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A CEREMONIAL RESOLUTION
21-22
IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
March 3, 2015
To recognize and honor Mrs. Lillian Huff for her charitable and civic contributions to the District of Columbia.
WHEREAS, Lillian Huff is a Ward 5 resident, mother, civic leader, civil rights advocate, women’s rights leader, Democratic activist, and graduate of West Virginia State University;
WHEREAS, Lillian Huff served as President of the Friends of Lamond-Riggs Neighborhood Library, as Vice-President of the D.C. Federation of the Friends of the Library, as President of the Lamond-Riggs Civic Association, and has remained a committed community and political leader in the Lamond-Riggs community and throughout the District;
WHEREAS, Lillian Huff chaired the first and only D.C. Statehood Constitutional Convention on January 30, 1981, the first formal step toward establishing the state of New Columbia;
WHEREAS, Lillian Huff was honored by Mayor Marion Barry for her contribution to self-determination because of her work with the Self-Determination for D.C. Coalition (1971 – 1985);
WHEREAS, Lillian Huff served on the Democratic National Committee (“DNC”) as National Committeewoman for the District of Columbia;
WHEREAS, Lillian Huff was instrumental in the formation of the National Federation of Democratic Women (“NFDW”), was responsible for the motion that designated 3 seats on the DNC for the NFDW, played a pivotal leadership role in organizing a chapter in Washington, D.C., and became the charter President of the D.C. Federation of Democratic Women;
WHEREAS, Lillian Huff was an African American Female Delegate to the 1972 and 1980 Democratic National Conventions; and
WHEREAS, Lillian Huff continues to use her extensive knowledge of the Democratic Party, the DNC, the NFDW, the District of Columbia Democratic State Committee, and the political process to provide advice and counsel to political candidates and leaders from every quadrant of the District of Columbia.
IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, that the Council of the District of Columbia recognizes Mrs. Lillian Huff and her contributions to the District as a community and political leader.
Sec. 2. This resolution may be cited as the “Lillian Huff Recognition Resolution of 2015”.
Sec. 3. This resolution shall take effect immediately upon the first day of publication in the District of Columbia Register.
