R E S O L U T I O N 1-1 WHEREAS, The nationally acclaimed Mother-Daughter Program 1-2 established in 1986, in the city of El Paso, in order to curb the 1-3 high dropout rates among Latinas, has provided over 3,000 mothers 1-4 and daughters the opportunity to attain their goals of attending an 1-5 institution of higher education and to earn their college degrees; 1-6 and 1-7 WHEREAS, The participants of the Mother-Daughter Program have 1-8 for 15 years contributed to the community of El Paso by taking part 1-9 in community projects, which have improved the conditions of their 1-10 communities, while developing essential leadership skills; and 1-11 WHEREAS, The Mother-Daughter Program has provided 1-12 opportunities for the participants to hear the inspirational 1-13 accounts of many Latina leaders from the El Paso community and to 1-14 provide mentor opportunities for the participants; and 1-15 WHEREAS, The Mother-Daughter Program, with continued support 1-16 from campuses and district coordinators and from the participating 1-17 school districts along with their principals and superintendents, 1-18 has developed and planned many successful events, including 1-19 leadership conferences, summer camps, and career days; and 1-20 WHEREAS, The program has provided the participants with many 1-21 workshops regarding health issues, information on how to improve 1-22 the relationships between the mother-daughter teams, and others 1-23 that encourage the girls to enter into nontraditional fields such 1-24 as engineering and mathematics; and 2-1 WHEREAS, The Mother-Daughter Program is celebrating its 15th 2-2 anniversary by giving the current and alumnae participants, their 2-3 families, the current staff, the founding coordinators, and all who 2-4 have contributed to the program the opportunity to celebrate the 2-5 many successes of the program with a Quinceanera Gala on May 5, 2-6 2001; now, therefore, be it 2-7 RESOLVED, That the 77th Legislature of the State of Texas 2-8 hereby pay tribute to the thousands of women who have participated 2-9 in the Mother-Daughter Program and have broken with tradition by 2-10 achieving their goals of attaining a college degree and have in 2-11 result changed the statistics to show an increase in Latinas 2-12 attending college. Chavez _______________________________ Speaker of the House I certify that H.R. No. 888 was adopted by the House on May 18, 2001, by a non-record vote. _______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House