ENROLLED
2019 Regular Session
HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 68
BY REPRESENTATIVE DUPLESSIS
A RESOLUTION
To recognize Thursday, April 25, 2019, as Jack and Jill Day at the state capitol.
WHEREAS, Jack and Jill of America, Incorporated, is a membership organization
that is dedicated to nurturing future African American leaders through an emphasis on
leadership development, volunteer service, philanthropic giving, and civic duty; and
WHEREAS, the organization was founded on January 24, 1938, in Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania, when twenty mothers came together to discuss the creation of an organization
to provide social, cultural, and educational opportunities for youth between the ages of two
and nineteen; and
WHEREAS, Jack and Jill had ten chapters in 1946; today the organization boasts
more than two hundred thirty chapters nationwide, representing more than forty thousand
members; and
WHEREAS, each chapter of Jack and Jill plans annual activities to promote a
national theme; and
WHEREAS, through service projects, Jack and Jill enables children to grow and
develop, and through lobbying, educational programming, dissemination of education
materials, and the organization of community events, Jack and Jill promotes public
awareness and enhances the interests of children; and
WHEREAS, within Jack and Jill, implementation of the 5A Action Plan attempts to
increase the organization's legislative sphere of influence by encouraging members to align,
activate, advocate, act, and acknowledge in order to cultivate educated and engaged citizens
who can carry on its legacy of advocacy and civic duty; and
WHEREAS, each year, Jack and Jill attempts to help children understand the
political process by sponsoring a visit to the capitol to give them an opportunity to attend
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legislative meetings, tour the state capitol, visit with their representatives, and network with
other persons; and
WHEREAS, prior to visiting the capitol, teens are provided with a curriculum
designed to encourage and prepare them to learn who their representatives are, understand
the issues that affect youth, become familiar with the structure of their state government, and
understand the issues that affect their local communities and the state as a whole.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the House of Representatives of the
Legislature of Louisiana does hereby designate Thursday, April 25, 2019, as Jack and Jill
Day at the state capitol and does hereby extend gratitude to Jack and Jill of America,
Incorporated, for its manifold contributions to the children and youth of the great state of
Louisiana.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a suitable copy of this Resolution be transmitted
to the Baton Rouge chapter of Jack and Jill of America, Incorporated.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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