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| 4 | 5 | | R E S O L U T I O N |
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| 5 | 6 | | WHEREAS, Mary Elizabeth Cedillo-Pereira of Dallas is being |
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| 6 | 7 | | honored with a 2015 Maura Women Helping Women Award at the Dallas |
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| 7 | 8 | | Women's Foundation Leadership Forum and Awards Dinner on April 30, |
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| 8 | 9 | | 2015; and |
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| 9 | 10 | | WHEREAS, The Maura Women Helping Women Award has been |
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| 10 | 11 | | presented for the past 36 years to those individuals who are working |
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| 11 | 12 | | to improve the lives of women and girls in North Texas; and |
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| 12 | 13 | | WHEREAS, Liz Cedillo-Pereira is the managing attorney of |
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| 13 | 14 | | Cedillo-Pereira and Associates, an immigration and nationality law |
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| 14 | 15 | | firm, and she teaches immigration law for The University of Texas |
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| 15 | 16 | | School of Law Conference on Immigration and Nationality Law and for |
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| 16 | 17 | | a course on the subject presented by the State Bar of Texas; in |
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| 17 | 18 | | 2007, she cofounded the Dallas "Know Your Rights" project for the |
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| 18 | 19 | | American Immigration Lawyers Association, and she works with the |
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| 19 | 20 | | AILA's DREAM Defenders and Military Assistance programs; she has |
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| 20 | 21 | | also served on the American Bar Association National Commission on |
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| 21 | 22 | | Immigration; and |
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| 22 | 23 | | WHEREAS, A native of Dallas, Ms. Cedillo-Pereira attended |
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| 23 | 24 | | the University of Pennsylvania and earned her law degree at the |
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| 24 | 25 | | Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law; she has served |
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| 25 | 26 | | as a member of the City of Dallas Charter Review Commission and the |
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| 26 | 27 | | boards of the Dallas Foundation and the Dallas Hispanic Bar |
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| 27 | 28 | | Foundation, and as a trustee with the Callejo-Botello Foundation; |
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| 28 | 29 | | moreover, she has been the community philanthropy chair of the |
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| 29 | 30 | | Hispanic 100 organization, an advisor to the SMU Latino Leadership |
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| 30 | 31 | | Initiative, and a member of the advisory committees for the Irma |
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| 31 | 32 | | Lerma Rangel Young Women's Leadership School and University |
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| 32 | 33 | | Crossroads; in 2014, she helped lead the Texas DACA Day Initiative |
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| 33 | 34 | | on behalf of the Texas Access to Justice Foundation; and |
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| 34 | 35 | | WHEREAS, This dynamic individual's many honors include the |
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| 35 | 36 | | Ohtli Award from the Republic of Mexico, the Groundbreaker Award |
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| 36 | 37 | | from the Greater Dallas Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, the Young |
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| 37 | 38 | | Entrepreneur Award from the Consulate General of Mexico, the Emerge |
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| 38 | 39 | | Leadership Award from PODER Hispanic Magazine, and the 2010 |
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| 39 | 40 | | Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute Service Award; in |
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| 40 | 41 | | addition, she has been recognized as a Best Lawyer in America for |
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| 41 | 42 | | three years in a row and has twice been named a Best Lawyer in Dallas |
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| 42 | 43 | | by D Magazine; and |
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| 43 | 44 | | WHEREAS, Liz Cedillo-Pereira's vision and ability have |
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| 44 | 45 | | enabled her to excel in her work as an attorney, an immigration |
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| 45 | 46 | | advocate, and a civic leader, and she may indeed take great pride in |
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| 46 | 47 | | her efforts to assist those who wish to take part in the American |
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| 47 | 48 | | dream; now, therefore, be it |
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| 48 | 49 | | RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 84th Texas |
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| 49 | 50 | | Legislature hereby congratulate Mary Elizabeth Cedillo-Pereira of |
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| 50 | 51 | | Dallas for receiving a 2015 Maura Women Helping Women Award and |
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| 51 | 52 | | extend to her sincere best wishes for continued success; and, be it |
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| 52 | 53 | | further |
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| 53 | 54 | | RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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| 54 | 55 | | prepared for Ms. Cedillo-Pereira as an expression of high regard by |
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| 55 | 56 | | the Texas House of Representatives. |
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