2019 Regular Session ENROLLED
SENATE CONCURRENT RESOL UTION NO. 5
BY SENATOR BARROW AND REPRESENTATIVE SMITH
A CONCURRENT RESOL UTION
To declare April 17, 2019, as 100 Black Women of Metropolitan Baton Rouge Day in
Louisiana.
WHEREAS, the National Coalition of 100 Black Women was launched on
October 24, 1981, and the local chapter, the 100 Black Women of Metropolitan Baton
Rouge, on November 5, 2016; and
WHEREAS, its mission is to advocate on behalf of black women and girls to
promote leadership development and gender equity in the areas of health, education, and
economic empowerment; and
WHEREAS, the local chapter will create, develop, and execute programs within its
service area of Baton Rouge and surrounding areas that promote its mission while
specifically targeting black women and girls; and
WHEREAS, the National Coalition of 100 Black Women and the 100 Black Women
of Metropolitan Baton Rouge have declared the seventeenth day of April 2019, as 100 Black
Women of Metropolitan Baton Rouge Day.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
declare April 17, 2019, as 100 Black Women of Metropolitan Baton Rouge Day in
Louisiana.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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