[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 9]
[Senate]
[Page 13030]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 23--EXPRESSING THE SENSE OF CONGRESS THAT 
 THE UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE SHOULD ISSUE A COMMEMORATIVE POSTAGE 
STAMP HONORING THE REVEREND DOCTOR LEON SULLIVAN AND THAT THE CITIZENS' 
  STAMP ADVISORY COMMITTEE SHOULD RECOMMEND TO THE POSTMASTER GENERAL 
                      THAT SUCH A STAMP BE ISSUED

  Mr. CASEY submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was 
referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 
Affairs:

                            S. Con. Res. 23

       Whereas the Reverend Doctor Leon Sullivan impacted millions 
     of people throughout the world, particularly throughout the 
     United States and in Africa, by advocating self-help 
     principles of empowerment, community development, and self-
     reliance;
       Whereas the Reverend Dr. Sullivan founded the Opportunities 
     Industrialization Centers (commonly referred to as the 
     ``OIC''), a skills training program providing training and 
     retraining on a massive scale;
       Whereas the Reverend Dr. Sullivan founded Opportunities 
     Industrialization Centers International (commonly referred to 
     as ``OICI'') and the International Foundation for Education 
     and Self-Help (commonly referred to as ``IFESH'');
       Whereas the Reverend Dr. Sullivan made a substantial impact 
     on the lives of the people in Africa through the actions of 
     OICI and IFESH;
       Whereas the Reverend Dr. Sullivan founded the Progress 
     Investment Associates (commonly referred to as the ``PIA'') 
     and the Zion Nonprofit Charitable Trust (commonly referred to 
     as the ``ZNCT''), which was established to fund housing, 
     shopping, human services, educational, and other nonprofit 
     ventures for inner-city dwellers;
       Whereas the Reverend Dr. Sullivan established inner-city 
     retirement and assisted living complexes for the elderly and 
     disabled in Philadelphia and other cities throughout the 
     United States, named Opportunities Towers;
       Whereas the Reverend Dr. Sullivan was able, as the first 
     African-American member on the board of General Motors 
     Corporation, to secure the support of the other board members 
     to back him in the development of the unprecedented Global 
     Sullivan Principles, a code of conduct written in 1977, for 
     United States businesses operating in South Africa;
       Whereas the Reverend Dr. Sullivan has been the recipient of 
     the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the Notre Dame Award, the 
     Eleanor Roosevelt Human Rights Award, the NAACP Spingarn 
     Award, the Kappa Alpha Psi Laurel Wreath, and more than 50 
     doctoral degrees;
       Whereas the Reverend Dr. Sullivan economically empowered 
     individuals and combated poverty wherever he implemented 
     programs;
       Whereas the Reverend Dr. Sullivan established the African-
     African American summits to bring together the leaders of 
     African countries, the United States, and other countries; 
     and
       Whereas the Reverend Dr. Sullivan established the Global 
     Sullivan Principles (for Corporate Social Responsibility) in 
     the late 1990s to apply the same type of principles for 
     countries and businesses throughout the world: Now, 
     therefore, be it
       Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives 
     concurring), That it is the sense of Congress that--
       (1) the United States Postal Service should issue a 
     commemorative postage stamp honoring the Reverend Doctor Leon 
     Sullivan; and
       (2) the Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committee should recommend 
     to the Postmaster General that such a stamp be issued.

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