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HomeMy WebLinkAboutR-76-1028RESOLUTION NO..76 1O2L_..... RESOLUTION APPOINTING REBEL COOK, BIANA �AMPOAMOR AND FRANCENA B. THOMAS TO SERVE AS MEMBERS OF THE MIAMI COMMISSION ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN TO REPLACE INEZ WILCOX ON SAID COMMISSION. • BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF AMI, FLORIDA: SECTION 1. REBEL COOK, OF 425 BARBAROSSA AVENUE, FRANCENA B. THOMAS OF 1499 N. W. 74TH STREET AND DIANA CAMPOAMOR ARE HEREBY APPOINTED TO SERVE AS MEMBERS OF THE MIAMI COMMISSION ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN TO REPLACE INEZ WILCOX ON SAID COMMISSION. PASSED AND ADOPTED THIS 11 DAY OF NOVEMBER, 1976. "SUPPORTIVE DVCU:.icN..y; :' PREPARED AND APPROVED BY: 0-4 a- ROBERT F. CLARK Assistant City Attorney PFf 7`JED AS TO FORM AND COP.RECTNE rr ITEM NO.�� CITY COMMISSION MEETING OF NOV 1 i 1976 RESOLUTION h0.?6.-i<,;��. REMARKS: 0 MMEW MEnt MMMW MAMW milmw MMW mmw MEN MEE AYOR DOCUMENTS FOLLOW» 13 RESOLUTION NO. RESOLUTION APPOINTING REEL COO)t TO SERVE AS A MEMBER OF THE MIAMI COMMIS SION oN THE STATUS OF WOMEN TO REPLACE INn WILCOX ON SAID COMMISSION. DE IT RESOLVED SY TEE COMMISSION OP THE CITY OP ;AMIj FLORIDA: Section 1. REBEL COOK, of 425 Barbarossa Avenue, Hiami, Florida (Telephone No. 666-1020) is hereby appointed tb serve as a Member of the Miami Commission on the Status of Women to replace INEZ WILCOX on said Commission. PASSED AND ADOPTED this day of CITY CLERK RED AND APPROVED BY: (7‘ed ROBERT F. CLARK Assistant City Attorney AP •fit D AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNE GE F. KNOLL, JR. City Attorney • Vita of 111 MB "SUPPORTIVE DOCUMENTS FOLLOW" PRAtNOtI4tA )3 `TIHO;:AS Address: 1499 Northwest 74th Street, Miami, PlOrida 11147 ettphone: Home - (305) 693-4245 Office (305) 552-2785 Other Information: Married, 3 children (ages 11, 9 and a) Husband self-employed - Merchant, Landlord HM':IOi4AL EACI;GROU►.D : 1973 - Nova University (Pursuing Doctorate of Public Administration) .Should be granted August, 1976 `1969 - 1970 University of Miami, Miami, Florida; rt,.I?c?. Degree 1954 - 1958 Florida A d! University, Tallahassee, Florida; B. S. Degree 1947 - 1953 Dorsey Junior -Senior High School, Miami, Florida 1941 — 1947 Liberty City Elementary 5chooZ, Miami, Florida PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: 1973 -- Director of Minority Affairs and W.omcn's Concerns Florida International University Coordinate, the cievelo7.r..ent, impluaentatiUi1 u1t dissemination of the University's Affirmative Action Plan, policy stater-^nts and programs. Monitor t}ic University's response to the i.qua1 Employment Opportunity Cui.eli nes as described in Tab 'C' of Executive Order No. 11246. Assist University personnel in using existing resources and fostering th2 development of addi- tional resources to reco fr__ee problems ar.cu their solutions prior to such becoming grievances. Hear, investigate and r:a}:e recommendations for rectification of real or imagined Rrievar.oes. Repr.esent the University on State Committees related to Equal Employm2nt Opportunity ca 7:ffir- i ative Action. 973 Insert"icc Coordinator and Curriculum Specialist, Follow Through Project, Little River E/er:.:ntary Responsible for total planing, organizin; and implementing curriculum input for. 670 children in three different schools. gitt Pft©t' SSibNM. C{t'LfICt'CE (Continued) Provided inservice training on a regular basis for forty paraprofessional and twenty professional btaff persons,. Provided periodic workshops and inservice sessions for the parents of children in the project, and selected persons from other Federal programs including Title I and Head Start. Areas covered. in some of the workshops were: Human Relations Teaching Strategies