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A CEREMONIAL RESOLUTION
20-281
IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
October 28, 2014
To recognize the contributions of Charlie Whitaker, the Green Team, and Career Path DC in the District of Columbia.
WHEREAS, with the support of Councilmember Graham and the Council of the District of Columbia, Charlie L. Whitaker coordinated a program in 2006 called the Green Team, which created career opportunities and life skills and job readiness training for young people and ex-offenders in the Columbia Heights/Shaw neighborhood, to support them in successfully reintegrating in the community;
WHEREAS, the Green Team was initially funded through the Neighborhood Investment Fund, and during the first year of the program the residents, business owners, and community leaders of Columbia Heights/Shaw all agreed the Green Team was a success, and other funding was provided to support the program;
WHEREAS, Mr. Whitaker, in 2009, established a similar program called the B.L.U.E. team in Southeast D.C.;
WHEREAS, Mr. Whitaker, in April of 2010, co-founded and incorporated Career Path DC (“CPDC”) with Ms. Tina Kennedy;
WHEREAS, CPDC was founded on recognizing the need for youth services and efficient career development and training for the neediest people within the District of Columbia;
WHEREAS, Career Path DC provides the same beautification services that were provided by both the Green Team and the B.L.U.E. team, and has served 7 of the 8 wards of Washington, D.C., and currently works with both youth and adult ex-offenders;
WHEREAS, Career Path DC has worked with over 100 youth, including approximately 20 youth who were at one time committed to the District’s DYRS system;
WHEREAS, CPDC has worked with many of those youth with obtaining their GED and provides support to those youth who are determined to get a higher education; and
WHEREAS, Career Path DC currently employs 27 DC residents, and has hired individuals from homeless shelters, halfway houses, and other returning citizens.
IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, that the Council of the District of Columbia recognizes and honors Charlie Whitaker, the Green Team, and Career Path DC for their outstanding contributions in the District of Columbia and declares December 29, 2014, as “Green Team, Career Path DC Day” in the District of Columbia.
Sec. 2. This resolution may be cited as the “Green Team, Career Path DC Day Recognition Resolution of 2014”.
Sec. 3. This resolution shall take effect immediately upon the first date of publication in the District of Columbia Register.
