Bill Text: TX HR1431 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Commending the organization Miles of Freedom for its service to individuals impacted by incarceration.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2021-05-31 - Reported enrolled [HR1431 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HR1431-Enrolled.html
H.R. No. 1431 |
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WHEREAS, The nonprofit organization Miles of Freedom | ||
provides invaluable services to individuals and families in the | ||
Dallas area who have been impacted by incarceration; and | ||
WHEREAS, Miles of Freedom was founded by Richard Miles, who | ||
spent 15 years in Texas prisons on a wrongful conviction for murder; | ||
he was free on bond for two and a half years before he was finally | ||
exonerated by the Texas Criminal Court of Appeals in 2012, and | ||
during that time, he experienced firsthand the difficulties that a | ||
person who has been incarcerated may face in finding a job and a | ||
place to live; and | ||
WHEREAS, Miles of Freedom works to offer support and dignity | ||
to such individuals in South Dallas through a series of | ||
initiatives; the group's three-month Job Readiness Workshop equips | ||
participants with training in financial literacy, resume building, | ||
interview training, and other life skills, and its graduates are | ||
provided with job placement assistance; the Men/Women of Future | ||
program mentors young people affected by incarceration, either as | ||
inmates or as family members of inmates; and | ||
WHEREAS, This noteworthy organization also offers a shuttle | ||
service twice a month to prisons in the Tennessee Colony area for | ||
the families of those who are incarcerated, and it provides job | ||
opportunities through its lawn care business; and | ||
WHEREAS, Through its unique and compassionate approach to | ||
breaking the cycle of incarceration, Miles of Freedom has made a | ||
positive and lasting difference in many lives, and the staff and | ||
leadership of the organization may take pride in all that they have | ||
accomplished; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 87th Texas | ||
Legislature hereby commend Miles of Freedom on its efforts in | ||
behalf of individuals impacted by incarceration and extend to all | ||
those associated with the group sincere best wishes for continued | ||
success in their important work; and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
prepared for Miles of Freedom as an expression of high regard by the | ||
Texas House of Representatives. | ||
Crockett | ||
______________________________ | ||
Speaker of the House | ||
I certify that H.R. No. 1431 was adopted by the House on May | ||
26, 2021, by a non-record vote. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||