82R19630 BPG-D
By: Giddings H.R. No. 1158
R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, Members of the National Council of Negro Women,
Inc., Minnie H. Goodlow Page Section are gathering for their ninth
annual Spring Hat Extravaganza and Tea, A Salute to Women of
Distinction, and this event presents an ideal opportunity to
recognize this noteworthy organization; and
WHEREAS, The NCNW was founded in 1935 by Mary McLeod Bethune,
an educator and civil rights leader who advocated higher education
for African American girls, started what became Bethune-Cookman
University, and served as an advisor to President Franklin D.
Roosevelt; the council unites women dedicated to improving quality
of life for themselves, their families, and their communities and
has an outreach to four million women through its 250
community-based sections and 38 national affiliated organizations,
including the National Assembly of Voluntary Health and Social
Welfare Organizations, the National Council of Women in the United
States, and the International Council of Women; and
WHEREAS, NCNW sponsors educational, economic, social,
cultural, and scientific self-help projects at the national and
local levels; funded by membership, private donations, and grants
from foundations, corporations, and governments, the group's
projects promote equality of opportunity and work to eliminate
prejudice and discrimination based upon race, creed, color, sex, or
national origin; and
WHEREAS, Through its core of volunteers in 34 states, the
NCNW bolsters community services and addresses the local needs of
citizens; the Minnie H. Goodlow Page Section was chartered in 2000
and is named in honor of an esteemed Dallas educator and community
leader who served as president of the Dallas Metro Section of the
NCNW for 13 years; and
WHEREAS, The members of the National Council of Negro Women,
Inc., Minnie H. Goodlow Page Section have demonstrated an
exceptional commitment to their organization's worthy goals, and
they have set a standard of volunteer excellence to which others may
aspire; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 82nd Texas
Legislature hereby honor the National Council of Negro Women, Inc.,
Minnie H. Goodlow Page Section on the occasion of its ninth annual
Spring Hat Extravaganza and Tea and extend to its members sincere
best wishes for the future; and, be it further
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
prepared for the organization as an expression of high regard by the
Texas House of Representatives.