VA HJR220

Honors Kitty Clark Stevenson (1949–2025), an Arlington County business owner, civic leader, and community organizer who died on June 4, 2025

Recognizes her as one of the first Black students to integrate Claude A. Swanson Junior High School and daughter of Arlington County's first paid Black firefighter

Highlights her 50-year career in human resources, including serving as Arlington County's first Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) officer and owning ABLE'N Consulting from 1981 until her death

Notes her service as chair of the Arlington Human Rights Commission from 2011 to 2017 and her work with the Department of Voter Registration and Elections as precinct chief and assistant registrar

Acknowledges her grassroots advocacy in 2015 to preserve the historic Fire Station 8, a gathering place for three predominantly Black neighborhoods in Arlington