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