City of Philadelphia - File #: 070133

• File #: 070133
• Version: 0
• Type: Resolution
• Status: ADOPTED
• File created: 2/22/2007
• In control: Committee on Streets and Services
• Final action: 4/19/2007
• Title: Also naming Diamond Street from 16th Street through 19th Street "Father Paul Washington Avenue."
• Sponsors: Councilmember Clarke, Councilmember Rizzo, Councilmember Kelly, Councilmember O'Neill, Councilmember DiCicco, Councilmember DiCicco, Councilmember Savage, Councilmember Savage, Councilmember Miller, Councilmember Miller, Councilmember Tasco, Councilmember Tasco, Councilmember Krajewski, Councilmember Krajewski, Councilmember Greenlee, Councilmember Greenlee, Councilmember Kenney, Councilmember Kenney, Councilmember Reynolds Brown, Councilmember Reynolds Brown, Councilmember Goode, Councilmember Goode, Councilmember Ramos, Councilmember Ramos, Councilmember Campbell, Councilmember Campbell, Councilmember Blackwell, Councilmember Blackwell

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
4/19/2007	0	CITY COUNCIL	FAVORABLY RECOMMENDED; CONSIDERATION AT END OF CALENDAR
4/19/2007	0	CITY COUNCIL	ADOPTED
4/12/2007	0	Committee on Streets and Services	HEARING NOTICES SENT
4/12/2007	0	Committee on Streets and Services	REPORTED FAVORABLY
4/12/2007	0	Committee on Streets and Services	HEARING HELD
2/22/2007	0	CITY COUNCIL	Referred
2/22/2007	0	CITY COUNCIL	READ
2/22/2007	0	CITY COUNCIL	Introduced	Pass

Title
Also naming Diamond Street from 16th Street through 19th Street "Father Paul Washington Avenue."
Body
WHEREAS, Paul Washington was born in Charleston, South Carolina on May 26 1921. He attended the well-known Avery Institute, which prepared him for his entry to Lincoln University; and

WHEREAS, He graduated from the Philadelphia Divinity School of the Episcopal Church. He did his pastoral work at the Church of The Crucifixion at 8th Bainbridge Streets in South Philadelphia, where he met his lovely wife to be and soul mate-his Little Christine; and

WHEREAS, During his 25 years at the Advocate, he was recognized as one of the key leaders of the black power movement. When there was nowhere else for gatherings to be held, it was known by all that Father Paul would allow them to meet at the Advocate; and

WHEREAS, He hosted the National Black Power Conference in 1968. Two years later he hosted the Convention of the Black Panther Party. Huey Newton was one of the speakers; and

WHEREAS, In 1971, the Church of The Advocate was the site for the rally to raise money for the Angela Davis Defense Fund; and

WHEREAS, The 1970s also marked Father Paul's and the Advocate's increasing involvement in another area of inequality-the role of women in the Episcopal Church; and

WHEREAS, In 1974, Father Paul participated in the ordination of the first 11 women into priesthood. Although the ordination was highly controversial, this event marked a new era for both the Episcopal Church and the Church of The Advocate; and

WHEREAS, He was widely known and revered. At the request of then-Attorney General Ramsey Clark, Father Paul participated in the international peace conference in Iran that was forbidden by the U.S. government. He was honored far and wide; and

WHEREAS, During his years at the Advocate, Father Paul served as Episcopal Chaplin at Eastern State Penitentiary. He served on the Move Commission established by then-Mayor Wilson Goode and was the cha...