Bill Text: TX SR345 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Recognizing the 26th annual Barbara Jordan National Forum.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-03-23 - Reported enrolled [SR345 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SR345-Enrolled.html
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WHEREAS, The 26th annual Barbara Jordan National Forum | ||
took place in Austin in February 2023, providing a fitting | ||
opportunity to recognize the outstanding students who organized | ||
the event; and | ||
WHEREAS, A native Houstonian, Barbara Jordan was the first | ||
African American to hold a seat in a state Senate since 1883 and | ||
the first African American woman from the Deep South to serve in | ||
the U.S. House of Representatives; during her time in Congress, | ||
she distinguished herself as a dedicated and influential | ||
advocate for civil rights; she also served on the Judiciary | ||
Committee, and she gained national recognition for her remarks on | ||
the Watergate scandal; in 1979, she accepted a position as the | ||
Lyndon B. Johnson Centennial Chair in National Policy at the LBJ | ||
School of Public Affairs, and she held that role until her | ||
passing in 1996; and | ||
WHEREAS, Each February, the LBJ School of Public Affairs | ||
hosts a monthlong forum in honor of this trailblazing lawmaker, | ||
and the event is organized by students who are elected by their | ||
peers; the 2023 Barbara Jordan National Forum student leaders | ||
include Morgan Brown, Jordan Nellums, and Jennifer Perales, who | ||
are all completing graduate studies in public affairs; and | ||
WHEREAS, This year's forum featured a day of volunteerism | ||
as well as a number of lectures and other events, such as a | ||
keynote speech by former congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson, a | ||
ceremony to present the Barbara Jordan Public Service Award, and | ||
the Barbara Jordan Freedom Foundation Luncheon; and | ||
WHEREAS, Through their efforts to make the Barbara Jordan | ||
National Forum a success, the event's student organizers are | ||
helping to ensure that Barbara Jordan's legacy of activism and | ||
public service is carried on by future generations of civic | ||
leaders; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 88th | ||
Legislature, hereby commemorate the 26th annual Barbara Jordan | ||
National Forum and extend to the event's student leaders sincere | ||
best wishes for the future. | ||
Eckhardt, Alvarado | ||
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President of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that the | ||
above Resolution was adopted by | ||
the Senate on March 23, 2023. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
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Member, Texas Senate | ||
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Member, Texas Senate |