City of Philadelphia - File #: 010561

• File #: 010561
• Version: 0
• Type: Privileged Resolution
• Status: ENACTED
• File created: 9/20/2001
• In control: CITY COUNCIL
• Final action: 9/20/2001
• Title: Declaring October 2001 as Human Relations Month in the City of Philadelphia.
• Sponsors: Councilmember O'Neill, Councilmember Kenney, Council President Verna, Councilmember Rizzo, Councilmember Clarke, Councilmember DiCicco, Councilmember Blackwell, Councilmember Mariano, Councilmember Goode, Councilmember Reynolds Brown, Councilmember Tasco, Councilmember Longstreth

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
9/20/2001	0	CITY COUNCIL	ADOPTED
9/20/2001	0	CITY COUNCIL	READ
9/20/2001	0	CITY COUNCIL	Introduced	Pass

Title

Declaring October 2001 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 50^th Anniversary Human Rights Awards Luncheon, which will be held on Thursday, October 11, 2001, 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 2001 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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