85R7669 JCD-D
By: Murr H.R. No. 165
R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, Pioneers Youth Leadership is helping many Texas
students acquire the tools they will need to serve as leaders in
their communities; and
WHEREAS, Founded in 2012, the nonprofit organization
combines classroom study with extracurricular events in a
learning-through-action civic engagement program; the program
currently serves more than 300 students in 17 counties; and
WHEREAS, On January 18 and 19, 2017, participants attended
the State Leadership Forum at the Capitol, where they met with state
lawmakers and discussed some of today's most relevant public policy
topics, including technology in the classroom, access to health and
mental health care, water usage and conservation, immigration, and
education quality; in addition, students attended workshops and
presented their own ideas to staff from various state agencies
during the two-day event; and
WHEREAS, Through its ongoing efforts to encourage young
Texans to become positive change agents in their communities,
Pioneers Youth Leadership is helping to create a brighter and more
promising future for the Lone Star State; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 85th Texas
Legislature hereby commemorate the Pioneers Youth Leadership 2017
State Leadership Forum and recognize the organization for its
contributions to the education of our young people; and, be it
further
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
prepared for Pioneers Youth Leadership as an expression of high
regard by the Texas House of Representatives.