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2018 Third Extraordinary Session
SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 29
BY SENATOR CLAITOR
COMMENDAT IONS. Commends Roberto Carreras for being selected to represent
Louisiana at the HOBY World Leadership Congress.
1 A RESOLUTION
2 To commend Roberto Carreras for being selected to represent Louisiana at the HOBY
3 World Leadership Congress to be held on July 21-28, 2018, at Loyola University,
4 Chicago, Illinois.
5 WHEREAS, the Hugh O'Brian Youth (HOBY) Leadership program was established
6 in 1958 by the popular Hollywood movie actor Hugh O'Brian after he was inspired by
7 spending nine days in Africa with Dr. Albert Schweitzer; and
8 WHEREAS, following the visit with Dr. Schweitzer, Hugh O'Brian returned to Los
9 Angeles and created an international organization designed to encourage young people to
10 take a leadership role in society and become catalysts for change; and
11 WHEREAS, Roberto Carreras, a student at Catholic High School in Baton Rouge,
12 son of Eddie and Lilia Carreras, attended the 2018 Louisiana Hugh O'Brian Youth
13 Leadership Seminar; and
14 WHEREAS, the Louisiana Hugh O'Brian Youth (HOBY) Leadership program hosted
15 140 high school sophomores who represented their respective high schools throughout the
16 state; and
17 WHEREAS, the Hugh O'Brian Youth (HOBY) World Leadership Congress is held
18 every year and brings together over 400 young leaders from the United States, Puerto Rico,
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1 and 11 other countries for a weeklong intensive educational leadership conference; and
2 WHEREAS, the purpose of the World Leadership Congress is to provide young
3 HOBY leaders with an opportunity to learn firsthand about other cultures and opinions, form
4 friendships, exchange ideas in an environment where they can feel comfortable in open
5 discussion with their peers, and learn to voice how they have shaped and formed their own
6 views about the role of leadership in society; and
7 WHEREAS, Hugh O'Brian believed the most important thing in education is to teach
8 young people to think for themselves, and the more than 475,000 HOBY alumni demonstrate
9 how this belief has influenced and inspired young people to become more involved in their
10 communities.
11 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana
12 does hereby commend and congratulate Roberto Carreras, upon his selection as a candidate
13 to represent Louisiana at the 2018 Hugh O'Brian World Leadership Congress in Chicago,
14 Illinois, and does hereby recognize the pride and honor that this wonderful young leader
15 brings to his family, friends, school, community, and state.
16 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to
17 Roberto Carreras and to Ms. Lisa Harvey, principal of Catholic High School.
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Jerry J. Guillot.
DIGEST
SR 29 Original 2018 Third Extraordinary Session Claitor
Commends Roberto Carreras upon his selection to represent Louisiana at the 2018 Hugh
O'Brian World Leadership Congress.
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