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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Maggie Rivas-Rodriguez was recognized by the Austin |
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History Center in conjunction with its exhibit Mexican American |
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Firsts: Trailblazers of Austin and Travis County; and |
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WHEREAS, Honoring the important contributions made by |
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Mexican Americans to Central Texas, the Austin History Center and |
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its association joined with the Austin Public Library to organize |
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the show, which ran from August 21, 2010, through January 16, 2011; |
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Mexican American Firsts: Trailblazers of Austin and Travis County |
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celebrated the pioneering achievements of 32 remarkable men and |
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women and provided the public with an opportunity to learn more |
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about their lives; and |
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WHEREAS, One such individual, Maggie Rivas-Rodriguez, was |
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honored for her achievements in media; a graduate of The University |
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of Texas at Austin, she earned her master's degree from the Columbia |
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University Graduate School of Journalism and her Ph.D. from the |
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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; and |
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WHEREAS, Over the course of her distinguished career, Ms. |
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Rivas-Rodriguez has worked for the Boston Globe, WFAA-TV in Dallas, |
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and the Dallas Morning News; in 1998, she joined the UT School of |
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Journalism as an assistant professor, and the following year, she |
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initiated the U.S. Latino & Latina World War II Oral History |
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Project; and |
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WHEREAS, Maggie Rivas-Rodriguez has made a positive |
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difference in her community, and her outstanding accomplishments |
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are a source of pride and inspiration to many people; now, |
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therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 82nd Texas |
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Legislature hereby congratulate Maggie Rivas-Rodriguez on her |
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selection as a Mexican American Trailblazer of Austin and Travis |
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County and extend to her sincere best wishes for the future; and, be |
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it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Ms. Rivas-Rodriguez as an expression of high regard by |
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the Texas House of Representatives. |
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Rodriguez |
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______________________________ |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 714 was adopted by the House on March |
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17, 2011, by a non-record vote. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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