Bill Text: TX HR252 | 2021 | 87th Legislature 3rd Special Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Honoring Adri Perez for working in behalf of the LGBTQIA+ communities in Texas.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: (Passed) 2021-10-26 - Reported enrolled [HR252 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HR252-Enrolled.html
H.R. No. 252 |
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WHEREAS, Adri Perez, a lifelong El Pasoan and a policy and | ||
advocacy strategist for the American Civil Liberties Union of | ||
Texas, has done commendable work focused on social justice issues | ||
affecting the state's LGBTQIA+ communities; and | ||
WHEREAS, Born in El Paso and raised in that city and in | ||
neighboring Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, Adri Perez graduated with | ||
bachelor's degrees in biochemistry and secondary education from The | ||
University of Texas at El Paso and was recognized as the Texas | ||
Rising 2015 Organizer of the Year while attending UTEP; this | ||
determined activist went on to establish West Fund, the first fund | ||
dedicated to providing access to abortions and reproductive choices | ||
for residents of West Texas, and has further worked to raise money | ||
for individuals in immigrant detention facilities as a cofounder of | ||
the Fronterizx Fianza Fund; other organizations that have benefited | ||
from Adri's involvement have included Ngage New Mexico, Fund Texas | ||
Choice, and YWCA El Paso Del Norte Region; and | ||
WHEREAS, Since joining the ACLU of Texas in 2018, Adri has led | ||
the organization's Sexuality & Gender Equality Team; their | ||
responsibilities include representing ACLU of Texas in statewide | ||
coalitions, training and educating the families of children who | ||
identify as transgender, and advocating on legislative bills | ||
impacting Texas' transgender community; recognized as an | ||
outstanding leader and advocate, Adri has earned such accolades as | ||
the Rising Star Award from the League of Women Voters of El Paso and | ||
the Golden Girl Award from the El Paso Queer Bar Association; and | ||
WHEREAS, By championing the voices of the marginalized, Adri | ||
Perez has been a force for progressive change in West Texas and | ||
beyond and serves as a powerful role model for other aspiring | ||
activists; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 87th Texas | ||
Legislature, 3rd Called Session, hereby honor Adri Perez for | ||
working in behalf of the LGBTQIA+ communities in Texas; and, be it | ||
further | ||
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
prepared for Adri Perez as an expression of high regard by the Texas | ||
House of Representatives. | ||
González of El Paso | ||
González of Dallas | ||
Zwiener | ||
Johnson of Dallas | ||
______________________________ | ||
Speaker of the House | ||
I certify that H.R. No. 252 was adopted by the House on | ||
October 18, 2021, by a non-record vote. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||