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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, The Barbara Jordan Career Center in Houston is |
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celebrating its grand opening on May 15, 2019; and |
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WHEREAS, A vocational training campus of the Houston |
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Independent School District, BJCC accepts students from nine |
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partner high schools who receive traditional instruction at their |
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home campuses for half the day and are then transported to the |
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center for hands-on career classes; and |
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WHEREAS, BJCC provides training in a variety of professions, |
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including automobile technology, construction, cosmetology, health |
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science, marketing, welding, and the culinary arts; students are |
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also offered opportunities for local internships, state and |
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national licenses, and dual credit courses, enabling them to earn |
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college credit and certifications; and |
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WHEREAS, Open since January 2019, the facility is named in |
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honor of the legendary Barbara Jordan; raised in Houston's Fifth |
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Ward, this dynamic political leader was the first African American |
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since Reconstruction to hold a seat in the Texas Senate and the |
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first African American woman from the South to serve in the |
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U.S. House of Representatives; noted for her eloquence and her |
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commanding presence, she went on to become a challenging and |
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inspiring teacher at the LBJ School of Public Affairs at The |
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University of Texas at Austin; she died in 1996; and |
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WHEREAS, A fitting tribute to this remarkable woman and her |
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passion for knowledge and strength of character, the Barbara Jordan |
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Career Center offers its students a firm foundation on which to |
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build fulfilling and productive lives; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 86th Texas |
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Legislature hereby commemorate the grand opening of the Barbara |
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Jordan Career Center and extend to all those associated with the |
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school sincere best wishes for success in their exciting new |
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endeavor; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for the center as an expression of high regard by the Texas |
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House of Representatives. |