LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION commending the Community Council for Medgar Evers
College, Inc. upon the occasion of hosting its Annual Spring Scholarship
and Leadership Awards Luncheon on April 20, 2013

WHEREAS, A great community is only as great as those persons and organ-
izations that provide exemplary service, whether through participation
in voluntary programs, through unique personal achievement in their
profession or other endeavors, or simply through a lifetime of good
citizenship; and
WHEREAS, This Legislative Body is justly proud to commend the Communi-
ty Council for Medgar Evers College, Inc. upon the occasion of hosting
its Annual Spring Scholarship and Leadership Awards Luncheon, to be
celebrated on Saturday, April 20, 2013, at Medgar Evers College in
Brooklyn, New York; and
WHEREAS, The Community Council for Medgar Evers College is a not-for-
profit organization established to engage community support for and
involvement with Medgar Evers College, City University of New York; and
WHEREAS, The Annual Spring Scholarship and Leadership Awards Luncheon
honors distinguished individuals for their exemplary contributions to
the Medgar Evers College community; and
WHEREAS, This year's honorees are: Octavia D. Hill, President, Delta
Rho Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., recipient of the
Community Service Leadership Award; The Reverend Michael Bacchus,
Pastor, Full Gospel Assembly, recipient of the Ecumenical Leadership
Award; Dr. Edward Catapane, Professor of Biology at Medgar Evers
College, recipient of the Education Leadership Award; Dr. John Louis
Flateau, Chair of the Department of Public Administration in the Medgar
Evers College School of Business, recipient of the Education Leadership
Award; Shanaya Herbert, student in the Class of 2013 Medgar Evers
College Preparatory School, recipient of the Youth Leadership Award; and
Dr. Roscoe C. Brown Jr., Director of the Center for Urban Policy Educa-
tion CUNY Graduate School and University Center, recipient of the Life-
time Leadership Award; and
WHEREAS, Composed of residents, organizations, faculty, students, and
elected officials of the Central Brooklyn area, the Community Council
for Medgar Evers College was formed in the early 1960s at the insistence
of community residents initially to ensure a four-year college be estab-
lished in the Central Brooklyn community; and
WHEREAS, A vital component of the Community Council for Medgar Evers
College's efforts to support the mission of Medgar Evers College is to
actively seek resources for and provide scholarships to deserving
students, which it has done proudly since 1980; and
WHEREAS, It is the sense of this Legislative Body that those organiza-
tions which enhance the quality of life in their community, and have
shown a long and sustained commitment to supporting the academic excel-
lence of our institutions of higher learning, certainly have earned the
recognition and applause of all the citizens of this great Empire State;
now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That this Legislative Body pause in its deliberations to
commend the Community Council for Medgar Evers College, Inc. upon the
occasion of hosting its Annual Spring Scholarship and Leadership Awards
Luncheon on April 20, 2013; and be it further
RESOLVED, That copies of this Resolution, suitably engrossed, be tran-
smitted to the Community Council for Medgar Evers College, Inc., and the
aforementioned honorees.