Public testimony: Rafer Majid Lato, board member, supports project
Rafer Majid Lato, financial secretary and board member, testifies in support, citing 64 years of community impact in human development, business development, and education. He notes the masjid recently helped produce two summa cum laude Spelman College graduates and that the project would bring stable housing to a changing Bedford-Stuyvesant.
Good afternoon.
My name is Rafer Majid Lato, board member, financial secretary of the community, parent of the community.
And if this project is approved, it would be only the latest in a long line, 64 years of proof of impact.
Proof of impact in the areas of human development,
business development, and education.
When I say education, I'll plug this.
This masjid just helped produce two summa cum laude graduates at the number one HBCU in the country, Spelman College.
That just happened May 17th.
So this is not new, but if approved, we will now step into the arena of stable housing and a changing Bedford-Stuyvesant.
So thank you for your attention to the matter.
Thank you so much for your testimony.
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