Proclamation_Community Action Agency Month (May 2019) Copyrighted
May 6, 2019
City of Dubuque Proclamation(s) # 4.
ITEM T IT LE: CommunityAction Agency Month (May 2019)
SUMMARY:
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CommunityAction Month Proclamation Supporting Documentation
THE CITY OF
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Masterpiece on the Mississippi
WHEREAS, Community Action connects individuals and families to approaches that help them
succeed and promotes community-wide solutions to challenges throughout our
community and rural areas; and
WHEREAS, Community Action builds and promotes economic stability as an essential aspect of
enabling and enhancing stronger communities, which in turn promotes self-sufficiency,
ensuring that all Americans live in dignity; and
WHEREAS, Community Action connects millions of children and families to greater opportunity,
transforming their lives and making our community — and our nation — stronger; and
WHEREAS, Community Action serves 99% of America's counties in rural, suburban, and urban
communities, offering life-changing services that create pathways to prosperity by
connecting families to job training, affordable housing, utility assistance, promoting
community-wide solutions and sharing expertise; and
WHEREAS, Community Action will continue to implement innovative programs that create a greater
chance at success for everyone, will continue to focus on a broader range of community
challenges to ignite economic growth and ensure all families can benefit, and will
continue to be a voice for the disenfranchised.
NOW THEREFORE, I, ROY BUOL, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF DUBUQUE, IOWA, ON BEHALF OF
THE CITY COUNCIL, STAFF AND THE CITIZENS OF DUBUQUE, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THE
MONTH OF MAY 2019 AS:
"COMMUNITY ACTION MONTH"
IN THE CITY OF DUBUQUE, IOWA IN RECOGNITION OF THE HARD WORK AND DEDICATION
OF OPERATION NEW VIEW COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY.
In witness thereof, I have hereunto set my hand and
caused the Great Seal of the City of Dubuque to be
affixed this 6th day of May 2019.
Roy D. Buol, Mayor
Attest:
Kevin S. Firnstahl, CMC, City Clerk
2019: Submitted and accepted by John Wilson, Interim Executive Director, Operation New View
Community Action Agency