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RECEIVED
E MEMORANCIUM
TO. Cesar Qdio DATE: April 23, 190 APR 23 P�t �J
City Manager -
$UBJECT:Request for Agenda Item
for the May 13, 1993 _
Commission Meeting
FROM: Miller J. Dawkins REFERENCE$:
Commissioner
ENCLOSURES: -
Please schedule a personal appearance for Mr. Jacques Despinosse, _
Chairman of Friends of Haiti National Foundation, Inc., to appear
before the commission. Mr. Despinosse can be reached at (305)
751-0577.
MJDsaw
Attachment
cc: Honorable Mayor, Xavier L. Suarez
Honorable Vice Mayor, Victor De Yurre
Commissioner, Miriam Alonso
Commissioner, J. L. Plummer
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Miller Dawkins
Commissioner
City of Miami
3800 Pan moriaan Drive
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4/30/93
Dear Comissioner Dawkins:.
i write this letter to request a personal appearance before
the city co9m4ission at the next scheduled meeting during the
month of May.
The Friends of Haiti National Foundation is interested to
establish a meaningful program for the youth in the haitian
comity end we mould like to request $97,040.88 frog the
city as seed money for staff salaries and operating ex411— ,
i.e. rent, utilities, furniture, computers and other related.
iteets. We expect to hire an executive director, a project
coordinator and a secretary for fiscal year 93_94 so.that we
can insediately begin to identify prospective funding eouer6es,
that will enable us to ispleaent such needed program for our
Haitian youth,
Ow.youth can be productive if only they are given a chance.
By exposing them to the inner workings of our governmental
structures, they will indeed become sore informed, better
porepared and more assimilated in our system. This kind of
p�gram will certainly prove to reduce une"loysent as well
as relieving family pressure which sometimes a" lead to
severe family conflicts resulting in unnecessary violence.
As a parent and aonvernard community leader, I appeal to you
in order to help save our youth from going into activities
that any lead to greater family oonflicts, oonlrontation with Y'
law entorvssent officers, and eventually resulting in lej
oanvi�3.ons.
Mm" is little being done for then. Most importantly* we
must provide offective guidance to these now so that they
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become productive and participating members of the comunity.
In order to apply for funding with other agencies such as the
South Florida 8mployment and Training consortium, The Private
Industry Council, the State of Florida and other governmental
institutions, I an hereby requesting that the City of Miami
assist me in securing the requested funds as a first step in
establishing ourselves as a bona fide agency committed to the
plight of our Haitian youth.
Let us work together to build self-esteem in our youth in the
-: City of Miami. We can work in cooperation with the city to
reduce crime, violence, unemployment. Most of the crime
committed by youngsters are perpetrated by youngsters with
low self-esteem. We will also work With other law enforcement
agencies in Dade County to produce law-abiding and respect
of society and its institution among our youth. The police
will not be able to do the job alone. They will need the help
of parents and concerned citizens like us to facilitate their
- tasks.
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Mayor Xavier
Suarez
Commissioner
Myriam hlonso
Commissioner
victor de Yure
Commissioner
J.L Plummer
City !tanager
Cesar Odio
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