Bill Text: NY J02559 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Resolution 2559

Introduced

Bill Title: Commending Making the Impossible Possible, Inc. upon the occasion of hosting its 13th Annual Power of Partnerships, Scholarship, and Hall of Fame Gala on May 26, 2024

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2024-05-29 - ADOPTED [J02559 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-J02559-Introduced.html


Senate Resolution No. 2559

BY: Senator PARKER

        COMMENDING  Making  the  Impossible Possible, Inc.
        upon the occasion of hosting its 13th  Annual  Power
        of  Partnerships, Scholarship, and Hall of Fame Gala
        on May 26, 2024

  WHEREAS, Individuals and organizations who give of  their  time  and
energies  and serve the best interests of their communities are an asset
beyond remuneration and cannot be sufficiently extolled; and

  WHEREAS, This Legislative Body is justly proud to commend Making the
Impossible Possible, Inc. upon the occasion of hosting its  13th  Annual
Power of Partnerships, Scholarship, and Hall of Fame Gala on Sunday, May
26, 2024, at the BRIC House in Brooklyn, New York; and

  WHEREAS,  Making the Impossible Possible (MIPO), Inc. is a nonprofit
organization dedicated to promoting the quality  of  life  of  immigrant
youth  and  their  families  residing  in the New York metropolitan area
through a variety of activities; and

  WHEREAS, Under the able leadership of Founder and  CEO  Miss  Felina
Backer  and  Co-Founder  Sandra  Nelson,  MIPO,  Inc. has demonstrated a
steadfast commitment to community improvement and support, offering such
resources as organizing youth summits,  awarding  scholarships  to  high
school graduating seniors in the New York metro-area, supporting schools
in  Haiti with short and long-term projects, and conducting professional
development training for educators in Haiti; and

  WHEREAS, Making the Impossible Possible's Annual Gala  is  an  event
that  offers  the  chance  to  highlight  the  efforts  and successes of
individuals who have given of themselves unwaveringly in accordance with
MIPO, Inc.'s guiding principles; and

  WHEREAS, The 2024 honorees are Funke  Akintayo,  Vice  President  of
MAICO  NY  Inc.;  Immacula Desvarieux, New York State Certified Guidance
Counselor; Manuel Castro,  Commissioner,  Mayor's  Office  of  Immigrant
Affairs; Nadine Charles, MACPsy, BSN, RN, CEO of Kingdom Health & Wealth
Concierge  Inc.;  Marie  Lily  Cerat,  PhD, Director of the CUNY Haitian
Studies Institute at  Brooklyn  College;  Geraldine  McGinty,  MD,  MBA,
Senior  Associate  Dean  for  Clinical Affairs at Weill Cornell; Marnell
Paul, MSN, RN, Founder and President of Women in Touch of  Zion;  Marian
Y.  Scott,  MS,  Senior Vice President of Community Engagement and Human
Resources Specialist at ZiphyCare Inc.; Anita Taylor, District  Director
for  the  Congresswoman  of  the  9th  District  of  New  York; Reverend
Professor Emmanuel N. A. Tetteh, PhD, International  Vice  President  of
Action Learning, Action Research Association; and Margarette D. Tropnas,
Executive  Director  of  Community  Relations  at  Department  of Social
Services in the Office of Intergovernmental and Legislative Affairs; 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 the great State of New York; now, therefore,  be  it
RESOLVED,  That  this  Legislative  Body pause in its deliberations to

commend Making the  Impossible  Possible,  Inc.  upon  the  occasion  of
hosting  its 13th Annual Power of Partnerships, Scholarship, and Hall of
Fame Gala on May 26, 2024; and be it further

  RESOLVED,  That  copies  of  this Resolution, suitably engrossed, be
transmitted  to  Making  the  Impossible   Possible,   Inc.,   and   the
aforementioned honorees.