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| 6 | 7 | | R E S O L U T I O N |
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| 7 | 8 | | WHEREAS, Shirley Ison-Newsome is being honored with the 2025 |
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| 8 | 9 | | Living Legend Award at the Texas Alliance of Black School Educators |
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| 9 | 10 | | State Conference in Galveston on February 15, 2025; and |
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| 10 | 11 | | WHEREAS, Over the course of an exemplary career spanning four |
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| 11 | 12 | | decades, Ms. Ison-Newsome distinguished herself as a teacher, |
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| 12 | 13 | | principal, and area superintendent, and during her 38 years with |
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| 13 | 14 | | the Dallas Independent School District, she also served as its |
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| 14 | 15 | | first dean of instruction and first chief of staff; under her |
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| 15 | 16 | | leadership, dozens of campuses saw vast improvements in |
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| 16 | 17 | | performance, and she was involved in many initiatives, including |
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| 17 | 18 | | the development of the Barack Obama Male Leadership Academy at A. |
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| 18 | 19 | | Maceo Smith; and |
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| 19 | 20 | | WHEREAS, This respected educator has garnered a multitude of |
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| 20 | 21 | | accolades, among them the Julia Brogdon Purnell Humanitarian Award |
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| 21 | 22 | | from Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., and in 2017, she was inducted |
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| 22 | 23 | | into the African American Education Archives & History Program Hall |
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| 23 | 24 | | of Fame; in addition, her footprints were installed on the Social |
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| 24 | 25 | | Justice Walk of Fame at Friendship West Baptist Church in Dallas to |
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| 25 | 26 | | honor her lifelong civil rights activism; and |
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| 26 | 27 | | WHEREAS, Ms. Ison-Newsome holds degrees from Indiana |
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| 27 | 28 | | University, the University of Louisville, and The Ohio State |
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| 28 | 29 | | University; she is a member of such organizations as the Top Ladies |
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| 29 | 30 | | of Distinction, Inc., and the National Council of Negro Women, |
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| 30 | 31 | | Inc., and she is currently the executive director of the Dallas |
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| 31 | 32 | | Regional chapter of the National Alliance of Black School |
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| 32 | 33 | | Educators; and |
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| 33 | 34 | | WHEREAS, Shirley Ison-Newsome has contributed to the |
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| 34 | 35 | | betterment of her community through her exemplary achievements as |
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| 35 | 36 | | an educator, and she has set an inspiring example of public service |
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| 36 | 37 | | to which all may aspire; now, therefore, be it |
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| 37 | 38 | | RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 89th Texas |
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| 38 | 39 | | Legislature hereby congratulate Shirley Ison-Newsome on her |
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| 39 | 40 | | receipt of the 2025 Living Legend Award from the Texas Alliance of |
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| 40 | 41 | | Black School Educators and extend to her sincere best wishes for the |
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| 41 | 42 | | future; and, be it further |
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| 42 | 43 | | RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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| 43 | 44 | | prepared for Ms. Ison-Newsome as an expression of high regard by |
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| 44 | 45 | | the Texas House of Representatives. |
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