City of Philadelphia - File #: 060710

• File #: 060710
• Version: 0
• Type: Resolution
• Status: ADOPTED
• File created: 9/21/2006
• In control: CITY COUNCIL
• Final action: 9/21/2006
• Title: Declaring October 2006 as Human Relations Month in the City of Philadelphia.
• Sponsors: Council President Verna, Councilmember Tasco, Councilmember Miller, Councilmember Clarke, Councilmember DiCicco, Councilmember Goode, Councilmember Reynolds Brown, Councilmember Rizzo, Councilmember Blackwell, Councilmember Ramos, Councilmember Krajewski, Councilmember Kenney, Councilmember Kelly, Councilmember O'Neill

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
9/21/2006	0	CITY COUNCIL	ADOPTED
9/21/2006	0	CITY COUNCIL	READ
9/21/2006	0	CITY COUNCIL	Introduced	Pass

Title

Declaring October 2006 as Human Relations Month in the City of Philadelphia.

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WHEREAS, The Philadelphia Commission on Human Relations (PCHR), is the agency of city government which enforces civil rights laws and deals with all matters of intergroup conflict within the City; and

WHEREAS, Each year, the Philadelphia Commission on Human Relations coordinates the City's observance of Human Relations Month to celebrate diversity; and

WHEREAS, A highlight of Human Relations Month will be the Philadelphia Commission on Human Relations' Human Rights Awards Luncheon, which will be held on Monday, October 30, 2006, in the Pennsylvania Convention Center; and

WHEREAS, This year's Human Rights Awards Luncheon will honor individuals and organizations whose extraordinary good deeds and initiatives have made outstanding contributions to the promotion of intergroup harmony and cooperation; now therefore

RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA, That the month of October 2006 be declared Human Relations Month in the City of Philadelphia.

FURTHER RESOLVED, That an Engrossed copy of this resolution be presented to the Philadelphia Commission on Human Relations, as an expression of the sincere sentiments of this legislative body.

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