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A CEREMONIAL RESOLUTION
19-289
IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
September 19, 2012
To recognize and honor the life of Mrs. Dora E. Johnson and to declare June 26, 2012 as “Mrs. Dora E. Johnson Day” in the District of Columbia.
WHEREAS, Mrs. Dora E. Johnson served as a member of the board of directors of Stoddard Baptist Nursing Home, was a member of the Middle East working group of the Washington synod, and served on several boards for the evangelical Lutheran church in America, including its division for outreach and the Association of Lutherans of Middle Eastern and Arab heritage;
WHEREAS, for 40 years, Mrs. Johnson helped feed the hungry and homeless of Washington, D.C. in the soup kitchens of Martha’s Table and St. Stephen and the Incarnation Episcopal Church;
WHEREAS, Mrs. Johnson was a program associate at the Center for Applied Linguistics, a private, nonprofit organization involved in language and education issues, and her specific area was in foreign language education, which included the development of learning standards and establishment of a support network for the teaching of Arabic in U.S. elementary and high schools;
WHEREAS, Mrs. Johnson also directed projects at the center that dealt with adult ESL, conducted and published surveys on materials and needs, as well as developed language learning materials, helped write survival phrase books for refugees, edited language policy papers for the U.S. Agency for International Development, and participated in surveys of teaching materials for less commonly taught languages;
WHEREAS, Mrs. Johnson received an Associate Degree at Beirut College for women (now Lebanese American University) and then came to the United States to study linguistics; and
WHEREAS, Mrs. Johnson graduated from Transylvania University in Lexington, Kentucky, and later received a master’s degree in linguistics at the Hartford Seminary Foundation in Connecticut.
RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this resolution may be cited as the “Mrs. Dora E. Johnson Recognition Resolution of 2012”.
Sec. 2. The Council of the District of Columbia recognizes and honors Mrs. Dora E. Johnson for her unconditional love, energy, dedication, and lasting contributions to the Stoddard Baptist Nursing Home, and declares June 26, 2012 as “Mrs. Dora E. Johnson Day” in the District of Columbia.
Sec. 3. This resolution shall take effect immediately upon the first date of publication in the District of Columbia Register.
