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HR110
U99LFGD-1
By Representative Hollis
RFD:
First Read: 04-Mar-25
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First Read: 04-Mar-25
HR____ RECOGNIZING CATRENA NORRIS CARTER FOR HER
ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN ADVOCATING FOR CIVIL RIGHTS.
WHEREAS, with great pride and special pleasure,
highest commendations are conveyed to Catrena Norris Carter
for her unwavering fight in ensuring that civil rights are
not forgotten; and
WHEREAS, Ms. Carter is a native of Selma and received
a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Psychology from The University
of Alabama at Birmingham after spending two years on a
performing arts scholarship at Loretto Heights College in
Denver, Colorado; and
WHEREAS, Catrena is a 35-year veteran of both civil
and women's rights movements in America; that passion has
led to her founding several nonprofit organizations that
have aided oppressed people in finding the help and justice
they deserve; and
WHEREAS, Catrena co-founded and is currently CEO of
Salute Selma, Incorporated, a nonprofit organization
designed to take the lessons of the Civil Rights Movement
and apply these solutions to everyday business practices; in
2020, on the 55th Anniversary of the Historic Selma to
Montgomery March, Salute Selma partnered with the National
Pan-Hellenic Council to organize the first ever Black Women
Led March, where more than 30,000 women, activists, and
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Led March, where more than 30,000 women, activists, and
citizens showed up from across the globe to commemorate that
legendary march; and
WHEREAS, for three decades, Ms. Carter has led
successful efforts as the National Coordinator of the Bridge
Crossing Jubilee, Incorporated, an organization that founded
the annual reenactment of the 1965 Bridge Crossing, which
has brought hundreds of thousands of supporters to Selma,
including former Presidents Joe Biden, Bill Clinton, Barrack
Obama, and George W. Bush; and
WHEREAS, Catrena also founded Women of Will (WOW), a
nonprofit that has trained hundreds of women to run for
political office and headed the "Vote or Die" movement which
led to Doug Jones becoming the first United States Senator
representing the Democratic Party of Alabama; and
WHEREAS, Ms. Carter was Associate Publisher of the
publication "Who's Who in Black Alabama" and has over 20
years of award-winning hospitality experience; she was the
former Director of Sales and Marketing for the Historic
Redmont Hotel and the Tutwiler Hotel; she received national
recognition from Wyndham International as the 2010 Best of
by Request winner, before receiving the Restaurant and
Hospitality Association's prestigious Hospitality Manager of
the Year for the State of Alabama; in 2020, she received the
Best of Minority Business Award for nonprofits; in 2015, she
was nominated as one of al.com's Women Who Shape the State
Award and was named one of 2015's Top 40 Women of Influence
in the Southeast; in 2013, she was voted one of the Top 10
Powerhouse Women in the State of Alabama and received the
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Powerhouse Women in the State of Alabama and received the
Birmingham Spotlight Award along with the NAACP's Regional
2014's Women of Wisdom Award; now therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA, That civil rights advocate, Catrena
Norris Carter, is highly commended for her many long-lasting
contributions and achievements over the course of her
career, and this resolution is offered to her as evidence of
our high regard and appreciation for her sustained advocacy
for civil rights in her community and all over the world.
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