Senate Bill hb9203

    Florida House of Representatives - 2000                HR 9203

        By Representative Wilson






  1                         House Resolution

  2         A resolution honoring the recipients of the

  3         African American Achievers awards for the year

  4         2000.

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  6         WHEREAS, selected by an independent panel of

  7  distinguished African Americans from Miami-Dade, Broward, and

  8  Palm Beach Counties, eight community leaders from among more

  9  than 150 nominees are recipients of this year's African

10  American Achievers awards for their outstanding contributions

11  toward enriching the lives of South Floridians, and

12         WHEREAS, now in its eighth year, the awards program was

13  created by JM Family Enterprises and its subsidiary, Southeast

14  Toyota Distributors, to recognize those who have made

15  especially positive impacts in the community by their selfless

16  commitment to others, and

17         WHEREAS, the 2000 South Florida African American

18  Achievers, and the category which each represents, are as

19  follows: Dawn Gibson-Brehon, Duncan Theatre Manager - The

20  Arts; Dr. Minnie Lowe-Joyner, Founder of the Dr. M. L.

21  Mitchell Community School - Education; Ted Johnson,

22  President/General Manager of Fort Lauderdale Mitsubishi -

23  Entrepreneurism; Mary B. Hooks, Secretary of Labor and

24  Employment Security - Government; Irma Hunter Wesley,

25  Executive Director of Fort Lauderdale Child Development

26  Center, Inc. - Health and Family Services; Irvin Minney,

27  Project Director of Community Outreach for the Museum of

28  Discovery and Science - Nonprofit Organizations; Sandrell

29  Rivers, Areawide Arts Supervisor for Miami-Dade Metro Parks -

30  The Professions; and Leslie Bailey, student at Plantation High

31  School - Jerome Edmond Gray Youth Achiever, NOW, THEREFORE,

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    Florida House of Representatives - 2000                HR 9203

    713-118A-00






  1  Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of

  2  Florida:

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  4         That the House of Representatives pauses in its

  5  deliberations to congratulate the worthy recipients of the

  6  2000 South Florida African American Achievers awards and to

  7  express its sincere gratitude for the commonly held spirit of

  8  selflessness that resulted in the service for which each is

  9  recognized.

10         BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this resolution

11  be presented to each award recipient as a tangible token of

12  the sentiments expressed herein.

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