2018 Third Extraordinary Session ENROLLED
SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 33
BY SENATOR GATTI
A RESOLUTION
To commend Jillian Maxwell 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, Jillian Maxwell, a student at Benton High School, daughter of Jason and
Jennifer Maxwell-Lebleu of Bossier City, attended the 2018 Louisiana Hugh O'Brian Youth
Leadership Seminar; and
WHEREAS, the Louisiana Hugh O'Brian Youth (HOBY) Leadership program hosted
140 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 World Leadership Congress is to provide young
HOBY 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 is 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 Jillian Maxwell upon her selection as a candidate
to represent Louisiana at the 2018 Hugh O'Brian World Leadership Congress in Chicago,
Illinois, and does hereby recognize the pride and honor that this wonderful young leader
brings to her family, friends, school, community, and state.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to
Ms. Jillian Maxwell and Ms. Teri Howe, principal of Benton High School.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
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