2018 Third Extraordinary Session ENROLLED
SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 31
BY SENATOR TARVER
A RESOLUTION
To commend Aaron Warren of Shreveport, Louisiana, for being selected as a candidate to
represent Louisiana at the HOBY World Leadership Congress to be held on July
21-28, 2018, at Loyola University, Chicago, Illinois.
WHEREAS, the Hugh O'Brian Youth (HOBY) Leadership program was established
in 1958 by the popular Hollywood movie actor Hugh O'Brian after he was inspired by
spending nine days in Africa with Dr. Albert Schweitzer; and
WHEREAS, following the visit with Dr. Schweitzer, Hugh O'Brian returned to Los
Angeles and created an international organization designed to encourage young people to
take a leadership role in society and become catalysts for change; and
WHEREAS, Aaron Warren, a student at Evangel Christian Academy, son of Monica
Warren and Corey Levingston, attended the 2018 Louisiana Hugh O'Brian Youth Leadership
Seminar; and
WHEREAS, the Louisiana Hugh O'Brian Youth (HOBY) Leadership program hosted
140 high school sophomores who represented their respective high schools throughout the
state; and
WHEREAS, the Hugh O'Brian Youth (HOBY) World Leadership Congress is held
every year and brings together over 400 young leaders from the United States, Puerto Rico,
and 11 other countries for a weeklong intensive educational leadership conference; and
WHEREAS, the purpose of the HOBY World Leadership Congress is to provide
young leaders with an opportunity to learn firsthand about other cultures and opinions, form
friendships, exchange ideas in an environment where they can feel comfortable in open
discussion with their peers, and learn to voice how they have shaped and formed their own
views about the role of leadership in society; and
WHEREAS, Hugh O'Brian believed the most important thing in education was to
teach young people to think for themselves, and the more than 475,000 HOBY alumni
demonstrate how this belief has influenced and inspired young people to become more
involved in their communities.
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THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana
does hereby commend and congratulate Aaron Warren upon being selected to represent the
Louisiana Hugh O'Brian Youth Leadership program at the 2018 HOBY World Leadership
Congress in Chicago, Illinois, and does hereby recognize the pride and honor that this
wonderful young leader brings to his family, friends, school, community, and state.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to
Mr. Aaron Warren and Mr. Bud Dean, principal of Evangel Christian Academy.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
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