City of Philadelphia - File #: 120734

• File #: 120734
• Version: 0
• Type: Resolution
• Status: ADOPTED
• File created: 9/20/2012
• In control: CITY COUNCIL
• Final action: 9/20/2012
• Title: Recognizing and Honoring the Council of Spanish Speaking Organizations (Concilio) on the Occasion of its 50th Anniversary of Service and Leadership within Philadelphia's Puerto Rican and Latino Community.
• Sponsors: Councilmember Quiñones Sánchez, Councilmember Green, Councilmember Tasco, Councilmember Jones, Councilmember Johnson, Councilmember O'Brien, Councilmember Henon, Councilmember Kenney, Councilmember Greenlee, Councilmember Goode, Councilmember Blackwell, Council President Clarke, Councilmember Oh, Councilmember Reynolds Brown, Councilmember Bass, Councilmember O'Neill, Councilmember Squilla

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
9/20/2012	0	CITY COUNCIL	Introduced and Ordered Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar	Pass
9/20/2012	0	CITY COUNCIL	ADOPTED

Title
Recognizing and Honoring the Council of Spanish Speaking Organizations (Concilio) on the Occasion of its 50th Anniversary of Service and Leadership within Philadelphia's Puerto Rican and Latino Community.
Body
WHEREAS, The Council of Spanish Speaking Organizations, Inc., known as "Concilio," is the oldest Latino organization in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and remains dedicated to serving the economic, social, and political needs of the Latino Community; and

WHEREAS, Concilio was founded in 1962 by Puerto Rican Community leaders concerned with the economic, social and political issues facing the growing Puerto Rican and Latino Community of the City of Philadelphia. Beginning as a federation of social and fraternal organizations, Concilio grew in numbers over the years and evolved into a pillar of the Latino Community; and

WHEREAS, Since its inception, Concilio is first and foremost a human service organization that provides a network of family support services to vulnerable families in Eastern North and Northeast Philadelphia, serving more than 9,000 individuals each year through its comprehensive network. Concilio has always been guided by a mission to ensure that equitable social, educational, health, and cultural services are available to everyone. Concilio has had a leading role in many significant social justice issues that impact the Latino Community, from immigration reform to voting rights, and was an instrumental partner during the 2010 census, working to ensure that the census would accurately reflect the growth and economic impact of Philadelphia's successful and evolving Puerto Rican and Latino Community; and

WHEREAS, Concilio is widely known and appreciated for its founding of two historic Philadelphia events that convene the entire Puerto Rican and Latino Community every year. Concilio founded the Puerto Rican Festival in 1964 (Festival Puertorriqueno de Filadelfia), and the Hispanic Fiesta at Penn's Landing in 1981 which d...