City of Philadelphia - File #: 000560

• File #: 000560
• Version: 0
• Type: Privileged Resolution
• Status: ENACTED
• File created: 9/14/2000
• In control: CITY COUNCIL
• Final action: 9/14/2000
• Title: Declaring October 2000 as Human Relations Month in the City of Philadelphia.
• Sponsors: Councilmember Tasco, Councilmember Mariano, Councilmember Goode, Councilmember Reynolds Brown, Council President Verna, Councilmember DiCicco, Councilmember Cohen, Councilmember Kenney, Councilmember Ortiz, Councilmember Nutter, Councilmember Rizzo, Councilmember Longstreth, Councilmember Miller, Councilmember O'Neill, Councilmember Clarke, Councilmember Krajewski, Councilmember Blackwell

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
9/14/2000	0	CITY COUNCIL	ADOPTED
9/14/2000	0	CITY COUNCIL	READ
9/14/2000	0	CITY COUNCIL	Introduced	Pass

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Declaring October 2000 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.

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

      WHEREAS, A highlight of Human Relations Month will be the Philadelphia Commission on Human Relations' 31st Annual Human Rights Awards Luncheon, which will be held on Thursday, October 12, 2000, at 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 2000 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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