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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2020

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H O U S E   R E S O L U T I O N

CONGRATULATING MR. RICHARD N. HARRIS, MSW, LICSW, ON HIS RETIREMENT

AS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE RHODE ISLAND CHAPTER OF THE NATIONAL

ASSOCIATION OF SOCIAL WORKERS, AFTER MANY YEARS OF DEDICATED

SERVICE TO THE PEOPLE OF RHODE ISLAND

     Introduced By: Representatives Handy, Ajello, Ruggiero, Cortvriend, and Slater

     Date Introduced: June 17, 2020

     Referred To: House read and passed

     WHEREAS, Richard Harris, a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker, and

Executive Director of the Rhode Island Chapter of the National Association of Social Workers

(NASW) since July of 2002, is retiring after many years of distinguished service in the human

resources field; and

     WHEREAS, Mr. Harris attained a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree from the University of

Rhode Island and a Master of Social Work Degree from Rhode Island College. Mr. Harris is a

Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker in both Rhode Island and Massachusetts, and is

also a Certified Vocational Evaluator and Job Placement Specialist. He was also a Certified

Rehabilitation Counselor for many years; and

     WHEREAS, For more than thirty years, Mr. Harris has practiced both clinically and

administratively in numerous settings including the fields of child welfare services, mental health,

rehabilitation services, and grant writing. In his capacity as the Executive Director of the Rhode

Island Chapter of the NASW, he fought tenaciously in support of programs for the poor, LGBTQ

rights, women’s equality, immigrant rights, civil rights, and mental health and disability rights;

and

     WHEREAS, For the past sixteen years, Mr. Harris has served as an Adjunct Professor at

Rhode Island College. He is also an Adjunct Professor at Salve Regina University and worked for

years at Boston University as the Faculty Liaison for students placed in Rhode Island;

     WHEREAS, Richard Harris has worked tirelessly throughout his life advocating on

behalf of the less fortunate and the needy. Many lives were helped immeasurably thanks to Mr.

Harris’s passionate belief that society has a moral obligation to offer a lending hand to those

living in the shadows of life; now, therefore, be it

     RESOLVED, That this House of Representatives of the State of Rhode Island and

Providence Plantations hereby congratulates Mr. Richard Harris on his retirement as the

Executive Director of the National Association of Social Workers, Rhode Island Chapter, after

many years of dedicated service to the people of Rhode Island; and be it further

     RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is authorized and directed to

transmit a duly certified copy of this resolution to Mr. Richard Harris.

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