HR 9007

1	House Resolution
2	A resolution honoring the life of Adelle Vaughn-Jemison
3	and recognizing her devoted service and valuable
4	contributions to her community and its children.
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6	WHEREAS, Adelle Vaughn-Jemison, an Ocala native and well-
7	known educator and activist in Pinellas County, died on November
8	19, 2007, at 77 years of age, and
9	WHEREAS, for nearly 40 years, Adelle Vaughn-Jemison devoted
10	her life to equality, children, and education, serving as a
11	child welfare worker for the City of St. Petersburg, a social
12	worker for the Pinellas County School System, and an assistant
13	superintendent for the school system's Office of Equal
14	Opportunity, and
15	WHEREAS, in 1968, after a St. Petersburg sanitation
16	workers' strike, Adelle Vaughn-Jemison helped found the St.
17	Petersburg Area Chamber of Commerce's Community Alliance, an
18	organization charged with bridging the gap between the city's
19	white and black residents, and
20	WHEREAS, while tackling inequality in the school system,
21	Adelle Vaughn-Jemison became involved in promoting public safety
22	and, in 1979, joined the St. Petersburg Police Department's
23	Community Police Council where she remained an active member
24	until her death, and
25	WHEREAS, in 2002, Adelle Vaughn-Jemison helped form the
26	Concerned Organizations for Quality Education for Black
27	Students, a St. Petersburg group which continues to work with
28	the Pinellas County School District to narrow the academic
29	achievement gap between the district's white and black students,
30	NOW, THEREFORE,
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32	Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of
33	Florida:
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35	That the life of Adelle Vaughn-Jemison is hereby honored
36	and that her devoted service and valuable contributions to her
37	community and its children are recognized.

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