By: Ellis S.R. No. 152 1-1 SENATE RESOLUTION 1-2 WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas is pleased to 1-3 recognize Alice L. Brown for her notable contributions in the 1-4 areas of human rights and social justice; and 1-5 WHEREAS, Employed by the National Association for the 1-6 Advancement of Colored People Legal Defense and Educational Fund, 1-7 Alice Brown is an assistant counsel in the Poverty and Justice 1-8 Program where she is involved in preserving, improving, and 1-9 expanding low-income housing and protecting the environmental 1-10 quality of African American communities; and 1-11 WHEREAS, As a program officer with the Ford Foundation from 1-12 1986 to 1990, she shared the responsibility for the development 1-13 and coordination of program activities relating to South Africa 1-14 and Namibia; and 1-15 WHEREAS, A 1978 graduate of Dartmouth College with a bachelor 1-16 of arts degree with honors in history, Alice Brown continued her 1-17 studies in African History at Northwestern University Graduate 1-18 School; and 1-19 WHEREAS, The recipient of the Association for Black Women 1-20 Attorneys Scholarship and the Bedford-Stuyvesant Lawyers Association 1-21 Scholarship, she earned her juris doctor degree from New York 1-22 University School of Law in 1984, where she was an Arthur Garfield 1-23 Hays Civil Liberties Fellow; and 2-1 WHEREAS, After pursuing a legal career as a research 2-2 associate and a judicial clerk, Alice Brown returned to school 2-3 in 1993 at Princeton University Woodrow Wilson School of Public 2-4 and International Affairs; and 2-5 WHEREAS, She has appeared before the Subcommittee on Housing 2-6 and Urban Affairs of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and 2-7 Urban Affairs: Hearing on Distressed Public Housing and Hearing on 2-8 Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction Act of 1992; and 2-9 WHEREAS, She has published articles in various newsletters 2-10 and publications on environmental justice and race discrimination 2-11 and has addressed numerous groups, including law schools, colleges, 2-12 and high schools, on related topics; now, therefore, be it 2-13 RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 2-14 74th Legislature, hereby commend Alice L. Brown for her important 2-15 work in the fight for justice, equality, and peace; and, be it 2-16 further 2-17 RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for her 2-18 as an expression of the appreciation of the Texas Senate. 2-19 ______________________________________ 2-20 President of the Senate 2-21 I hereby certify that the above 2-22 Resolution was adopted by the Senate 2-23 on February 6, 1995. 2-24 ______________________________________ 2-25 Secretary of the Senate 3-1 ______________________________________ 3-2 Member, Texas Senate