City Council go on record encouraging the entire Cambridge community to receive Mr. Buery’s keynote address at the 32nd Annual Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Brunch on February 10, 2018 and congratulate the awardees

How it started

Feb 5, 2018 · Proposed by Councillor Marc C. McGovern: a statement of the Council’s position, not a request for action.

What happened

Feb 5, 2018 · ✅ Adopted after amendments: the Council approved a revised version (Order adopted as amended)

Present and voting at this meeting (9)

Alanna Mallon
Craig A. Kelley
Dennis Carlone
E. Denise Simmons
Jan Devereux
Marc McGovern
Quinton Zondervan
Sumbul Siddiqui
Timothy J. Toomey

Adopted by voice vote. A voice vote records the outcome, not individual positions. No member's yes or no is on the record (though a member can ask to be recorded in the negative in the minutes). Showing the members who cast recorded votes at this meeting. Rule 6 requires a roll call for spending over $50 or on any member's request; state law requires one for every vote when a member participates remotely. · photos: City of Cambridge

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On Saturday, February 10, 2018, the Cambridge Branch of the National Association

for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), will sponsor its 32nd Annual Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Brunch at the St. Paul African Methodist Episcopal Church Christian Life Center, from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., 85 Bishop Richard Allen Drive, Cambridge; and The Cambridge Branch, NAACP this year has invited Deputy Mayor Richard Buery of

New York City to be the Keynote Speaker at this year’s MLK Brunch; Deputy Mayor

Buery is the principal architect of New York Mayor Bill De Blasio’s universal pre-

kindergarten program for all of the four-year-old children in New York City; and

Mayor Bill De Blasio and Deputy Mayor Richard Buery were able to accomplish this

phenomenal task in the first 9 months of Mayor De Blasio’s first term in Office, we are pleased and excited to have him come to Cambridge to address our gathering; and The late Reverend Dr.

Martin Luther King, Jr. left us with a great deal of guidance about what America must do to be made whole—he was clear that equity for children and families is a most important commitment; and This year’s Annual Cambridge Branch NAACP Brunch will also include the recognition of several awardees: Representative Marjorie Decker, Martin Luther King Leadership Award; Bishop Brian Greene, Community Award; Manuel Fernandez, NAACP Education Award; and Reverend Rashaan Hall, Esq., Dr.

Martin Luther King, Jr., Drum Major for Justice; now therefore be it RESOLVED: That the City Council go on record encouraging the entire Cambridge community to receive Mr. Buery’s keynote and congratulate this year’s awardees at this years’ 32nd Annual Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Brunch.

🗓 The meeting where this was taken up: Feb 5, 2018