Honor Local Student Award Winner

Senate Resolution No. 2698 BY: Senator BRESLIN HONORING Marie Juliette Pluviose-Philip upon the occasion of her designation as recipient of the Marian Irvis Hughes Award by the Black Women's Association of Albany on June 10, 2017 WHEREAS, It is the sense of this Legislative Body to recognize and pay tribute to those young people within the great Empire State who have made strong contributions to their communities and who serve as role models for their peers; and WHEREAS, Attendant to such concern, and in full accord with its long-standing traditions, this Legislative Body is justly proud to honor Marie Juliette Pluviose-Philip upon the occasion of her designation as recipient of the Marian Irvis Hughes Award by the Black Women's Association of Albany, to be celebrated at its Marian I. Hughes Scholarship Awards Reception on Saturday, June 10, 2017, at The Linda WAMC's Performing Arts Studio in Albany, New York; and WHEREAS, The Black Women's Association of Albany (BWAA) was founded on September 21, 1977, by a group of dynamic women with the purpose to stimulate political and social awareness, encourage cultural growth, help youth realize their full potential through education and serve as positive role models for African American women of all ages; and WHEREAS, The BWAA Marian I. Hughes Scholarship Awards were established in 2005, in memory of Marian I. Hughes, an educational leader who held various teaching and administrative positions in the City School District of Albany; she was also an Associate in the New York State Education Department, the author of two books about the history of public school education in Albany, and an advocate for better human relations; and WHEREAS, Marie Juliette Pluviose-Philip, a senior at Albany High School, ranks 9th in her graduating class of over 500 students with a

96.9 percent GPA, while taking a rigorous academic program which included Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate courses; and WHEREAS, A talented musician and singer, Marie Juliette Pluviose-Philip has been a vital member of the Albanettes, an all-female a capella group at Albany High School; she also participates in the school's Select Choir, Wind Ensemble and the Empire State Youth Orchestra; and WHEREAS, In addition, Marie Juliette Pluviose-Philip is a member of the volleyball team, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Science and Technology Entry Program (STEP) and Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., Albany Alumnae Chapter Delta GEMS Youth Program; and WHEREAS, Marie Juliette Pluviose-Philip plans to attend Boston University with a major in Health Sciences and a minor in International Relations; and WHEREAS, It is the sense of this Legislative Body to commend those students of outstanding character, who have shown initiative and commitment toward constantly pursuing higher goals for themselves, and acting as role models of leadership to be emulated by their peers; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, That this Legislative Body pause in its deliberations to honor Marie Juliette Pluviose-Philip upon the occasion of her designation as recipient of the Marian Irvis Hughes Award by the Black Women's Association of Albany on June 10, 2017, and to extend to them the best wishes of this Legislative Body for a future of purposeful success and well-being; and be it further RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution, suitably engrossed, be transmitted to Marie Juliette Pluviose-Philip.