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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, The community organization La Mujer Obrera is |
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working to create jobs and sustainable economic opportunity for |
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low-income women workers in El Paso with its ambitious Centro |
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Mayapan Festival Marketplace project; and |
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WHEREAS, Founded in 1981, La Mujer Obrera is dedicated to |
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fostering empowerment and employment with dignity for women of |
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Mexican heritage and their families; it is also working to |
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revitalize South Central El Paso by providing basic skills and |
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vocational experience for women and helping them navigate the |
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requirements for employment and the development of small |
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businesses; and |
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WHEREAS, Anchoring this effort is Centro Mayapan, a unique |
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festival marketplace housed in a renovated 40,000-square-foot |
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warehouse and encompassing a wide range of businesses, community |
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services, and cultural opportunities; and |
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WHEREAS, The center's Mercado Mayapan will be a vibrant |
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indoor space for food vendors, artisans, and other |
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microenterprises; a vital center for Mexican culture, Plaza |
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Cultural will specialize in performances and exhibitions by |
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dancers, musicians, and artists from both sides of the border, |
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while the Museo Mayachen will feature permanent exhibits about the |
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heritage and struggle of Mexican immigrant women garment workers |
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and farmworkers; and |
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WHEREAS, Centro Mayapan will also include a media and |
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technology center, where women can take classes in journalism and |
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the use of computers, and the Center for Bilingual Development and |
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Social Enterprise, where instruction in leadership development, |
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civic engagement, and entrepreneurship will be offered; and |
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WHEREAS, Planned to open in 2009, Centro Mayapan will |
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encourage economic and cultural development, generating jobs, |
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business growth, and community investment, and the women of La |
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Mujer Obrera may indeed take great pride in the scope and ambition |
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of this inspiring project; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 81st Texas |
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Legislature hereby congratulate La Mujer Obrera for the development |
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of Centro Mayapan Festival Marketplace and extend to the |
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organization's members and supporters sincere best wishes for |
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continuing achievement; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for La Mujer Obrera as an expression of high regard by the |
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Texas House of Representatives. |