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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Shirley Ison-Newsome is being honored with the 2025 |
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Living Legend Award at the Texas Alliance of Black School Educators |
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State Conference in Galveston on February 15, 2025; and |
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WHEREAS, Over the course of an exemplary career spanning four |
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decades, Ms. Ison-Newsome distinguished herself as a teacher, |
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principal, and area superintendent, and during her 38 years with |
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the Dallas Independent School District, she also served as its |
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first dean of instruction and first chief of staff; under her |
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leadership, dozens of campuses saw vast improvements in |
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performance, and she was involved in many initiatives, including |
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the development of the Barack Obama Male Leadership Academy at A. |
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Maceo Smith; and |
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WHEREAS, This respected educator has garnered a multitude of |
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accolades, among them the Julia Brogdon Purnell Humanitarian Award |
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from Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., and in 2017, she was inducted |
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into the African American Education Archives & History Program Hall |
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of Fame; in addition, her footprints were installed on the Social |
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Justice Walk of Fame at Friendship West Baptist Church in Dallas to |
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honor her lifelong civil rights activism; and |
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WHEREAS, Ms. Ison-Newsome holds degrees from Indiana |
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University, the University of Louisville, and The Ohio State |
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University; she is a member of such organizations as the Top Ladies |
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of Distinction, Inc., and the National Council of Negro Women, |
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Inc., and she is currently the executive director of the Dallas |
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Regional chapter of the National Alliance of Black School |
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Educators; and |
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WHEREAS, Shirley Ison-Newsome has contributed to the |
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betterment of her community through her exemplary achievements as |
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an educator, and she has set an inspiring example of public service |
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to which all may aspire; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 89th Texas |
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Legislature hereby congratulate Shirley Ison-Newsome on her |
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receipt of the 2025 Living Legend Award from the Texas Alliance of |
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Black School Educators and extend to her sincere best wishes for the |
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future; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Ms. Ison-Newsome as an expression of high regard by |
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the Texas House of Representatives. |