Honor Chavelle Carty Award

Senate Resolution No. 1021 BY: Senator MONTGOMERY HONORING Chavelle Carty upon the occasion of her designation as recipient of the Youth Leadership Award by the Community Council for Medgar Evers College, Inc. on April 27, 2019 WHEREAS, It is the custom 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 commend Chavelle Carty upon the occasion of her designation as recipient of the Youth Leadership Award by the Community Council for Medgar Evers College, Inc. to be celebrated at its Annual Spring Scholarship and Leadership Awards Luncheon on Saturday, April 27, 2019; and WHEREAS, In the late 1960s, a diverse group of residents, clergy and elected officials formed the Community Council to provide access to a quality college education for students living in central Brooklyn; and WHEREAS, Medgar Evers College was established in 1970, by the Community Council, along with New York City University in honor of Civil Rights leader Medgar W. Evers, who recruited black residents to register and vote; and WHEREAS, Currently a senior at Medgar Evers College Preparatory School, Chavelle Carty is an exceptional student-athlete, maintaining a solid 94.99% GPA; she successfully completed eight AP courses and was named a 2018 College Board AP Scholar; and WHEREAS, Actively involved in her school, Chavelle Carty is a member of the volleyball team, a student tutor, and holds the title of the co-President of Girls Who Code; and WHEREAS, After graduating, Chavelle Carty plans to attend college at either Rochester Institute of Technology, North Carolina A & T State University, Central Connecticut State University, SUNY Buffalo, or SUNY Canton; and WHEREAS, With her sense of civic duty and her commitment to others, Chavelle Carty represents the best development of the potential which is inherent in our most precious resource, our youth; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, That this Legislative Body pause in its deliberations to commend Chavelle Carty upon the occasion of her designation as recipient of the Youth Leadership Award by the Community Council for Medgar Evers College, Inc.; and be it further RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution, suitably engrossed, be transmitted to Chavelle Carty.