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SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 814
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WHEREAS, The Westside Development Corporation is honoring |
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Maria Berriozábal on May 21 at the 2015 Westside Honors Exitos en |
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Nuestro Barrio Gala in San Antonio; and |
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WHEREAS, Selected as the public service honoree, |
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Ms. Berriozábal has been a powerful voice for change in San |
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Antonio throughout her work as a social and political activist; |
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the daughter of immigrant parents, she became the first Mexican |
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American woman elected to the city council in 1981, and over the |
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course of her decade-long tenure, she was unafraid to stand alone |
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on the issues in which she believed; she went on to narrowly lose |
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her bid for mayor in 1991 but has remained active in civic |
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affairs; and |
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WHEREAS, Ms. Berriozábal helped establish Hispanas |
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Unidas, a nonprofit group dedicated to the education and |
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advancement of minority women, and she has participated in the |
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founding of various other Latina organizations; in 1994, she |
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received a presidential appointment to be the United States |
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representative to the Inter-American Commission of Women, held |
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by the Organization of American States; she has further |
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represented her country at conferences hosted by the United |
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Nations and at the Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing in |
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1995; and |
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WHEREAS, This esteemed advocate has additionally served as |
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an instructor on women, minorities, and public policy at Harvard |
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University after accepting a fellowship at the Institute of |
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Politics at the university's John F. Kennedy School of |
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Government; today, she continues to ardently support social |
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justice, peace, and environmental causes, and she enjoys serving |
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as a mentor to younger activists; and |
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WHEREAS, The city of San Antonio is indeed fortunate to |
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have passionate and engaged residents like Maria Berriozábal, |
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whose history of community involvement is an inspiration to all |
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who know her; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 84th |
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Legislature, hereby congratulate Maria Berriozábal on her |
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recognition by the Westside Development Corporation at the 2015 |
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Westside Honors Exitos en Nuestro Barrio Gala and extend to her |
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sincere best wishes for continued success; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this Resolution be |
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prepared for Ms. Berriozábal as an expression of high regard from |
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the Texas Senate. |
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Menéndez |
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President of the Senate |
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I hereby certify that the |
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above Resolution was adopted by |
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the Senate on May 14, 2015. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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Member, Texas Senate |