HomeMy WebLinkAbout09/18/2018 04Ai Hispanic Heritage MonthBUSINESS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
YAKIMA, WASHINGTON
AGENDASTATEMENT
ITEM TITLE: Hispanic Heritage Month
SUBMITTED BY: Cliff Moore, City Manager
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Item No. A.i.
For Meeting of: September 18, 2018
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`G1 fEREAS, President Lyndon B. Johnson established ¶ispanic .Heritage Week"
in 1968; and
`G1 PERMS, President Ronald Reagan expanded the celebration in 1988 to cover
a month-long period from September 15tfi through October 15tfi and declared it to be
nrationalgispanic .Heritage Uvlonth','• and
`4 PERMS, during "National -Hispanic .iferitage UYlonth" the contributions made
to and the important presence of .Hispanic and Latino Americans in the `united States
and their heritage and culture are honored, and
WY -PERMS, Hispanic and Latino Americans have had a profound and positive
influence on our country, including the Yakima (Caffey; and
WY -PERMS, the significant and impactful contributions .Hispanic and Latino
Americans have made to the Yakima galley's economy have enabled our region's
diversified industries to grow and prosper; and
`G1 PERMS, the `united States has a long and storied history of welcoming
immigrants, which has given it a significant advantage over the rest of the world, and
WYPEREAS, 55 million Americans, or about 17% of the country's total-
population,
otalpopulation, and about 48% of Yakima County's total population, are of .Hispanic or
Latino origin.
JVOW, THEUEO12E, I, Kathy Coffey, Mayor of the City of Yakima, and on
behalf of the Yakima City Council, do hereby proclaim September 15tfi through October
15tfi as
Hispanic Heritage Il ontfi
in the City of Yakima, and urge everyone to learn about, acknowledge, and applaud the
generations of .Hispanic and Latino Americans who have enriched our community and
those that will continue to build a bright and hopeful future for themselves, their
families, and all of us who call the Yakima Valley home.
Dated this 18tfi day of September, 2018
Kathy Coffey, Mayor