1-1 SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 385 1-2 WHEREAS, The Senate of Texas is pleased to congratulate 1-3 the Mother-Daughter Program of El Paso on being selected for the 1-4 prestigious Eleanor Roosevelt Fund Award; and 1-5 WHEREAS, The Eleanor Roosevelt Fund Award was instituted to 1-6 reward projects, individuals, or institutions that work to achieve 1-7 equity in education; and 1-8 WHEREAS, The award is given annually by the American 1-9 Association of University Women's Educational Foundation; and 1-10 WHEREAS, The program received the award, including an 1-11 honorarium, because it has such an impact on the lives of women 1-12 and girls and for its groundbreaking work for fundamental change 1-13 in the education of women; and 1-14 WHEREAS, Winners of the award need to demonstrate support 1-15 of the foundation's goals; the director of the 11-year-old program 1-16 of The University of Texas at El Paso will accept the award at the 1-17 American Association of University Women's convention in June in 1-18 Anaheim, California; now, therefore, be it 1-19 RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 1-20 75th Legislature, hereby commend the Mother-Daughter Program 1-21 of El Paso on winning this outstanding award; and, be it further 1-22 RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for 1-23 the program as an expression of the high regard of the Texas Senate. 2-1 Shapleigh 2-2 ______________________________________ 2-3 President of the Senate 2-4 I hereby certify that the above 2-5 Resolution was adopted by the Senate 2-6 on March 25, 1997. 2-7 ______________________________________ 2-8 Secretary of the Senate 2-9 ______________________________________ 2-10 Member, Texas Senate