Bill Text: NY J01146 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Commending the Guyana Economic Development Trust upon the occasion of hosting Awakening the Jaguar: The 2019 Guyana Innovation Prize Cocktail Reception

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2019-04-30 - ADOPTED [J01146 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-J01146-Introduced.html

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Senate Resolution No. 1146

BY: Senator PARKER

        COMMENDING  the  Guyana Economic Development Trust
        upon the occasion of hosting Awakening  the  Jaguar:
        The  2019 Guyana Innovation Prize Cocktail Reception
        on June 2, 2019

  WHEREAS, From time to time  this  Legislative  Body  takes  note  of
certain  extraordinary  individuals  it  wishes  to  recognize for their
valued contributions to the success and progress of society and publicly
acknowledge their endeavors which have enhanced the basic humanity among
us all; and

  WHEREAS, This Legislative Body is justly proud to commend the Guyana
Economic Development Trust upon the occasion of  hosting  Awakening  the
Jaguar:  The 2019 Guyana Innovation Prize Cocktail Reception celebrating
Guyanese  Entrepreneurship  on  Sunday,  June  2,  2019,  at  A.R.T./New
York-The LuEster T. Mertz South Oxford Space in Brooklyn, New York; and

  WHEREAS, The Guyana Innovation Prize is a complete system to support
startup   businesses,   groom   founders,   and  create  new  employment
opportunities in Guyana; and

  WHEREAS, The Guyana Economic Development Trust  is  an  independent,
United  States  based  philanthropic  organization  which  incubates and
supports projects to expand and enhance enterprises and workforce skills
in Guyana; its projects help fill  a  gap  in  functional  21st  Century
skills training and seed funding for startup and small businesses; and

  WHEREAS,  Today,  Guyana  is  on the verge of an economic revolution
that will forever change the country; the  Guyana  Economic  Development
Trust  offers  a  triple  bottom  line  to those supporting its mission:
United States tax deductibility on contributions, the  ability  to  help
equip  Guyanese  with  the  skills of the future, and the opportunity to
play a direct role in the economic progression of the nation; and

  WHEREAS, The success of the Guyana Economic Development Trust is  in
direct  correlation  to  the  efforts  of Chief Executive Officer Oslene
Carrington and her staff, whose involvement is,  and  always  has  been,
characterized  by an impressive commitment, an unbridled enthusiasm, and
an uncompromising standard of excellence in all endeavors on  behalf  of
the institution and the community it serves; and

  WHEREAS,  It  is  the  sense  of  this  Legislative  Body  that when
individuals and organizations of such noble aims and accomplishments are
brought to our attention, they should be celebrated  and  recognized  by
all the citizens of this great Empire State; now, therefore, be it

  RESOLVED,  That  this Legislative Body pause in its deliberations to
commend the Guyana Economic  Development  Trust  upon  the  occasion  of
hosting  Awakening the Jaguar: The 2019 Guyana Innovation Prize Cocktail
Reception on June 2, 2019; and be it further

  RESOLVED, That a copy of this  Resolution,  suitably  engrossed,  be
transmitted  to  Oslene  Carrington,  Chief  Executive  Officer,  Guyana
Economic Development Trust.