| R 229 |
| 2016 -- S 2950 Enacted 05/11/2016 |
| S E N A T E R E S O L U T I O N |
| PROCLAIMING MAY, 2016, AS "COMMUNITY ACTION MONTH" IN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND |
| Introduced By: Senator M. Teresa Paiva Weed |
| Date Introduced: May 10, 2016 |
| WHEREAS, In 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the "War on Poverty" |
| proclamation and introduced initiatives designed to improve access to economic resources, as |
| well as education, health, skills, and jobs for those struggling to make ends meet; and |
| WHEREAS, In order to implement these initiatives, myriad community action agencies |
| across the country were founded. In the 1970s, the Rhode Island Community Action Association |
| was established as a statewide network of Community Action Programs (CAP agencies) that |
| work individually and collectively "to eliminate the causes and effects of poverty and to open |
| doors to self-sufficiency and better lives"; and |
| WHEREAS, The dedicated efforts of the Rhode Island Community Action Association |
| have helped improve the quality of life for more than 200,000 households, spread throughout all |
| thirty-nine cities and towns in the State of Rhode Island; and |
| WHEREAS, Replacing despair with opportunity, community action agencies have put a |
| human face on poverty for the past 52 years by advocating for limited-income citizens without a |
| voice, so that they may enter the middle class and reach for the American dream; and |
| WHEREAS, Across the country, millions of Americans have been provided with |
| essential, life-changing services and opportunities such as affordable housing, economic |
| development, health care, energy assistance, natural relief and recovery, and through these |
| agencies efforts to build and promote self-sufficiency and stability for families across our state, |
| Rhode Island's communities and our state has grown economically stronger; now, therefore be it |
| RESOLVED, That this Senate of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations |
| hereby proclaims May, 2016, to be "Community Action Month" in recognition of the dedicated |
| efforts of the Rhode Island Community Action Association; 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 Ms. Paula M. McFarland, BA, Executive |
| Director, Rhode Island Community Action Association. |
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