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| 6 | 7 | | R E S O L U T I O N |
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| 7 | 8 | | WHEREAS, The Voces Oral History Center at The University of |
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| 8 | 9 | | Texas at Austin celebrated its 25th anniversary in 2024; and |
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| 9 | 10 | | WHEREAS, Founded in 1999, the Voces Oral History Center has |
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| 10 | 11 | | documented, preserved, and disseminated the stories of more than |
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| 11 | 12 | | 1,800 Latinos across the United States; its original mission was to |
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| 12 | 13 | | capture the untold stories of Latinos who served during World War |
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| 13 | 14 | | II, and its vision has since expanded to include stories |
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| 14 | 15 | | surrounding the Korean and Vietnam Wars as well as political and |
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| 15 | 16 | | civic engagement with a focus on the continuing movement for |
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| 16 | 17 | | Latinos' civil rights; and |
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| 17 | 18 | | WHEREAS, The leading Latino oral history archive in the |
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| 18 | 19 | | nation, Voces holds a vast collection of photographs, interviews, |
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| 19 | 20 | | and information, serving as a resource for many journalists, |
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| 20 | 21 | | textbook publishers, and academics; the center has assisted the |
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| 21 | 22 | | National WWII Museum in New Orleans, the StoryCorps Historias |
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| 22 | 23 | | initiative, and numerous PBS documentarians; and |
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| 23 | 24 | | WHEREAS, The founder and director of Voces, |
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| 24 | 25 | | Maggie Rivas-Rodriguez, is a former journalist who remains active |
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| 25 | 26 | | in the field as a professor at the UT Moody College of |
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| 26 | 27 | | Communication's School of Journalism and Media; under her |
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| 27 | 28 | | leadership, writers, photographers, and audio/video specialists, |
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| 28 | 29 | | many of whom are UT communication students, produce the archives, |
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| 29 | 30 | | and they collaborate with the Voces Resource and Scholars Councils |
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| 30 | 31 | | to further the project's impact through support, networking, and |
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| 31 | 32 | | fundraising; and |
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| 32 | 33 | | WHEREAS, The Voces Oral History Center has excelled in its |
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| 33 | 34 | | efforts to document the experiences and contributions of Latinos in |
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| 34 | 35 | | the United States, and all those associated with the archive may |
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| 35 | 36 | | take justifiable pride in its achievements over the past quarter |
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| 36 | 37 | | century; 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 the Voces Oral History Center at |
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| 39 | 40 | | The University of Texas at Austin on its 25th anniversary and |
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| 40 | 41 | | commend its staff on their exemplary work; and, be it further |
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| 41 | 42 | | RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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| 42 | 43 | | prepared for the center as an expression of high regard by the Texas |
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| 43 | 44 | | House of Representatives. |
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