HLS 23RS-3417 ORIGINAL
2023 Regular Session
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOL UTION NO. 141
BY REPRESENTATIVES GLOVER, JENKINS, AND PHELPS
COMMENDATIONS: Commends the Martin Luther King Community Development
Corporation for its community service on the occasion of its twentieth anniversary
1 A CONCURRENT RESOL UTION
2To commend the Martin Luther King Community Development Corporation for its
3 community service on the occasion of its twentieth anniversary.
4 WHEREAS, the Martin Luther King Community Development Corporation (MLK-
5CDC) was organized to assist in planning residential and commercial developments in the
6Martin Luther King neighborhood of Shreveport, Louisiana, in an effort to restore neglected
7properties, roadways, and drainage systems and drive the revitalization of the area; the
8organization's mission is: "To improve the educational, residential and socioeconomic needs
9of the community"; and
10 WHEREAS, this year marks twenty years of dedicated community service from the
11MLK-CDC, and the organization continues to validate its involvement in the revitalization
12of the community, which is the second-largest African American community in the United
13States, by forming positive alliances throughout the city and parish; and
14 WHEREAS, the MLK-CDC's "Lane Project" was completed after the organization
15matched Community Development Block Grant funding for a public facility/office building
16in conjunction with the Shreveport Office of Community Development; the building opened
17in July 2019; the organization also represents the community at meetings of the Shreveport
18City Council, Shreveport/Caddo Parish Metropolitan Planning Commission, and Caddo
19Parish Commission; and
20 WHEREAS, the MLK-CDC also instituted the Senior Socialization Program, in
21partnership with the Caddo Community Action Agency, for senior residents in the
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1community; the program includes guest speakers, bingo, door prizes, and more; it offers
2instruction to seniors on how to operate digital media; the organization was also among the
3first in the community to offer reusable masks to senior citizens during the COVID-19
4pandemic, and it subsequently secured funding to hand out pandemic kits throughout several
5communities ranging from the Martin Luther King community to Cedar Grove; and
6 WHEREAS, the MLK-CDC also offers student tutoring services from certified
7teachers and two engineers in partnership with Northwest Louisiana Makerspace Projects;
8these are available free-of-charge to all students attending Title-1 schools; the center holds
9school uniform giveaways and provides free school supplies during its Back-to-School
10Program; and
11 WHEREAS, the MLK-CDC supports numerous local events including the African
12American History Parade, Cooper Road USA Parade, and various Mardi Gras krewe
13parades; the organization also participates in the Great American Clean Up, sponsored by
14Shreveport Green, where it has won first prize for large group, city-wide trash pickup on
15numerous occasions; and
16 WHEREAS, the Martin Luther King Community Development Corporation is an
17inspiring organization that is worthy of the highest recognition for its efforts to revitalize the
18underserved communities of Shreveport.
19 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
20commend the Martin Luther King Community Development Corporation for its community
21service on the occasion of its twentieth anniversary and does hereby extend sincerest wishes
22for the organization's continued success in its revitalization efforts.
DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HCR 141 Original 2023 Regular Session Glover
Commends the Martin Luther King Community Development Corp. for its community
service on the occasion of its 20th anniversary.
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