Tennessee 2025-2026 Regular Session

Tennessee Senate Bill SJR0308 Compare Versions

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4	4	SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION 308
5	5	By Akbari
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8	8	SJR0308
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12	12	A RESOLUTION to recognize and commend the 2024 Do the
13	13	Write Thing National Challenge Ambassadors,
14	14	Charlotte Mount, Josiah Young, Adedamola
15	15	Adeyemo, Bobby Calvin III, Amara-Asa
16	16	Nwachukwu, and Tiernan Carney.
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18	18	WHEREAS, it is most fitting that the members of this General Assembly recognize those
19	19	precocious youth who excel in the classroom and beyond and bring great pride to this State;
20	20	and
21	21	WHEREAS, such individuals are Charlotte Mount, Josiah Young, Adedamola Adeyemo,
22	22	and Bobby Calvin III from the Western Grand Division and Amara-Asa Nwachukwu and Tiernan
23	23	Carney from the Eastern Grand Division; and
24	24	WHEREAS, these six middle school students were selected as National Ambassadors
25	25	for the Do the Write Thing Recognition Week, which took place July 20-25, 2024, in
26	26	Washington, D.C.; and
27	27	WHEREAS, an initiative of the National Campaign to Stop Violence, the Do the Write
28	28	Thing (DtWT) Challenge is a writing program for middle school students that positions them as
29	29	community catalysts as they examine the root causes and effects of youth violence; and
30	30	WHEREAS, the DtWT Challenge gives students an opportunity to examine the impact of
31	31	youth violence on their lives in classroom discussions and in written form by communicating
32	32	what they think should be done to change the culture of violence; and
33	33	WHEREAS, since the program's inception, more than 2.5 million students have
34	34	participated, with upward of 85,000 written submissions per year; the DtWT Challenge has been
35	35	implemented in twenty-six participating communities across the nation, including
36	36	Jackson/Madison County, Memphis/Shelby County, and Knoxville/Knox County; and
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41	41	WHEREAS, each year, educators encourage middle school students to answer three
42	42	questions involving youth violence, including its causes, how youth violence has affected a
43	43	student's life, and ways in which a student might help reduce youth violence; after evaluation,
44	44	the girl and boy who submit the most responsive writings from their community are selected to
45	45	serve as DtWT Challenge National Ambassadors; and
46	46	WHEREAS, in 2024, Charlotte Mount from North East Middle School, Josiah Young
47	47	from West Bemis Middle School, Adedamola Adeyemo from Cordova Middle School, Bobby
48	48	Calvin III from John P. Freeman Optional School, Amara-Asa Nwachukwu from Emerald
49	49	Academy, and Tiernan Carney from Sacred Heart Cathedral School ably represented the
50	50	Volunteer State; and
51	51	WHEREAS, while visiting our nation's capital, the National Ambassadors participated in
52	52	an awards dinner at the Kuwait Ambassador's residence and toured the Library of Congress; a
53	53	leather-bound volume of their writings was published and placed in the Library of Congress; and
54	54	a culminating banquet for the students was held at the National Press Club; and
55	55	WHEREAS, Charlotte Mount, Josiah Young, Adedamola Adeyemo, Bobby Calvin III,
56	56	Amara-Asa Nwachukwu, and Tiernan Carney are some of the most exceptional youth in our
57	57	State, and their compassionate commitment to discourse around violence and its effects on
58	58	young people is most worthy of our commendation; now, therefore,
59	59	BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FOURTEENTH
60	60	GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE, THE HOUSE OF
61	61	REPRESENTATIVES CONCURRING, that we recognize and commend Charlotte Mount,
62	62	Josiah Young, Adedamola Adeyemo, Bobby Calvin III, Amara-Asa Nwachukwu, and Tiernan
63	63	Carney, National Ambassadors who represented Tennessee during the 2024 Do the Write
64	64	Thing Challenge, extending our best wishes for their continued success.
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69	69	BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that an appropriate copy of this resolution be prepared
70	70	for presentation with this final clause omitted from such copy and upon proper request made to
71	71	the appropriate clerk, the language appearing immediately following the State seal appear
72	72	without House or Senate designation.