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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, March 6, 2007, brought to a close an impressive |
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career when Ernest McMillan retired as the CEO and executive |
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director of the Fifth Ward Enrichment Program (FWEP); and |
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WHEREAS, The founder of this significant endeavor, Mr. |
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McMillan created FWEP in June 1984 to help preempt negative |
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environmental influences and promote the positive development of |
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inner-city boys; through the years, he has aided countless area |
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youth in acquiring the skills they need for success and |
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achievement; and |
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WHEREAS, A graduate of Brazos Junior College, this notable |
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Texan also studied at Morehouse College, The University of Texas at |
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Arlington, and the University of Houston-Clear Lake; he is a |
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veteran human rights activist with experience dating to the 1960s, |
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when he served with the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee |
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in Mississippi, Alabama, and Georgia; in addition, he has worked as |
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a social services manager, a counselor for the Alternative Drug |
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Abuse Program of VGS, and as a project manager for the |
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Communities-In-Schools program at Wesley Elementary in Houston; he |
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initiated the first drug prevention program for African American |
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youth in Houston and developed People United for Justice for |
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Prisoners, a Dallas-based support system for ex-offenders and drug |
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abusers; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. McMillan has devoted his life to making a |
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difference in the lives of others; he may reflect with pride on his |
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years of important work, and know that his exceptional efforts have |
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helped to make the Lone Star State a better place; now, therefore, |
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be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 80th Texas |
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Legislature hereby congratulate Ernest McMillan on his retirement |
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from the Fifth Ward Enrichment Program and extend to him best wishes |
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for the future; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Mr. McMillan as an expression of high regard by the |
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Texas House of Representatives. |