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House Co-Sponsorship Memoranda
House of Representatives
Session of 2013 - 2014
Regular Session
MEMORANDUM
| Posted: | March 27, 2014 08:59 AM |
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| From: | Representative Vanessa Lowery Brown and Rep. W. Curtis Thomas |
| To: | All House members |
| Subject: | Resolution Honoring and Commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the Opportunities Industrialization Centers (OIC) |
| MEMORANDUM To: All House Members From: Representative Vanessa Lowery Brown & Representative W. Curtis Thomas Date: March 27, 2014 Subject: Resolution Honoring and Commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the Opportunities Industrialization Centers (OIC) In the near future both Representative W. Curtis Thomas and I will be introducing a resolution commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the Opportunities Industrialization Centers (OICs). Specifically, OICs seek to train and/or retrain millions of men and women with untapped talents and undiscovered skills, who are both unemployed and underemployed. The centers also prepare people for today’s workforce with quality life skills development, fundamental education, job skills training and employment readiness. The OIC’s founder, Reverend Dr. Leon H. Sullivan, started the very first OIC training center in 1964 in an abandoned jailhouse in North Philadelphia. This undertaking proved to be a huge success, and programs were quickly replicated in cities across the United States. OICs also possess the laudable objective of fostering a sense of self-pride amongst its associates and trainees, which provides them with the confidence necessary to thrive and succeed within the global workforce. The OIC philosophy of “self-help” and its system of developing the “whole person” truly enables individuals to become self-sufficient and productive workers. This year marks the 50th anniversary since the opening of its first center. In honor of the efforts that the centers have both made and continue to make, both Representative W. Curtis Thomas and I also wish to designate Tuesday, April 29, 2014 as “OIC Day at the Pennsylvania Statehouse.” Therefore, I wish to take this opportunity to ask that my colleagues on both sides of the aisle please join us in honoring this vitally important institution, and providing them with due recognition on April 29, 2014. Should you have any questions or concerns regarding this legislation, you are asked to please contact Brandon Flood at bflood@pahouse.net or 717.772.6955. |
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Introduced as HR798