Utilized in Early Childhood Teaching -Learning Situations Classroom Management Values Clarification Techniques Thsti.tutcd the following: Parent Teach -In Days Parent Panels Cultural Orientation Workshops a. The Latin Experience in America b. The Black Experience in America c. The White Experience in America provided Demonstrations in techniques of effective instruction. Summer School Coordinator, Olinda Center Coordinator in instructing teachers in systems approaches to reading instruction. Teacher on Special Assignment for the Department of Program Development Analysis and evaluation of instructional materials. Providing inservice experience for teachers, speci- fically in the area of language development. Co -director of summer inservice program in Model Reading Design at Lorah Par): during summer of 1971 - Responsible for sixty participants for six weeks. S U t_ Writer of tests for Model ?lath Program �' (j;:� Writer of Tear: Teaching Model for Staff Development .�(}�ur� �'�-�_�,R, (Classroom Managementg er n �...l_nt Section) . ; Assisted in writing Title III Proposals for F-aL i ,►1� �19 Early Childhood and Reading Improvement Programs. • Television Instructor in Model Reading Design (Wrote and provided instruction for taped lessons) . 1970 1971 • Franccna 13. Thomas "SUPPORTIVE DOCUMENTS FOLLOW" pI:Or sto1L 4wtt'l't `'.L' (Continued) Forneena Elementary School. which i510 Staff Pember at Ol.inda Elem School whit ii the "'ITT" (Training of rs teas a part of of Teacllers) • jointly sponsored by The Triple "T" program Was j the 'University of tiiami and Dade County D. P. I. hours obtained placed emphasis on The thirty human behavior, sensited curriculunl, supervision, Was appointed ti�ity training, and black history. at Olinda team leader of the fourth g Elementary. . 1969 Douglas Elementary School under Mrs. Dorothy Adi de, PrincipaZ. Related Assignments: - school Chairperson, Curriculum Council level. Member of District Curriculum Council for South Central District. Arts $erved as a Project Language tTeacher progra:.� (PLATS) - a fully, Federally the major emphasis of which was OraLang- uage Development for Inner City Pupils at the K-3 level. • special training for tea..-, teaching Receives. si -- :.unfit aL,pl_oacl,us at and lion-gr�:Cted il&btLuct El-e.::entary, which was the first workshop of its,n S�7c�stv ic.:�, king ., sponsored by the Dade County Elementary Continuing Education Center. .�, R. R. i:otori Elementary under 1958 - 1�55 �'ourt}.Grace Teacher, Li':r: ✓e W. Fannin principal. :�.p of Chairperson of Curriculum Council. ect areas. Demonstration teain all subj ,. Certified to teach in large classroom via teleVi- sion instruction. , ♦ EDUCATIOUAL E .CKGROU:.D EXpEici L:ICEa Winner of Lewis State Scholarship., Champion Debater for four years in college. P Forensic Conference a .andMember of the Intercollegiate Southern Regional Chairperson. Served as a Consultant to Dacic Junior College cn Welfare Mothers (Volunteer Service) • University for Served a:: a Consultant to Florida Atlantic Teachers of Business Education on Language' Development: •. -vice) c. D. Thomas • ;27 ar,ccr.a »Li nue31 S ��° �r for t EXpEP;IEtiC► Seminar Sits. , y vc Action University, ���� �i�CI;�1t0�t.D a �i tic tDUCA�i Affirmative f f irm or ida AtlanD. Thdwas tic for at Florida including: ��� a5 and Faculty Schools . ation public Filer_ tr County 11enrY ��m��i., Dad, Speech at Speeches for Dad es at Black nship ry Weel: Speech School Mack Riverside Elementary h School Rlver attah .junior Kiq dufli i�iil� ; 11 p ,gat rn sl a All a tah ive� .