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1	1	H.R. No. 1544
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4	4	R E S O L U T I O N
5	5	WHEREAS, The community organization La Mujer Obrera is
6	6	working to create jobs and sustainable economic opportunity for
7	7	low-income women workers in El Paso with its ambitious Centro
8	8	Mayapan Festival Marketplace project; and
9	9	WHEREAS, Founded in 1981, La Mujer Obrera is dedicated to
10	10	fostering empowerment and employment with dignity for women of
11	11	Mexican heritage and their families; it is also working to
12	12	revitalize South Central El Paso by providing basic skills and
13	13	vocational experience for women and helping them navigate the
14	14	requirements for employment and the development of small
15	15	businesses; and
16	16	WHEREAS, Anchoring this effort is Centro Mayapan, a unique
17	17	festival marketplace housed in a renovated 40,000-square-foot
18	18	warehouse and encompassing a wide range of businesses, community
19	19	services, and cultural opportunities; and
20	20	WHEREAS, The center's Mercado Mayapan will be a vibrant
21	21	indoor space for food vendors, artisans, and other
22	22	microenterprises; a vital center for Mexican culture, Plaza
23	23	Cultural will specialize in performances and exhibitions by
24	24	dancers, musicians, and artists from both sides of the border,
25	25	while the Museo Mayachen will feature permanent exhibits about the
26	26	heritage and struggle of Mexican immigrant women garment workers
27	27	and farmworkers; and
28	28	WHEREAS, Centro Mayapan will also include a media and
29	29	technology center, where women can take classes in journalism and
30	30	the use of computers, and the Center for Bilingual Development and
31	31	Social Enterprise, where instruction in leadership development,
32	32	civic engagement, and entrepreneurship will be offered; and
33	33	WHEREAS, Planned to open in 2009, Centro Mayapan will
34	34	encourage economic and cultural development, generating jobs,
35	35	business growth, and community investment, and the women of La
36	36	Mujer Obrera may indeed take great pride in the scope and ambition
37	37	of this inspiring project; now, therefore, be it
38	38	RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 81st Texas
39	39	Legislature hereby congratulate La Mujer Obrera for the development
40	40	of Centro Mayapan Festival Marketplace and extend to the
41	41	organization's members and supporters sincere best wishes for
42	42	continuing achievement; and, be it further
43	43	RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
44	44	prepared for La Mujer Obrera as an expression of high regard by the
45	45	Texas House of Representatives.
46	46	Chavez
47	47	Pickett
48	48	Quintanilla
49	49	Moody
50	50	Marquez
51	51	______________________________
52	52	Speaker of the House
53	53	I certify that H.R. No. 1544 was adopted by the House on April
54	54	29, 2009, by a non-record vote.
55	55	______________________________
56	56	Chief Clerk of the House