File #: 15210    Version: 0 Name: 37th Annual Freedom Fund Dinner courtesy resolution.
Type: Resolution Status: Passed
File created: 10/25/2004 In control: County Legislature
On agenda: 10/25/2004 Final action: 10/25/2004
Title: A RESOLUTION acknowledging the 37th Annual Freedom Fund Dinner sponsored by the Kansas City, MO, branch of the NAACP to be held at the Westin Crown Center Hotel, Saturday, October 30, 2004 at 7:00 p.m.
Sponsors: Ronald E. Finley
Indexes: 2000 - 2006 COURTESY RESOLUTIONS , NAACP

IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI

 

 

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A RESOLUTION acknowledging the 37th Annual Freedom Fund Dinner sponsored by the Kansas City, MO, branch of the NAACP to be held at the Westin Crown Center Hotel, Saturday, October 30, 2004 at 7:00 p.m.

 

 

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RESOLUTION  #15210, October 25, 2004

 

 

INTRODUCED BY Ronald E. Finley, County Legislator

 

 

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WHEREAS, the theme of the 37th annual Freedom fund dinner is "The Race is On" and will highlight the years of struggle for NAACP as an organization with regard to voter rights as well as other issues experienced by people of color; and,

 

WHEREAS, the honorary chairs for the dinner are James "Jim" Wilson, Kansas City Missouri Board of Police Commissioner and his wife, Yvonne Starks Wilson, State Senator elect, 9th District Missouri; and,

 

WHEREAS, recognition will be paid to the following award recipients,

Award                                                                                                         Recipient

Carl R. Johnson Humanitarian                                                               Herman and Dorothy Johnson

                                                                                                                                                                        (In Memoriam)

 

Lucile Bluford Special Achievement                                          John W. Bluford

 

Velma Woodson Outstanding Leadership                     Ormer Rogers

 

Harold Holliday, Sr. Civil Rights                                                               Dr. Robert Farnsworth                     

and,

 

WHEREAS, the keynote speaker will be Betty Winston Baye, an editorial writer and columnist for The Courier-Journal in Louisville, Kentucky, who carries national recognition as a leader in the field of journalism; now therefore,

 

BE IT RESOLVED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, that the Legislature acknowledges the 37th Annual Freedom Fund dinner sponsored by the Kansas City Missouri branch of the NAACP as an important and educational community event, extends sincere congratulations to the award recipients, and wishes the organization continued success in the future.

 

 

 

Enacted and Approved

Effective Date:  This Resolution shall be effective immediately upon its passage by a majority of the Legislature.

 

APPROVED AS TO FORM:

 

 

______________________________                                          ________________________________

                                                                                                                                                   County Counselor

 

Certificate of Passage

 

                     I hereby certify that the attached resolution, Resolution #15210 of October 25, 2004,  was duly passed on _______October 25___________________, 2004 by the Jackson County Legislature.  The votes thereon were as follows:

 

                     Yeas ________9___________                     Nays _________0__________

 

                     Abstaining ______0_________                     Absent _______0___________

 

 

______________________                                          _________________________________

Date                                                                                                                              Mary Jo Spino, Clerk of Legislature