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Description
Philadelphia City Council Members Maria Quinones-Sanchez (7th District) and Cherelle Parker (9th District) present a resolution congratulating Community College of Philadelphia on their 50th Anniversary.
The resolution was introduced by Council President Darrell L. Clarke (5th District). Dr. Donald Generals Jr. accepted the resolution on behalf of the College, its students, faculty and alumni.
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Good
morning
wait:
it
is
a
pleasure
on
behalf
of
council
president
Clark
to
present
this
today.
Council,
president
and
I
agree
on
many
issues
regarding
housing,
but
next
to
housing
in
the
need
for
housing
in
the
city
of
Philadelphia.
When
you
talk
to
the
council,
president
he'll
talk
about
jobs,
jobs
and
jobs,
and
recognizing
Community
College
of
Philadelphia
in
particular,
is
very
important,
because
that
should
be
the
place
where
we
developed
our
call
young
college
students
who
can
transition
into
four
years
of
institutions.
It
is
the
place
where
people
get
retrained.
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It
is
the
place
that
we
expect
to
help
us
as
we
build
this
pre-k,
a
model
that,
in
the
city
that
we're
going
to
be
adopting
it
is
the
place
people
should
be
able
to
come
and
prepare
the
returning
citizens
and
others,
and
for
me,
Community
College
of
Philadelphia
is
hugely
important
as
we
really
try
to
combat
our
poverty
and
prepare
folks
to
become
self-sufficient.
It
is
a
pleasure
always
to
work
with
Lynette
Brown,
so
who
is
a
staple
here
and
is
a
guiding
force
at
Community
College
and
to
welcome
dr.
generals.
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Since
then,
it
has
graduated
54,000
students,
many
of
whom
would
not
have
been
given
the
opportunity
to
acquire
a
higher
education
degree
or
certificate,
whereas
today
it
serves
more
than
30,000
students
each
year
at
its
main
campus
and
three
regional
centers
and
offers
more
than
70
associate's
degree
academic
certificate
programs.
Whereas
this
year
alumni
are
reaching
milestones
in
the
city
of
Philadelphia
and
across
the
world,
including
the
White
House
social
secretary,
disha,
dyer,
hayward,
elbel,
chief
diversity
officer
raped
in
company
for
raising
company
dr.
Kathleen
heatherton,
president
of
Howard.
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Further
resolved
that
an
engrossed
copy
of
this
resolution
be
presented
to
dr.
Donald
generals,
president
of
the
Community
College
of
Philadelphia
and
other
members
of
the
staff
faculty
and
bored
of
this
great
institution,
further
resolved.
That
this
resolution
is
a
true
and
correct
copy
of
the
original
resolution
adopted
by
the
council
of
the
city
of
Philadelphia
on
the
19th
day
of
November
2015.
And
it's
co-sponsored
by
all
members
of
City
Council.
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You,
mr.
president,
Thank
You
members
of
the
City
Council
I'm
honored,
to
be
here
on
behalf
of
Community
College
of
Philadelphia
and
receive
as
well
as
celebrate
this
recognition
with
regards
to
our
first
50
years
like
to
recognize
the
individuals
behind
behind
me.
They
all
represent
different
sectors
within
the
college
we
have
faculty,
we
have
students
the
most
important
sector,
we
have
administrators
and
staff,
so
it
is
a
group
effort
and
I
also
want
to
recognize
and
acknowledge
the
thousands
of
individuals
who
came
before
us.
E
We
stand
on
the
shoulders
of
those
who
believed
in
the
concept
of
a
community
college
as
a
transformative
institution.
So
many
of
you,
many
of
your
relatives,
many
of
the
people
who,
in
the
city
of
Philadelphia
long
before
I
arrived
a
year
and
a
half
ago
which,
from
what
I
understand
it
by
philadelphia
standards,
is
really
nothing.
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E
They're
coaching
baseball
teams,
football
teams-
and
these
are
individuals
that
we
have
developed
and
we
have
demonstrated
through
their
efforts
how
we
can
transform
the
efforts
that
need
to
be
transformed
in
the
city.
So
CCP
2.0
will
continue
what
we
do.
We
do
transform
lives.
We
will
expand
our
course
offerings
to
further
align
ourselves,
not
only
with
the
four-year
institutions,
but
especially
with
the
Career
and
Technical
needs
of
the
of
the
city.
E
We
think
that
an
integral
part
of
what
we
do
I
like
to
say
that
we
blend
the
education,
so
we
train,
but
we
also
continue
to
enlighten
our
citizens
and
understand,
help
them
to
understand
how
important
it
is
for
them
not
only
to
acquire
really
good
salable
skills,
but
to
also
be
good
citizens
in
the
city
of
Philadelphia.
We
are
working
very
closely
and
very
intimately
with
the
public
school
systems.
E
We
think
we
cannot
do
our
jobs
unless
we
are
able
to
partner
with
the
school
systems
through
our
dual
enrollment
programs
and
through
our
special
programs
working
on
a
put
on
a
early
college
program
with
the
with
the
public
school
system.
So
we
believe
in
the
idea
that
students
don't
have
to
wait
until
they're
18
years
old
to
go
to
college.
They
can
actually
start
going
to
college
when
in
15
16,
that's
what's
happening
around
the
country
and
that's
what
we're
hoping
to
do
here
so
I
could
go
on
and
on
and
on.