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1	1	H.R. No. 2096
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4	4	R E S O L U T I O N
5	5	WHEREAS, Dedicated community organizers Nathan Selzer and
6	6	Hortencia Armendariz of McAllen have greatly benefited the people
7	7	of South Texas; and
8	8	WHEREAS, Mr. Selzer began his career in 1994 as assistant
9	9	director for La Posada Providencia in San Benito, a shelter for
10	10	refugees and asylum seekers; he went on to serve as a paralegal for
11	11	the South Texas Pro Bono Asylum Representation Project and to work
12	12	for the Rio Grande Border Witness Program, for which he conducted
13	13	social justice learning tours to raise awareness of poverty,
14	14	immigration, and the impact of free trade along the Texas-Mexico
15	15	border; after serving five years as a partner representative for
16	16	the Rio Grande Valley Immigration Law Enforcement Monitoring
17	17	Project, he worked as director of the Valley Movement for Human
18	18	Rights and as coordinator of Casa de Proyecto Libertad before
19	19	joining the Service Employees International Union, Local 5, in
20	20	2006; and
21	21	WHEREAS, The following year, Mr. Selzer was named SEIU
22	22	political director of the Rio Grande Valley and has since claimed
23	23	numerous successes for members, including a family sick leave
24	24	policy, a 35 percent decrease in the cost of dependent health
25	25	insurance, and two raises; moreover, he successfully represented
26	26	members in civil service proceedings, initiated and directed the
27	27	2008 Mi Familia Vota Campaign, and developed a variety of
28	28	partnership projects with Hidalgo County departments; and
29	29	WHEREAS, Ms. Armendariz began her work in the Rio Grande
30	30	Valley in 2001 as assistant director of the child nutrition program
31	31	at Centro 16 de Septiembre and subsequently served as coordinator
32	32	of Proyecto Adelante for the United Farm Workers; building on her
33	33	experience, she became the lead community organizer for La Union
34	34	del Pueblo Entero, for which she coordinated a range of local and
35	35	state actions, and in 2005, she was hired as the lead organizer for
36	36	SEIU, Local 5; she has continued to contribute to the union as the
37	37	organizing director, in which role she has been instrumental in
38	38	winning improvements in pay, benefits, and working conditions for
39	39	civil employees in Hidalgo and Cameron Counties; and
40	40	WHEREAS, In addition to sharing a passion for human rights
41	41	work, Mr. Selzer and Ms. Armendariz have enjoyed more than four
42	42	years of marriage and are the proud parents of a daughter, Sofia
43	43	Cielo; the family is moving to California, where both Mr. Selzer and
44	44	Ms. Armendariz have accepted positions with SEIU-United Health Care
45	45	Workers; and
46	46	WHEREAS, Nathan Selzer and Hortencia Armendariz have made a
47	47	lasting and positive difference in the lives of countless Valley
48	48	residents, and they may reflect with pride on their many
49	49	accomplishments as they embark on the next exciting chapter of
50	50	their lives; now, therefore, be it
51	51	RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 81st Texas
52	52	Legislature hereby honor Nathan Selzer and Hortencia Armendariz for
53	53	their steadfast efforts in behalf of immigrants, workers, women,
54	54	and children and extend to them sincere best wishes for success in
55	55	their new posts; and, be it further
56	56	RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
57	57	prepared for Mr. Selzer and Ms. Armendariz as an expression of high
58	58	regard by the Texas House of Representatives.
59	59	Gonzales
60	60	______________________________
61	61	Speaker of the House
62	62	I certify that H.R. No. 2096 was adopted by the House on May
63	63	19, 2009, by a non-record vote.
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65	65	Chief Clerk of the House