Bill Text: GA SR1324 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Vivian, Dr. C.T.; recognize
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2012-03-29 - Senate Read and Adopted [SR1324 Detail]
Download: Georgia-2011-SR1324-Enrolled.html
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Senate
Resolution 1324
By:
Senator Tate of the 38th
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RESOLUTION
Recognizing
and commending Dr. C.T. Vivian; and for other purposes.
WHEREAS,
Dr. C.T. Vivian is the founder of BASIC Diversity, Inc., a full-service
diversity consultancy that has been operating nationally for 35 years, and the
founder of C.T. Vivian Leadership Institute, Inc., an organization created to
model leadership culture for the purpose of training and educating the new
generation of grassroots leaders inspired to mobilize a constituency;
and
WHEREAS,
he is best known for his work with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and was the
national director of affiliates and strategist for every Southern Christian
Leadership Conference organization; and
WHEREAS,
Dr. Vivian trained ministers and developed the urban curriculum for seminaries
throughout the nation at the Urban Training Center in Chicago; and
WHEREAS,
he served as part of the team of religious advisors to President Barack Obama
during his successful 2008 campaign, has advised foreign heads of state, and has
addressed the United Nations; and
WHEREAS,
the New School for Social Research presented Dr. Vivian with an honorary
doctorate, calling him "an apostle of social justice" in "the vanguard of the
struggle for racial equality in America"; and
WHEREAS,
an exceptional Georgian and civil rights leader, Dr. Vivian truly helped change
the nation, and it is abundantly fitting and proper that the extraordinary
accomplishments of this distinguished man be appropriately
recognized.
NOW,
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE that the members of this body commend
Dr. C.T. Vivian for his efficient, effective, unselfish, and dedicated
contributions to the citizens of the State of Georgia and the
nation.
BE
IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Secretary of the Senate is authorized and directed
to transmit an appropriate copy of this resolution to Dr. C.T. Vivian.
