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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Monica Muñoz Martinez has been named a Woman of the |
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Year by USA Today; and |
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WHEREAS, USA Today's Women of the Year project honors local |
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and national heroines who are making a positive difference in their |
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communities; and |
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WHEREAS, An associate professor of history at The University |
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of Texas at Austin, Monica Muñoz Martinez is a founding member of |
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the nonprofit organization Refusing to Forget, which brings public |
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attention to state-sanctioned violence against ethnic Mexicans |
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living along the Texas-Mexico border in the early 20th century; in |
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addition, she is the primary investigator for Mapping Violence: |
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Racial Terror in Texas 1900-1930, a digital research project that |
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recovers histories of racial violence, and she has served as a |
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historical consultant for the Smithsonian National Museum of |
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American History; and |
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WHEREAS, This esteemed educator has been selected for the |
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Andrew Carnegie Fellows Program, and in 2021, she was named a |
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MacArthur Foundation Fellow and an Organization of American |
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Historians Distinguished Lecturer; moreover, her book The |
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Injustice Never Leaves You: Anti-Mexican Violence in Texas has |
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received numerous accolades, and her research has been featured by |
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such media outlets as the New York Times, National Public Radio, and |
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Texas Monthly; and |
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WHEREAS, Dr. Martinez completed her undergraduate studies at |
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Brown University, and she earned a doctorate in American studies |
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from Yale University; and |
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WHEREAS, Monica Muñoz Martinez has devoted herself to |
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ensuring that the stories of our history are told with honesty and |
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are made accessible to all, and she may indeed reflect with pride on |
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her significant contributions as she accepts this notable honor; |
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now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas |
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Legislature hereby congratulate Monica Muñoz Martinez on being |
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named a Woman of the Year by USA Today and extend to her sincere best |
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wishes for continued success in her important work; and, be it |
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further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Dr. Martinez as an expression of high regard by the |
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Texas House of Representatives. |
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Hinojosa |
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______________________________ |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 1338 was adopted by the House on May |
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12, 2023, by a non-record vote. |
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______________________________ |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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