� School C ational tan for 'Primary Presentation International ,petrY at plcrida Presentations at vork west of ' Language 1 of �lomen Childhood Sounds gCurriculum 4 for Ea eny in Chill dhoomen t Sociological Vom Reading � Action of per rlanagemerit Affirmative Personnel 1 \I\J �� Cultural ve Action and ��n�MQn-� f irmati � Affirmative erspectives vs°cdl ���'� ,��c� °�` TZEs : of Dade Cotenty. ,SENT ACTIVITIES: CTIVI d century Y Irairpe Third _ �Ot�iN1U`►IIT o f 1 on yt�z i [��� Chairperson HErs'.'0 ?! BiCente Vice esident ► in the third Vice President, r �Zoc�: InvoZvemer` V ��„rc?s _ en r� tlor�c Chairperson, n ur i ✓l't ndaZZ C�IiZdr County e for 19� Sz 1 T` Ih children from lprisoners at Dade J ,d� with for women xela Rap SessionC l.;orl:shops School Literary primary = ,three pTA President, Organization Jail three Years as unc • 2 for YOutft rresident o f tfzc Served of Dade coon ty Council ,o1.m' �; campaign for• �tioti+a2'le- t;et _r Shirley Cl;isi City comm�"" �� �Uni, ed S e , a Lgn for to Raci�',m _ d Stater. �s camp Eradicate U�izte in F,,thGlie Raps °One Imperative: �Iacky,c✓✓„, r}:f d r' C n a (, Igo d �n �" �r r�'es of �e Dunbar sr;^ - — _.._,.,. p rticlpst,e d in Dpaul Lawrence . nd �JearC . ; = +' ` Egg aned , directed the contributions ontz l�ut1O S °i i.�1..`l., t i odor on t -' � � + ►.. ► `/ j show based �h oc!ts ��_�i! j» and other p �TI�1A•1�T0:3S = and - 'Fr a ions B°' Board Community Relations planning Advisory CO�:r: OGi>tiI'LF�T Cou County Co, I,anpo',:er Dade Regional Opportunity for t.h' Florida al Opp ,sty Force Stag of FloridaEqual Educational �r�entin9 = o n r e Tvpl J;tatc of I • ine4ANInTioNAL AF FILIATIONs (Continued) Franccna D. Thomas bade County Commission on the Status of Women Affirmative Action Committee Third Century Board of Trustees, Vice Chairperson Astlerican Society for Public Administrators National Organization for Women Her -story Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Black Involvement in the BiCentennialr Chcrirpft's n (And launder Florida International University Committee Me bershipte, Institute for Women Advisory Board Dean of International Affairs Search and Screen Committee. Affirmative Action Associates, Chairperson '!Minority Affairs and Women's Concerns Advisory Committee Dean of Continuing Education Search and Screen Committee Vice President of Administrative Affairs Search and Screen Committee Vice President of Academic Affairs Search and Screen Committee AWARDS rD HONORS: Intercollegiate Forensic Conference Gold Rey Award Delta Sigma Theta Com.�.crzit; Service Award Sigma Tau Mu Award c f Excellence Several other certificates from various commUnity organizations and schools Featured in July, 1975 Reader's Digest story, "Here Come:. • the BiCentennial" Interviewed by Time ,'•:ac azinc and quoted in the series, "The Black Middle Class" Chosen as one of. thirteen Miami "Young Success Stories" in The Miami P :oc•nix 17:... Tapc?r '•/.JOURNALISTIC AND THEATRICAL EXPE IE!:Cr: Television Appearances: WPBT, Channel 2 Reading Program Instructor., Lindse Hopkins Pro jrw:tiing WPBT, Channel 2 - Two appearances on %ic.'croorrz with Keith Davidson "SUPPORTIVE DOCUMENTS FOLLOW„ +ii;:.';*�4ti3R`F3�LIISR)lF'wx*,:w-Ew 1r zM� R • i Thon.a3 Frauccna D. Or' JOURNALISTIC AND T, :TIJCAL (ConLL cd) W*1514, Channel 10 - Co -hostess for A. P. Miami Januaty 18 thtough February 1, 1974 WPBT, Channel 2 Grassroots Co -hostess MT, Channel 2 - Crime Prevention Panel DiscusSiOn WPW, Channel 10 - Special program on women's probleMdf Woman, Who Are You? Radio Experience: wmn - Hostess of a regular weekly talk show, The rfid)16dhd Thomas Talk Show, which deals. with community issues and problems Newspapers and Publications: Author of weekly column, Pride, for The Miami Time under the pseudonym "Dora Lee" - .'