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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH - Dorothy Pitman Hughes DOROTHY PITMAN HUGHES, owner of Harlem Office Supplies, Inc., 121 West 125th Street (tl largest office supply store in Harlem) came to New York City from Lumpkin, Georgia, in 195 She immediately committed her time and tireless energy to creating better economic oppo ~unities for "minorities." Only recently has she begun to allow the credit due her to be publicizec The documented facts are astounding: Ms. Hughes is the founder and organizer of New Yoi Cit~s Agency for Child Development, (ACD). This agency has supplied care for over 70 thousan children per ycar since its establishment in the Human Resources Adminishation, (HRA), undc Mayor John Lindsay; ACD has provided care to several million children, and thousands of Cil jobs for residents of our communilies. Ms. Hughes organized the first Battered Women's Shelter in New York; aga~n her vision an actions provided a much-needed service while also providing employment. Realizing the problems of radsm, sexism and classism faced by our communities, Ms. Hugh~ dedicated ~ime to becoming a member of the Governois Task Force on ~iape and The Governo~ Task Force on Human Senrices; she a2so served as a member of the Blad< Economic Summits und~ three Presidents of the United States. IMs. Hughes was asked by President Jimmy Carter to n~n ~a Midtown West Side Campaig Office for his eIection, and she complied. Ms. Hughes has received numerous Letters of Commer dation and Awards, induding Citations from President Carter; the late Vice President Hubel Humphrey and the late Senator Jacob Javits, she was also honored by Dr. Dorothy Height with lifetime membership of the National Council of Negro Women and given the Legacy of Dr. Mar McLeod Bethune. Dorothy Pihnan Hughes also spent three years on the University Circuit as a publc speakel She teamed up on several occasions with other female speakers sud•l as such as Attarney Florenc Kennedy and Gloria Steinem. Ms. Hughes was founder and operator of three Day Care CenteI•s, and a public communit: workshop xhool on Lhe West Side of Manhattan. She has acted as substi~ute tead~ler at Columbia Universitv for Dr. Charles Hamilton, and taugh a course called, "the Dynamics of Change" at the College of ~\l'ew Rod~elle. Presently shesubstitute as a tead~er at City College, ?vlanhat~an, sharing hpr experience of being an African Americal female enb;epreneur in Harlem. Ms. Hughes is the first African American femaie to own an office supply and copy/printin; company in the City of New York, and is the first African American female to become a membe of SAi\TY, the Stationers' Assodation of New York, an 89-year-old organization. In 1985, Ms. Hughes started on her own to develop needed services specifically for Harlerr She opened a "quick cop~" business and for seven years planned and organized the successfc Harlem Office Supply company. She has become one of Harlem's anchors in business, and has th respect of Harlem's giants in business. She is a member of several organizations that are giving support particularly to the economj and social development of the innerdties in the country, i.e, The National Black Women's Politic~ Congress; Black Women Enterprises (BWE), the Hadem Business Al~iance, Inc. (HBA); the Nation~ Council o~ Negro Women; the Stationers Association of New York (SANY), the Economic Con n;it~ee of the Harlem Empowerment Zone, and the DPH Entrepreneur-to-Entrepreneur Marketin Network.