2026 SESSION
ENROLLED
HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 220
Celebrating the life of Kitty Clark Stevenson.
Agreed to by the House of Delegates, March 9, 2026
Agreed to by the Senate, March 11, 2026
WHEREAS, Kitty Clark Stevenson, a longtime business owner, civic official, and community organizer who touched countless lives in Arlington County through her diligence, integrity, and passion for service, died on June 4, 2025; and
WHEREAS, Kitty Clark Stevenson was born in 1949 to Jalorce M. Clark and Alfred W. Clark, Sr., the first Black firefighter to be paid by Arlington County; she grew up in the Hall's Hill neighborhood and spent much of her childhood at the Hall's Hill Volunteer Fire Department's Fire Station 8; and
WHEREAS, Kitty Clark Stevenson was one of the first Black students to integrate Claude A. Swanson Junior High School, then graduated from what is now Washington-Liberty High School; and
WHEREAS, Kitty Clark Stevenson dedicated her professional career to the promotion of equity in the workplace as a human resources management professional for 50 years; she owned the human resources consulting firm ABLE'N Consulting from 1981 until her death, and worked for the Arlington County Human Resources Department from 1983 until 2000; and
WHEREAS, during that period, Kitty Clark Stevenson served as Arlington County's first Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) officer, as well as the personnel EEO specialist, the selective placement program manager, and a trainer on disability awareness and workplace sensitivity issues; and