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THE OFFICIAL COPY CONSIDERED BY THE CITY COUNCIL IS THE FIRST READER COPY.
INTRODUCTORY*
CITY OF BALTIMORE
COUNCIL BILL R
(Resolution)
Introduced by: President Young
A RESOLUTION ENTITLED
A COUNCIL RESOLUTION concerning
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Celebrating the Life of Jennifer Nicole Conyers
FOR the purpose of celebrating the life of Jennifer Nicole Conyers, a proud Baltimorean and true blessing to her family and community, who was tragically taken from us far too soon.
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Jennifer Nicole Conyers was born on April 1, 1980 in Baltimore, Maryland. She came into this world with clenched fists and was a fighter throughout life. She would always define her goals and then go after them.
The daughter of Harry Anthony, a Baltimore Detention Center case manager, and Alverta Elzine Moore Conyers, a retired Baltimore Sun copy editor, Jennifer was educated in the Baltimore City Public School System and was proud to be a graduate of the 1998 class of Western High School. She earned her bachelor's degree in psychology at Coppin State University in 2002 and went on to get her Master's at the University of Baltimore in 2006.
Ms. Conyers began her career working at Associated Black Charities, which administered the city's share of funds from the federal Ryan White Care Act that provided care for low-income and uninsured people infected with AIDS.
The program was later taken over by the Baltimore City Health Department, where Ms. Conyers, a research analyst, had worked since 2008 in the Bureau of HIV Services.
Jennifer was a young lady of many talents and interests. A skilled jewelry maker, she crafted pieces that caught the eye of family members and coworkers - and often sold her jewelry at the annual Christmas bazaar at her church, Sharp Street Memorial United Methodist Church.
She also owned a Yudu screen printer, which allowed her to design screen prints that she used to adorn T-shirts, shawls and hooded sweatshirts.
Ms. Conyers relished her role as family photographer, and relatives eagerly awaited her annual 12 Days of Christmas photo gifts.
A music lover, she enjoyed attending performances of The Stepbrothers, a Baltimore pop music group of which her uncle, David Moore, was a member. She could often be found taking video and pictures of the group's various performances, because she wanted to support her uncle and his fellow performers.
Jennifer had a wonderful relationship with her family and was especially close to her parents - even purchasing a home just six blocks away from her family home.
Jennifer was the youngest in the line of 19 cousins, and was the last undergraduate to shake the hand of Coppin's outgoing president, Dr. Calvin W. Burnett, in 2002.
She leaves to mourn her - parents, Harry and Alverta Conyers, her godparents, Ann Drake and Cleveland Conyers, and a host of relatives, friends, coworkers and loved ones.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF BALTIMORE, That the Council joins her family, and all who were lucky enough to have known her, in celebrating the life of Jennifer Nicole Conyers, a proud Baltimorean and true blessing to her family and community, who was tragically taken from us far too soon.
AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be sent to the Health Commissioner, the Mayor, and the Mayor's Legislative Liaison to the City Council.
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