City of Philadelphia - File #: 050538

• File #: 050538
• Version: 0
• Type: Resolution
• Status: ADOPTED
• File created: 5/26/2005
• In control: CITY COUNCIL
• Final action: 5/26/2005
• Title: Also naming Cumberland Street between 10th and 11th Street "Elner Dawkins Way."
• Sponsors: Councilmember Clarke, Councilmember O'Neill, Councilmember O'Neill, Councilmember Mariano, Councilmember Mariano, Councilmember Miller, Councilmember Miller, Councilmember Tasco, Councilmember Tasco, Councilmember Kelly, Councilmember Kelly, Councilmember Rizzo, Councilmember Rizzo, Councilmember Reynolds Brown, Councilmember Reynolds Brown, Councilmember Goode, Councilmember Goode, Councilmember Blackwell, Councilmember Blackwell

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
5/26/2005	0	CITY COUNCIL	ADOPTED
5/26/2005	0	CITY COUNCIL	READ
5/26/2005	0	CITY COUNCIL	Introduced	Pass

Title

Also naming Cumberland Street between 10^th and 11^th Street “Elner Dawkins Way.”

Body

WHEREAS, Elner Dawkins was a stellar member of the community who gave her life, time, energy and money towards improving the lives of children and adults in Fairhill Homes; and

WHEREAS, Ms. Dawkins served as a Committee person of the 37^th Ward, a member of the Fairhill Homes Residents Council, and as an extended mother to countless neighborhood youth; and

WHEREAS, The After-School Weed and Seed, the Youth Talent Show, Youth Basketball, and Clean and Sweep are a few of the excellent programs Ms. Dawkins developed and sponsored or supported; and

WHEREAS, The lives of hundreds of children and adults are better today because Ms. Dawkins took time to care; and

WHEREAS, Ms. Elner Dawkins passed on November 27, 2004, leaving behind an indelible contribution to her entire community; now therefore

RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA, THAT Cumberland Street between 10^th and 11^th street be also named “Elner Dawkins Way.”

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