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Commission's Newsletter 2004 Winter/Spring Edition Page 4 |
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Mayor Honors Isaac Parsee |
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Many
people talk of dedicating their life to making the world a better
place, but Human Rights Specialist Isaac Parsee has actually done
it. With 22 years at CCHR, Mr. Parsee has invested his enormous
energy and experience into many City neighborhoods. He is currently
the Deputy Director of the Queens Community Service Center and Director
of CCHR's Mortgage Foreclosure and Pre-Purchase Counseling Program. |
 Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg honors Isaac Parsee during a special Black History Month reception. |
As
a living civil rights legend, Mr. Parsee served in VISTA –
Volunteers in Service To America, and SNCC – Student Non-Violent
Coordinating Committee before going on to Ruleville, Mississippi
to work on Freedom Farm with Fannie Lou Hamer. He also worked with
poet and political activist Amiri Baraka in Newark, organizing minority
groups to be more politically involved. Their work put the first
African-American mayor in office on the East Coast.
He is a devoted volunteer in his community and sits on Advisory Board 14 in Far Rockaway and the Queens District Attorney's African-American Advisory Board. In 2002, Mr. Parsee received the Isaac Liberman Public Service Award for career civil service employees from the 100 Year Association of New York. Due to Mr. Parsee's initiative and leadership with Mortgage Foreclosure and Pre-Purchase Counseling Program, CCHR expanded its mortgage counseling efforts. The Program counsels hundreds of homeowners and potential homeowners annually on the illegal predatory and discriminatory lending practices that often target minority communities. |
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