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File #: 060173    Version: 0 Name:
Type: Resolution Status: ADOPTED
File created: 3/2/2006 In control: CITY COUNCIL
On agenda: Final action: 3/2/2006
Title: Celebrating Barbershop Talk Human Family Day.
Sponsors: Councilmember Nutter, Councilmember Tasco, Councilmember Reynolds Brown, Councilmember Goode, Councilmember Miller, Councilmember Ramos, Council President Verna, Councilmember Clarke, Councilmember Rizzo, Councilmember Kenney, Councilmember Kelly, Councilmember Mariano, Councilmember DiCicco, Councilmember Krajewski, Councilmember Blackwell, Councilmember O'Neill
Attachments: 1. Resolution No. 06017300.pdf
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Celebrating Barbershop Talk Human Family Day.
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WHEREAS, The Barbershop Talk Network is a non-profit community-based organization which recognizes the importance of dialogue and shared experiences as an opportunity to develop positive human relations; and
 
WHEREAS, Each year, the Barbershop Talk Network hosts the Barbershop
Talk Human Family Day; and
 
WHEREAS, The purpose of this annual celebration is to bring together cultures that are representative of the world community in celebration of the human family; and
 
WHEREAS, This event will coincide with the anniversary of the assassination of the late Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. making it a true and fitting testimony to his teachings and beliefs and a tribute to his memory; and
 
WHEREAS, The City of Philadelphia joins the State of Pennsylvania, the U.S. Congress as well as local civic associations in recognizing the importance of this event and the goals and mission of the Barbershop Talk Network; now therefore
 
RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA, That we hereby observe April 4, 2006 as the Barbershop Talk Human Family Day; and
 
FURTHER RESOLVED, That an Engrossed copy of this resolution be presented to the Barbershop Talk Human Family Day Foundation, Inc. as a symbol of this legislative body's gratitude for initiating this courageous venture.
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