| 1 | 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 472 |
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| 2 | 2 | | WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas is pleased to |
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| 3 | 3 | | recognize Raul Humberto Yzaguirre, cofounder of New America |
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| 4 | 4 | | Alliance, an American Latino business initiative; and |
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| 5 | 5 | | WHEREAS, A prominent American civil rights activist, Raul |
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| 6 | 6 | | Yzaguirre now works primarily as an advocate for the creation of |
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| 7 | 7 | | a political union between the United States, Mexico, and Canada |
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| 8 | 8 | | through a variety of nonprofit advocacy groups; and |
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| 9 | 9 | | WHEREAS, Raul Yzaguirre grew up in the Rio Grande Valley of |
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| 10 | 10 | | South Texas; he is a former president and chief executive officer |
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| 11 | 11 | | of the National Council of La Raza; under his leadership, from |
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| 12 | 12 | | 1974 to 2004, the organization grew tremendously; during his |
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| 13 | 13 | | tenure, he built the regional advocacy group with 17 affiliates |
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| 14 | 14 | | into a 35,000-member organization with more than 300 affiliates |
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| 15 | 15 | | and revenues exceeding $42 million; in 2005, the council named |
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| 16 | 16 | | its headquarters building in Washington, D.C., in his honor; and |
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| 17 | 17 | | WHEREAS, Also named in his honor is the Raul Yzaguirre |
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| 18 | 18 | | Policy Institute, which operates out of The University of |
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| 19 | 19 | | Texas--Pan American; the institute's goal is to inform policy, |
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| 20 | 20 | | and the leaders who frame it, for the benefit of the Hispanic |
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| 21 | 21 | | community and the nation as a whole; Mr. Yzaguirre is a lifetime |
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| 22 | 22 | | member of the Council on Foreign Relations and serves on its |
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| 23 | 23 | | member selection committee; he was appointed to the position of |
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| 24 | 24 | | presidential professor of practice in community development and |
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| 25 | 25 | | civil rights at Arizona State University and serves on the board |
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| 26 | 26 | | of advisors for the university's North American Center of |
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| 27 | 27 | | Transborder Studies; and |
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| 28 | 28 | | WHEREAS, In 1979, Mr. Yzaguirre was the first Hispanic to |
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| 29 | 29 | | receive a Rockefeller Public Service Award for Outstanding |
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| 30 | 30 | | Public Service; in 1993, he received the Order of the Aztec |
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| 31 | 31 | | Eagle, the highest honor awarded by the Mexican government to a |
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| 32 | 32 | | citizen of another nation; now, therefore, be it |
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| 33 | 33 | | RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 81st |
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| 34 | 34 | | Legislature, hereby commend Raul Yzaguirre on his outstanding |
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| 35 | 35 | | leadership in civil rights and foreign relations and on his |
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| 36 | 36 | | invaluable contributions and service to our country; and, be it |
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| 37 | 37 | | further |
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| 38 | 38 | | RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for |
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| 39 | 39 | | him as an expression of esteem from the Texas Senate. |
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| 40 | 40 | | Ellis |
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| 41 | 41 | | ________________________________ |
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| 42 | 42 | | President of the Senate |
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| 43 | 43 | | I hereby certify that the |
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| 44 | 44 | | above Resolution was adopted by |
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| 45 | 45 | | the Senate on March 19, 2009. |
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| 46 | 46 | | ________________________________ |
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| 47 | 47 | | Secretary of the Senate |
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| 48 | 48 | | ________________________________ |
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| 49 | 49 | | Member, Texas Senate |
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