2022 -- H 7769

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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2022

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H O U S E   R E S O L U T I O N

CONGRATULATING AND THANKING WILLIAM F. FLYNN JR. MSW, FOR HIS

THIRTEEN YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE AS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE

SENIOR AGENDA COALITION OF RHODE ISLAND

     Introduced By: Representatives Casimiro, Shekarchi, Blazejewski, Ruggiero, Speakman,
Donovan, Craven, Serpa, Kislak, and Tanzi

     Date Introduced: March 03, 2022

     Referred To: House read and passed

     WHEREAS, As Executive Director of the Senior Agenda Coalition of Rhode Island,

William Flynn Jr., has devoted all his considerable talents and energy to improving the lives and

livelihood of Rhode Island seniors for the past thirteen years; and

     WHEREAS, The Senior Agenda Coalition of Rhode Island is a Domestic Nonprofit

Corporation whose purpose is "to collect and disseminate to the general public information about

policies, programs, and economic and social conditions affecting elderly residents of RI"; and

     WHEREAS, Mr. Flynn received his Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Cum

Laude, from the Michigan School of Business Administration and a Master of Social Work

degree from the University of Michigan Graduate School of Social Work. In addition, he taught

classes at the Rhode Island College School of Social Work, and social work and public policy

courses at Salve Regina University and Roger Williams University; and

     WHEREAS, In his capacity as Executive Director of the Senior Agenda Coalition of

Rhode Island, Mr. Flynn has diligently advocated, initiated, and testified for programs and

assistance that would develop, establish, and protect essential services including, senior centers,

Meals on Wheels, home and community-based care, respite care for caregivers, Medicaid non-

emergency medical transportation, and no-fare bus passes for the State's most vulnerable seniors;

and

     WHEREAS, Mr. Flynn was previously employed as a VISTA supervisor, the Director of

Advocacy and Public Policy for the Urban League, development director for nonprofit agencies

throughout New England, Director of Community Programs for the R.I. Community Food Bank,

and served for nine years as the Executive Director of the George Wiley Center; and

     WHEREAS, In service to our country, community and professionally, Mr. Flynn

honorably served in the United States Navy Seabees, was the President of the Board of Directors

for the SER-Jobs for Progress, and is a member of the National Association of Social Workers;

and

     WHEREAS, Mr. Flynn will retire as Executive Director on February 28, 2022. He leaves

a legacy of commitment to senior services and rights that has improved the quality of life for so

many people. He is an extraordinary and dedicated person who has truly served as a model of

conscientious civic service, and he is enormously worthy of our emulation and acknowledgement;

now, therefore be it

     RESOLVED, That this House of Representatives of the State of Rhode Island hereby

congratulates and thanks William Flynn Jr., for his dedicated service as Executive Director of the

Senior Agenda Coalition of Rhode Island. We furthermore wish him good health, fulfillment and

continued success in all his future endeavors; and be it further

     RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is authorized and directed to

transmit a duly certified copy of this resolution to Mr. William Flynn Jr.

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