Dear friends, Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake has issued a proclamation honoring BES and designating Saturday as "Baltimore Ethical Society Day". The proclamation document will be presented at the 60th anniversary banquet. The text of the proclamation follows.
------------------- PROCLAMATION BY MAYOR STEPHANIE RAWLINGS-BLAKE DESIGNATING APRIL 21, 2012 AS "BALTIMORE ETHICAL SOCIETY DAY" IN BALTIMORE IN CELEBRATION OF THEIR 60th ANNIVERSARY WHEREAS, the people of Baltimore are proud of their rich and diverse religious community and join in celebrating the 60th anniversary of the Baltimore Ethical Society (BES); and WHEREAS, the BES is a humanistic religious fellowship that focuses on human lives and relationships, and explore what it means to live ethically as individuals, family members, and participants in the larger community; and WHEREAS, the BES also established the first racially integrated Sunday School in Baltimore in 1951, and then organized and incorporated in 1952; and WHEREAS, the people of Baltimore extend a very Happy 60th Anniversary and best wishes to the members of the Baltimore Ethical Society. Happy Anniversary! THEREFORE, I, STEPHANIE RAWLINGS-BLAKE, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF BALTIMORE, do hereby proclaim April 21, 2012, as the "Baltimore Ethical Society Day" IN BALTIMORE, and do urge all citizens to join in this celebration. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set the Great Seal of the City of Baltimore to be affixed this twenty-first day of April, two thousand twelve. (signed) Stephanie R Blake Mayor --- Baltimore Ethical Society bmorethi...@gmail.com http://bmorethical.org _______________________________________________ Friends mailing list Friends@baltimoreethicalsociety.org http://baltimoreethicalsociety.org/mailman/listinfo/friends_baltimoreethicalsociety.org
