Senate Bill sb2712

    Florida Senate - 2005        (NP)                      SR 2712

    By Senator Wilson





    33-1769A-05

  1                    Senate Resolution No. ____

  2         A resolution commending The Links,

  3         Incorporated, for its work in Florida.

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  5         WHEREAS, The Links, Incorporated, is a highly respected

  6  international organization of more than 10,000 professional,

  7  accomplished, dedicated women of African ancestry in 274

  8  chapters located in 42 states and three countries with a

  9  mission and purpose of friendship and community service, and

10         WHEREAS, members of The Links are role models, mentors,

11  activists, and volunteers who work toward purposeful public

12  service with educational, cultural, and civic commitments

13  through four functional facets - International Trends and

14  Services, National Trends and Services, The Arts, and Services

15  to Youth, and

16         WHEREAS, the National Trends and Services facet of The

17  Links, Incorporated, also encompasses service related to three

18  Linkages including: Education; Health and Wellness; and

19  Legislative work that highlights and addresses concerns of the

20  organization in these areas and also impacts African-Americans

21  and society, and

22         WHEREAS, major issues and needs that concern the

23  Southern Area of The Links, Incorporated, include eliminating

24  health disparities in conformity with the federal Healthy

25  People 2010 program, which establishes national health

26  objectives designed to identify the most significant

27  preventable threats to the health of African-Americans, and

28  targeting six focus areas that disproportionately impact the

29  health of African-Americans - infant mortality, cancer,

30  cardiovascular disease, diabetes, HIV/AIDS, and immunizations,

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    Florida Senate - 2005        (NP)                      SR 2712
    33-1769A-05




 1         WHEREAS, Links from around the State of Florida have

 2  assembled today to demonstrate their support for the 2004

 3  Florida Legislature's enactment of Healthy People 2010

 4  legislation promoting elimination of health disparities, to

 5  thank members of the Florida Legislature for their wisdom and

 6  prudent action in addressing health and wellness in terms of

 7  societal need, and to encourage Legislators to monitor,

 8  implement and seek progress through this important

 9  legislation, and

10         WHEREAS, Senator Frederica Wilson and Senator Mandy

11  Dawson are members of The Links, Incorporated, NOW, THEREFORE,

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13  Be It Resolved by the Senate of the State of Florida:

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15         That this body does pause in its deliberations to pay

16  its respects to the dedicated efforts and example of the

17  Southern Area of The Links, Incorporated, led by Margaret

18  Thompson Johnson, in their successful campaign for the

19  advancement and accomplishment of equitable health care policy

20  and services for all Floridians, and to recognize the

21  exemplary value of their work toward increasing quality and

22  years of healthy life for the residents of this state.

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