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A CEREMONIAL RESOLUTION
21-143
IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
December 1, 2015
To recognize the 12th anniversary of the Missing Link Ministry of Allen Chapel AME Church and its great contributions to the District of Columbia.
WHEREAS, the Missing Link Ministry of Allen Chapel AME Church was birthed, formed, and established at Allen Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church by Rev. Dr. Yvonne Majett Cooper in April 2003;
WHEREAS, the Missing Link Ministry of Allen Chapel AME Church has partnered with and joined over 75 country-wide organizations that work with and support Returning Citizens, as well as those who are incarcerated;
WHEREAS, the Missing Link Ministry of Allen Chapel AME Church began this crusade by providing support to returning citizens at both the men’s and women’s halfway houses throughout the District of Columbia; which included, but was not limited to, Hope Village and The Fairview;
WHEREAS, the Missing Link Ministry of Allen Chapel AME Church has endeavored to support the children of Incarcerated parents throughout the year by providing clothes and toys;
WHEREAS, through the years, the Missing Link Ministry of Allen Chapel AME Church has provided financial support to returning citizens in an effort to provide transportation to seek employment; to provide stipends for clothing; and the purchase of birth certificates and identification cards or licenses;
WHEREAS, on an annual basis, the Missing Link Ministry of Allen Chapel AME Church has provided Thanksgiving dinners for returning citizens and Mother’s Day celebrations, and other events;
WHEREAS, the Missing Link Ministry of Allen Chapel AME Church, over the years, has orchestrated and helped to provide “Hygiene Gift Bags” items to over 2,000 men annually;
WHEREAS, during one of those occasions, the Missing Link Ministry of Allen Chapel AME Church Helped to secure the support of world-renowned singer Byron Cage, who performed for the inmates at the DC Jail, and he alone purchased all of the hygiene items and helped to disseminate them in 2013;
WHEREAS, the Missing Link Ministry of Allen Chapel AME Church has mentored over 500 incarcerated men and women throughout the United States and has been responsible for helping to broker the release of 7 persons;
WHEREAS, the Missing Link Ministry of Allen Chapel AME Church has visited over 30 prison facilities outside of the District of Columbia area in an effort to support those incarcerated District of Columbia men and women who have been scattered throughout the country; and
WHEREAS, the Missing Link Ministry of Allen Chapel AME Church was asked by the NAACP to participate in a release program in the State of Florida and did participate with legislators of that state in an effort to address concerns of District of Columbia inmates.
RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this resolution may be cited as the “Missing Link Ministry of Allen Chapel AME Church Recognition Resolution of 2015.”
Sec. 2. The Council of the District of Columbia honors the Missing Link Ministry of Allen Chapel AME Church on its 12th anniversary and recognizes it for its great contributions to the District of Columbia.
Sec. 3. This resolution shall take effect immediately upon the first date of the publication in the District of Columbia Register.
