H.R. No. 857
R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, For more than a decade, the Greater East Texas
Chapter of the National Black Leadership Initiative on Cancer
(NBLIC) has provided a great service to the African-American
community in East Texas; and
WHEREAS, NBLIC was formed in 1991 by two nurses who wished to
address the disproportionate burden of cancer death in the local
black community; for the past 12 years, this group of volunteers has
aimed to positively influence the knowledge, attitudes, and
behaviors of African Americans about cancer, ultimately closing the
racial gap in the fight against this devastating disease; and
WHEREAS, A community outreach service, NBLIC offers an array
of valuable programs that provide education on all types of cancer,
recommend strategies to health care providers for reaching the
underserved, and inform the public of the importance of healthy
lifestyle choices; intervention also plays an integral role, with
free mammograms and other valuable preventative tests made
available to persons in Smith, Gregg, Harrison, Panola, Cherokee,
Titus, Upshur, Van Zandt, Henderson, Rusk, Marion, and Camp
counties; and
WHEREAS, NBLIC is addressing a critical social need by
offering essential assessment, outreach, and intervention
services, and the volunteers who commit their time to this worthy
cause are truly doing invaluable work; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 78th Texas
Legislature hereby recognize May 1, 2003, as Black Leadership
Initiative on Cancer Day in Texas and commend the Greater East Texas
Chapter of NBLIC for its service to the people of East Texas; and,
be it further
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
prepared for the group as an expression of high regard by the Texas
House of Representatives.
Jones of Dallas
Craddick Giddings Merritt
Allen Goodman Miller
Alonzo Goolsby Moreno of Harris
Bailey Griggs Moreno of El Paso
Baxter Grusendorf Morrison
Berman Guillen Mowery
Bohac Gutierrez Naishtat
Bonnen Haggerty Nixon
Branch Hamilton Noriega
Brown of Kaufman Hamric Oliveira
Brown of Brazos Hardcastle Olivo
Burnam Harper-Brown Paxton
Callegari Hartnett Pena
Campbell Heflin Phillips
Canales Hegar Pickett
Capelo Hilderbran Pitts
Casteel Hill Puente
Castro Hochberg Quintanilla
Chavez Hodge Raymond
Chisum Homer Reyna
Christian Hope Riddle
Coleman Hopson Ritter
Cook of Navarro Howard Rodriguez
Cook of Colorado Hughes Rose
Corte Hunter Seaman
Crabb Hupp Smith of Tarrant
Crownover Isett Smith of Harris
Davis of Harris Jones of Lubbock Smithee
Davis of Dallas Jones of Bexar Solis
Dawson Jones of Dallas Solomons
Delisi Keel Stick
Denny Keffer of Dallas Swinford
Deshotel Keffer of Eastland Talton
Driver King Taylor
Dukes Kolkhorst Telford
Dunnam Krusee Thompson
Dutton Kuempel Truitt
Edwards Laney Turner
Eiland Laubenberg Uresti
Eissler Lewis Van Arsdale
Elkins Luna Villarreal
Ellis Mabry West
Farabee Madden Wilson
Farrar Marchant Wise
Flores Martinez Fischer Wohlgemuth
Flynn McCall Wolens
Gallego McClendon Wong
Garza McReynolds Woolley
Gattis Menendez Zedler
Geren Mercer
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Speaker of the House
I certify that H.R. No. 857 was adopted by the House on May 1,
2003, by a non-record vote.
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Chief Clerk of the House