''• N �, n I \ I ettp of V�. 'i CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION OF THE NAACP & SANTA ROS.4-SONOAIA COUNTY CHAPTER WHEREAS, in February 2009, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) celebrated a 100 year journey as the nation's oldest, largest and most effective civil rights advocacy organization — and it has forever changed the landscape of American history, and specifically a spotlight on the protection of Civil Rights throughout Sonoma County for the past 56 years; and WHEREAS, for 100 years, the NAACP's collective courage of people of all races, nationalities and faiths united on one premise - that all men and women are created equal. The vision of the NAACP is to ensure a society, in which all individuals have equal rights and there is no racial hatred or racial discrimination; and WHEREAS, despite violence, oppression, trauma. intimidation and hostile government policies, the nation's beacon for social justice and its grass-roots base of members has persevered; and WHEREAS, the NAACP's most courageous moments have involved everyone from school children to laborers to professionals to presidents to just ordinary men and women, those who decided to champion what's right and just: and WHEREAS, from the ballot box to the classroom, the dedicated workers, organizers, and leaders who forged this great organization and maintain its status as a champion of social justice, fought long and hard to ensure that the voices of African Americans would be heard; and the noteworthy community efforts of Eddie Mae Sloan (Warrior-Shero), establishment and timeless sustainability with SCPEO projects for woman, children and other people of disparities (Head Start, Council on Aging, Alianza Del Pueblo, Ya -Ka -Aura Indian Education Center, Commission on the Status of Women, Roseland Children's Health Center, to name just a few); and WHEREAS, the Santa Rosa -Sonoma County Chapter of the NAACP works within the mission of its charter to ensure the political, educational, social, and economic equality of rights of all persons and to eliminate racial hatred and racial discrimination. NOW, THEREFORE, BE 1T RESOLVED THAT 1, Pamela Torliatt, Mayor of Petaluma, along with the members of the City Council, do hereby recognize, acknowledge, and extend best wishes for the NAACP's Centennial Celebration, and commended the Santa Rosa -Sonoma County Chapter's NAACP membership for their courage and commitment to voter empowerment, political awareness and the fulfillment of `all peoples' freedom, justice and equality: \ �� �aKxeea '7afzP�ectt. 712alyaz e4lne caOizEz, y�e&t4