Philadelphia City Council 2023 Stated Meetings of Philadelphia City Council, 23 Feb 2023

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From YouTube: Councilmember Thomas Honoring the Philadelphia Association of Black Journalists 2-23-2023

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From the Stated Meeting of Philadelphia City Council held Thursday, February 23, 2023:

Councilmember Isaiah Thomas (At Large) introduces a resolution honoring the Philadelphia Association of Black Journalists, for celebrating
the organization’s 50th year representing the Black media industry professionals of Philadelphia.

https://phlcouncil.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/CM-Thomas-COW_-PABJ-2_23_23.pdf

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Morning, colleagues, uh thank you, council president I want to first thank my colleagues, councilmember Gilmore Richardson and council member Johnson for Colt, introducing the resolution today uh to honor um a sector of Journalism, as it relates to Black journalists all across the city of Philadelphia, um for celebrating their 20th year anniversary and I want to give a special shout out to the president of the organization, Mr Ernest Owens, whose husband actually works for my sister colleague to the right um for his uh first book that he authored uh this week.

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The case for cancer culture, which is an amazing text. It's getting great reviews and overall I'm, just proud of his progress as it relates to what he's done um from the time. I've seen him come into this industry uh nearly a decade ago to where he is now councilmember Jones, our Majority Leader, actually acknowledged him a little while back as it relates to some of the hero that he had recognized for black history month.

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So as we are here on the last Thursday in Black, History Month, what better organization to honor than a black journalist across the city of Philadelphia. So all of my colleagues who co-sponsored the resolution, thank you, but a special thank you to councilmember Johnson and council member Gilmore Richardson for co-introducing. The resolution with me today. Thank you, council president. Thank you, councilman that will be on today's Final passes. Calendar.