Bill Text: NY J03104 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Commending the Brooklyn Club of the National Association of Negro Business and Professional Women's Clubs, Inc. on hosting its 53rd Annual Founders' Day

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2020-03-31 - ADOPTED [J03104 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-J03104-Introduced.html

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Senate Resolution No. 3104

BY: Senator PARKER

        COMMENDING  the  Brooklyn  Club  of  the  National
        Association  of  Negro  Business  and   Professional
        Women's Clubs, Inc. upon the occasion of hosting its
        53rd  Annual  Founders'  Day  Observance  Awards and
        Scholarship Luncheon on April 25, 2020

  WHEREAS, It is incumbent upon the people of the State of New York to
recognize and acknowledge those vital organizations within our midst who
have made significant contributions to the quality of life therein; and

  WHEREAS, From time to time  this  Legislative  Body  takes  note  of
certain   extraordinary  individuals  and  organizations  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
Brooklyn  Club  of  the  National  Association  of  Negro  Business  and
Professional  Women's  Clubs, Inc. upon the occasion of hosting its 53rd
Annual Founders' Day Observance Awards and Scholarship  Luncheon  to  be
held  Saturday, April 25, 2020, at Gargiulio's Restaurant, Coney Island,
Brooklyn, New York; and

  WHEREAS, The Brooklyn Club is a chapter of the National  Association
of Negro Business and Professional Women's Clubs, Inc. (NANBPWC); and

  WHEREAS,  The  NANBPWC  provides opportunities for women to increase
their  leadership  skills,  experience  governance   and   parliamentary
procedures,  and enhance their educational awareness of issues impacting
the black community through volunteerism; and

  WHEREAS, The trailblazing concept  of  a  national  organization  of
black business and professional women was first developed in 1934 by the
late Emma Odessa Young, a realtor from New York City and a member of the
New York Club of Business and Professional Women; and

  WHEREAS,  In  July of 1935, Ollie Chinn Porter, President of the New
York Club, built on the idea and extended an invitation to  other  local
clubs  organized as Business and Professional Women's Clubs, to join and
form a national organization; and

  WHEREAS, The extraordinary and visionary  founders  of  the  NANBPWC
included:  Emma  Odessa Young, Ollie Chinn Porter and Effie Diton of New
York City; Bertha Perry Rhodes, Josephine B. Keene and Adelaide Flemming
of Philadelphia; and Goldeana Pearle Flipping of Atlantic City; and

  WHEREAS, After a year of meetings, the first convention was held  in
Atlantic City, New Jersey, from July 9-11, 1936, at the Asbury Methodist
Episcopal Church; the aim of this newly formed national organization was
then,  as  it  is  today,  to  attract women of high caliber to organize
similar clubs within their communities; and

  WHEREAS, The NANBPWC's daring and  inspiring  goals  were  to  share
their  experiences and exchange information, to protect their interests,
and to encourage and develop opportunities for black women in businesses
and professions, high aspirations indeed  given  the  realities  of  the
time; and

  WHEREAS,  The founders of the NANBPWC were owners, managers, college
graduates, and other professionally licensed women, who had  managed  to
realize  some  measure of personal success at a time when very few black
people had businesses or professions; many were still deep in the throes
of the depression, and there was no national movement to improve the lot
of black Americans; and

  WHEREAS, Over the years, the NANBPWC has grown in numbers and scope,
continuing to encourage black economic independence, and performing many
needed community service activities that  go  far  beyond  the  original
purpose; this year marks 75 years of S.I.P "Sisters Inspiring Progress";
and

  WHEREAS,   Under   the   luminous  leadership  of  President  Lorrie
Ayers-Hutchinson, the members of the Brooklyn Club, in the tradition  of
their  bold  founders, serve with a spirit, faith and determination that
is unparalleled; and

  WHEREAS, Through its diligence  and  exemplary  endeavors  over  the
course of 53 years, the Brooklyn Club, has truly become an indispensable
asset to its community; and

  WHEREAS,  This  Legislative  Body  is  proudly  moved  to  honor the
members, past and present, of the Brooklyn Club,  who  have  labored  so
conscientiously  to  improve  the  quality  of life for the community it
serves; now, therefore, be it

  RESOLVED, That this Legislative Body pause in its  deliberations  to
commend  the Brooklyn Club of the National Association of Negro Business
and Professional Women's Clubs, Inc. upon the occasion  of  hosting  its
53rd  Annual Founders' Day Observance Awards and Scholarship Luncheon on
April 25, 2020; and be it further

  RESOLVED, That a copy of this  Resolution,  suitably  engrossed,  be
transmitted  to Lorrie Ayers-Hutchinson, President, Brooklyn Club of the
National Association of Negro Business and Professional  Women's  Clubs,
Inc.