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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, The Center for Mexican American Studies at The |
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University of Texas at Austin is hosting El Mundo Zurdo 2015, a |
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conference honoring the legacy of internationally recognized |
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Chicana author, feminist, and cultural theorist Gloria Anzaldúa, |
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from May 27 to 30, 2015; and |
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WHEREAS, The CMAS is joined in the endeavor by the Department |
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of Mexican American and Latina/o Studies, the Society for the Study |
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of Gloria Anzaldúa, and the Nettie Lee Benson Latin American |
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Collection, and the event serves to highlight the Benson |
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Collection's archival materials on the author, including |
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correspondence, clippings, photographs, posters, and artwork |
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pertaining to her life; and |
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WHEREAS, Born on September 26, 1942, to a family of migrant |
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farm workers in the Rio Grande Valley, Gloria Anzaldúa worked in the |
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fields at an early age; despite her humble upbringing and the |
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struggles she encountered in a segregated school system, she went |
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on to excel in her studies, and in 1969, she graduated from Pan |
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American University with a bachelor's degree in English, art, and |
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secondary education; she later received her master's degree from |
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The University of Texas and enjoyed a career as an educator, |
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teaching in public schools and eventually at universities, where |
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she led courses in feminism, Chicano studies, and creative writing; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, In the late 1960s, Gloria Anzaldúa became active in |
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the farmworkers movement and other campaigns for equality, but she |
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felt marginalized by what she perceived as a male, heteronormative |
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bias in those groups; she was drawn to feminist and metaphysical |
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studies in the mid-1970s and moved to develop her own theories |
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challenging social and cultural boundaries and illuminating the |
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need for inclusion and change; in addition to her work in academia, |
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she published the semiautobiographical Borderlands/La Frontera: |
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The New Mestiza, her most acclaimed book, which was named one of the |
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top 100 best books of the century by the Hungry Mind Review and Utne |
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Reader; she remained a prolific writer, publishing prose, poetry, |
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and children's books, until the end of her life on May 15, 2004; and |
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WHEREAS, Gloria Anzaldúa brought a unique and compelling |
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perspective to Chicano, political, and feminist discourse, and |
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through her writings, she left behind a rich legacy that continues |
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to resonate today; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 84th Texas |
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Legislature hereby pay tribute to the life and work of Gloria |
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Anzaldúa and extend sincere best wishes to all those participating |
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in El Mundo Zurdo 2015 for a successful and memorable event. |
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Alonzo |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 3420 was adopted by the House on May |
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30, 2015, by a non-record vote. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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