Also naming the 1900 block of N. Judson Street as “Sister Mary Scullion Way”. WHEREAS, Sister Mary Scullion has dedicated her life to the service and advocacy of homeless and mentally ill individuals, starting in 1978, and has tirelessly worked to improve the lives of those most in need, making significant contributions both locally and nationally; and WHEREAS, Sister Mary co-founded Woman of Hope in 1985, providing residential and support services to homeless, mentally ill women, and in 1988, she founded the nation’s first Outreach Coordination Center, coordinating private and public agencies to support chronically homeless individuals living on the streets; and WHEREAS, In 1989, Sister Mary, alongside Joan Dawson McConnon, co-founded Project HOME, an innovative organization that has grown from an emergency shelter into a nationally recognized initiative, providing supportive housing, employment, education, and health care for homeless and low-income individuals; and WHEREAS, Project HOME’s impact extends to nearly 1,000 units of housing, two businesses that provide employment for formerly homeless individuals, and community initiatives such as economic development, homeownership, and the Honickman Learning Center Comcast Technology Labs, which offers educational and occupational programming in North Philadelphia; and WHEREAS, In 2015, Project HOME opened the Stephen Klein Wellness Center, a model for integrated healthcare services, providing primary care, behavioral health,…
CITY COUNCIL
A motion was made by Young that this Resolution be ADOPTED. The motion carried by a unanimous vote.
CITY COUNCIL
This Resolution was Introduced and Ordered Placed On Next Week's Final Passage Calendar