Bill Text: NY K00893 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Resolution 893 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Recognizing February 29, 2024, the day connecting Black History Month and Women's History Month, as a day to honor and salute Black women

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 25-12)

Status: (Passed) 2024-02-28 - adopted [K00893 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-K00893-Introduced.html


Assembly Resolution No. 893

BY: M. of A. Solages

        RECOGNIZING  February 29, 2024, the day connecting
        Black History Month and Women's History Month, as  a
        day to honor and salute Black women

  WHEREAS,  It  is the sense of this Legislative Body to recognize the
exceptional and valuable contributions Black women have made to both the
State of New York and our Nation; and

  WHEREAS, Attendant to such concern, and  in  full  accord  with  its
long-standing  traditions,  this  Legislative  Body  is  justly proud to
recognize February 29, 2024, the day connecting Black History Month  and
Women's History Month, as a day to honor and salute Black women; and

  WHEREAS,  Black  women  have excelled in all areas of life, from the
arts, government, math, science, business,  agriculture,  teaching,  and
family;  from  Shirley  Chisholm,  Lucy  French,  and Harriet Tubman, to
Georgia Powers, Mae Street Kidd, and to the unknown Black women who have
given their all; and

  WHEREAS, Black women have helped to shape America's history and have
been the solid foundation of both the  Black  community  and  the  Black
church; and

  WHEREAS, Black women have faced many obstacles but have consistently
shown  up  in the world with beauty, authenticity, and inspiration; they
are experts at making lemonade out of life's lemons; and

  WHEREAS, Black women have historically been champions for all people
and races; they have sought out oppression everywhere it has existed and
are staunch champions for civil rights and a world that  works  for  all
people; and

  WHEREAS, On February 29, 2024, we celebrate "Mama" and the ancestors
who taught Black women to be strong, resourceful, and to do good for the
greater good; and

  WHEREAS, February 29, 2024, connects the celebratory months of Black
History Month and Women's History Month, and symbolically represents the
intersection of being Black and being a woman; and

  WHEREAS,  This  Legislative  Body urges all citizens of the State of
New York to honor Black women by  acknowledging  and  celebrating  their
brilliance, beauty, and boldness; now, therefore, be it

  RESOLVED,  That  this Legislative Body pause in its deliberations to
recognize February 29, 2024, the day connecting Black History Month  and
Women's  History Month, as a day to honor and salute Black women; and be
it further

  RESOLVED, That copies of this  Resolution,  suitably  engrossed,  be
transmitted to distinguished women of the Black community.