City of Philadelphia - File #: 000523

• File #: 000523
• Version: 0
• Type: Privileged Resolution
• Status: ENACTED
• File created: 6/22/2000
• In control: CITY COUNCIL
• Final action: 6/22/2000
• Title: Recognizing the contributions of Kevin E. Vaughan to the citizens of Philadelphia as he leaves City government to continue his career as Regional Director of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for Region II, which includes the states of Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia and the District of Columbia.
• Sponsors: Councilmember Ortiz, Councilmember Mariano, Councilmember Kenney, Councilmember Tasco, Councilmember DiCicco, Councilmember Nutter, Councilmember Miller, Councilmember Goode, Councilmember Reynolds Brown, Councilmember Clarke, Councilmember Krajewski, Councilmember O'Neill, Councilmember Rizzo, Councilmember Blackwell, Councilmember Cohen

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
6/22/2000	0	CITY COUNCIL	ADOPTED
6/22/2000	0	CITY COUNCIL	READ
6/22/2000	0	CITY COUNCIL	Introduced	Pass

Title
Recognizing the contributions of Kevin E. Vaughan to the citizens of Philadelphia as he leaves City government to continue his career as Regional Director of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for Region II, which includes the states of Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia and the District of Columbia.
Body
WHEREAS, Kevin E. Vaughan, a native of Newark, New Jersey, moved to Philadelphia to attend the University of Pennsylvania, where he graduated in 1977. He took further studies there are at the Fels School of Government; and

WHEREAS, From 1986 to 1992, Mr. Vaughan ably served the City Council of Philadelphia while employed as the Director of Legislation to City Councilman Angel Ortiz. Kevin E. Vaughan helped hearings on HIV/AIDS that led to the creation of the Philadelphia Health Department's AIDS Activities Coordinating Office and developed legislation that amended the Philadelphia Fair Practices Ordinance to include HIV as a class of Disability prior to the Federal ruling to do so; and

WHEREAS, Since 1992 Kevin Vaughan has served as the Executive Director of the Philadelphia Commission on Human Relations where he was charged with investigating complaints of discrimination, in housing, employment, and public accommodation, as well as working to bring neighborhoods together. During his tenure Kevin E. Vaughan's leadership helped elevate the public stature of the Human Relations Commission and made it a trusted civic institution in the region; and

WHEREAS, Working closely with community based organizations and law enforcement agencies at the federal, state and local levels of government, Kevin E. Vaughan convened and helped create an interagency task force to address issues of distrust, building a strong coalition to fight hate crimes and ethnic intimidation.

WHEREAS, Kevin E. Vaughan created innovative programs such as Focus Philadelphia, a youth-led video project of multiracial, multiethnic, straig...