REMARKS
Recognitions and celebrations of various events and people
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Council Member Adams recognizes and celebrates various events and people, including Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy, Korean American Day, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Founders Day, Roe v Wade Day, Holocaust Remembrance Day, and Lunar New Year.
- Celebrates the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
- Acknowledges Korean American Day and the first Korean American council members
- Recognizes Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority's Founders Day
- Addresses Roe v Wade Day and the city's efforts to protect reproductive rights
- Mentions Holocaust Remembrance Day and Lunar New Year
- Includes birthday wishes for council members and congratulations for a staff member's new baby
Adrienne E. Adams
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It is fitting that this week, we celebrated the life and legacy of the great reverend doctor Martin Luther King Junior.
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Doctor King called on all of us to work together to usher in a just world that rejects discrimination, inequality, and poverty.
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His message inspired people across the entire nation.
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Doctor King's contributions propelled a movement that continues to influence the entire world.
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January 13th was Korean American day, which commemorates the day in 1903 when the first Koreans arrived in the United States.
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Our historically diverse council includes the first two Korean American council members in Linda Lee and Julie Won.
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We celebrate your historic representation, and we wish all New Yorkers a happy Korean American day.
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January 15th was Founders Day for my sisters of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Incorporated, the first sorority for black college educated women, and this year, we celebrated 117 years of sisterhood scholarship and service.
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I am so proud to be a life member of Alpha Kappa Alpha, and I am joined in this premier sisterhood by our own majority leader, Amanda Farias.
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Happy Founders Day, SoRoar.
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January 22nd was Roe v Wade Day, which marks the anniversary of the landmark Supreme Court decision that granted the federally protected right to safe and legal abortions.
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This year would have been the 52nd anniversary of Roe v Wade, but with the Supreme Court's actions to overturn 5 decades of legal precedent, reproductive health care for millions of people is under attack across the country.
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Our historic city council has passed lifesaving legislation expanding access to medication abortion at city run health clinics and invested a record $1,000,000 in annual municipal funds to expand access to abortion care for those who cannot afford it.
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New York City continues to demonstrate how local governments across the nation can and must take bold action to ensure truly accessible health care and defend reproductive freedom for everyone.
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January 27th is holocaust remembrance day when we honor the memories of millions of Jewish people and other victims who were murdered during the holocaust.
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We uplift their memories and make a solemn pledge, never again, never forget.
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January 29th is Lunar New Year, which which celebrates the year of the snake.
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I wish everyone a happy, healthy, and prosperous Lunar New Year.
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Next, please join me in wishing a happy birthday to council member Susan Zhuang who was celebrating on January 30th, and council member Shahana Hanif whose birthday will be on February 5th.
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Finally, I wanna congratulate our very own Sarah Liss, an assistant deputy director in the legislative division on the birth of her beautiful baby boy last week.
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Congratulations, Sarah, to you and your family.