?rote essays on black literature for Holt, Rinehart and Winston's Sounds of Language series by Bill Martin Theatrical Experience: Graduate, Ruth Foreman's Adult Theatre Group This experience dealt with on -camera activities, using cues, improvisation, writing, and playing specific roles in plays Uad leading role in play, T;:c !Ian 1.'chor7y Sav, prnclucc,d by Ruth Foreman Produced an evening of enterLainment called Degrees Blackncos Acted in the following plays: • The Right of January lGth Cry, thc Beloved Country Wrote and acted in Blacz: Sister Meets the near° Ladyv.y A one -act, three character play dealing with the Eel:ism that exists between professional:, and non-profeosiollal black wolaen. CITY OF MIAMI. FLORIDA INtER-OFFICE MEMORANDUM TO. Joseph Crassie s City Manager FROM Pose Gox .oh; .Nice-Mayoro • 10 'NOV, 91 19/6 u8JEcT. CO J isSldn oh the Status of Woinen iL 9 PI'l 4.5 kEFEREIJCES ENCLOSURES I understand that the Chairperson of the Commission on the Status of Women will appear before the Commission Thursday, on the scheduled agenda. am going to be reque ;tirig t)Ic appointment of Rebel Cook to replace Inez Wilcox on the Commission, fler resume is attached to this communication. Would you please make the necessai'y reset uti.on regU s'.`t RILE It blI8ONAL HISTORY Aftidence: 425 Barbarossa Avenue Telephone! On) 6664o20 Miami, Florida tirthdate: November 12, 1940 RESUME REBEL COOK birthplace: SaVenftah, Georgia Marital Status: Married Children! Two P"PCATION Miami Senior High School, Miami, Florida Graduation Date: June, 1958 University of Miami, Coral Gabies, Florida Major: tconomics Graduation Date: June, 1963 Minor! Psycholon, Degree: BBS PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT HISTORY August, 1976 to pro5ent, -- Invcstmeht IxeCutive, SHMRSON BAYDEN STONE, Miami, Florida January, 1976 - July, 1976 - Inveltment Executive Trainee - THOMSON t. NcI(i.NNON fli�ffl s FLolida March, 1969 - March, 1975 - Owner/President, AIR CHARTER SERVICES, INC., Miami International Airport, Miami, Florida. Private air charter for cargo and passengers in U.S. and foreign countires. Managed entire operation of company including pilot personnel and aircraft maintenance; public rc3ations; dispatcher; responsible for company maintaining FAA regulations and requirements; coordi- nator for both U.S. and Bahamian operation of company. March, 1964 - March, 1969 - Welfare Social Worker, FLORIDA STATE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE, 1350 NW 12th Avenue, Miami, Florida. Provided social services for welfare clients; investigated and de- termined eligibility for AFDC, AB, AD, OAA welfare programs as administered in the State of Florida. CIVIC ACTIVITIES Governor's Commission on the Status of Women Tiger Bay Political Club American Association of University Fomwn NOW Dade County Women's Political Caucus REFERENCES Alfred Palmer, Attorney at Law, 7600 Red Road, Miami, FL Barbara Raskin, CPA, 1320 S. Dixie Highway, Miami, FL Loy Frank Vann, ArchiteCt, 101'NW 12th.Ave., Homestead, FL "SUPPORTIVE DOCUMENTS FOLLOW" 665-5485 667-0412 324-8496 Itt 3 Rager f 1• 4 'tiis cif. yorneit. ruin i ss i ot1 �1i;cnda- i '• ' M U t i 1 u ;tl' lrasc stliedUlc the niipearnncc.or �Marg+ Watson, Stiltt ieir dn' the f i i-' t� C i'ty Conan i tis i an 'wet ti ng ctgcntla :in tNovcmbm ease notify Is Watson or the date and time or her api earanm • 1 0 4aurice 'per LtI `ofi Miami car Mayor nor Ferret I request time on the next agenda of the Miami Commission on October 28, 1976. We have Stybrnittccl three rE..,ume,., and recommendations to yourself, Commissioner. Gordon, and Coninissioner Robeso , for new appc �ntees to our Co! mission on the Stta tu:_ of WoNen. At th-i.t time, l hope the 'a:iroe women yal:!_ have been approved. If the 2 3th As 'too soon , please schedule re at the next r.eetin. 2. will also prepare a progreSs report, and sip: months plan of action to be presented at this -ti -:e. 'Please advise me to the tine and date. incerely ► e �'�r . t a cnr, <.r A