Senate Resolution No. 4060

BY: Senator MONTGOMERY

HONORING Sharon Content upon the occasion of being
inducted into the Strong Nonprofits for Better New
York's Women in Human Services Hall of Fame on March
13, 2018

WHEREAS, Individuals who give of their time and energies and serve
the best interests of their communities are an asset beyond remuneration
and cannot be sufficiently extolled; and

WHEREAS, Sharon Content has given not only of her time and energies
but also of her competence, intelligence and leadership and consequently
has been designated for special honor; and

WHEREAS, This Legislative Body is justly proud to honor Sharon
Content upon the occasion of being inducted into the Strong Nonprofits
for Better New York's Women in Human Services Hall of Fame on Tuesday,
March 13, 2018; and

WHEREAS, Sharon Content is the Founder and President of Children of
Promise, New York City (CPNYC), a community-based, non-profit
organization in Bedford Stuyvesant, Brooklyn; and

WHEREAS, With little to no support for children of prisoners, Sharon
Content successfully developed an innovative program model, the only one
of its kind in New York City, which co-locates a mental health clinic
and a comprehensive after school and summer day camp in the same program
site; and

WHEREAS, Under the able leadership of Sharon Content, CPNYC embraces
and supports the children of incarcerated parents, empowering them to
break the cycle of intergenerational involvement in the criminal justice
system; and

WHEREAS, Furthermore, the agency currently serves 350 children and
families each year and is proud to report that no young person, in the
10-year history of the organization, has been involved with the juvenile
or criminal justice systems; and

WHEREAS, A native New Yorker, Sharon Content is a respected alumna
of Howard University; and

WHEREAS, The success of Children of Promise is in direct correlation
to the efforts of President Sharon Content, whose involvement is, and
always has been, characterized by an impressive commitment, an unbridled
enthusiasm, and an uncompromising standard of excellence in all
endeavors on behalf of the organization and the community it serves; and

WHEREAS, Throughout the entire period of her community service, a
period of constructive involvement, Sharon Content has stood constant in
dignity, good grace and humor; and

WHEREAS, Rare indeed is the impressive dedication shown by an
individual for the benefit of others which Sharon Content has displayed
throughout her life; and

WHEREAS, It has always been the objective of this Legislative Body
to honor and support those individuals who have displayed their
commitment to the betterment of their communities, and it is the intent
of this Legislative Body to inscribe upon its records, this tribute to
Sharon Content, that future generations may know and appreciate her
admirable character, her many benevolent deeds, and the respect and
esteem in which she is held by her peers; now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED, That this Legislative Body pause in its deliberations to
honor Sharon Content upon the occasion of being inducted into the Strong
Nonprofits for Better New York's Women in Human Services Hall of Fame on
March 13, 2018; and be it further

RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution, suitably engrossed, be
transmitted to Sharon Content.