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1158R E S O L U T I O NWHEREAS, Members of the National Council of Negro Women,Inc., Minnie H. Goodlow Page Section are gathering for their ninthannual Spring Hat Extravaganza and Tea, A Salute to Women ofDistinction, and this event presents an ideal opportunity torecognize this noteworthy organization; andWHEREAS, The NCNW was founded in 1935 by Mary McLeod Bethune,an educator and civil rights leader who advocated higher educationfor African American girls, started what became Bethune-CookmanUniversity, and served as an advisor to President Franklin D.Roosevelt; the council unites women dedicated to improving qualityof life for themselves, their families, and their communities andhas an outreach to four million women through its 250community-based sections and 38 national affiliated organizations,including the National Assembly of Voluntary Health and SocialWelfare Organizations, the National Council of Women in the UnitedStates, and the International Council of Women; andWHEREAS, NCNW sponsors educational, economic, social,cultural, and scientific self-help projects at the national andlocal levels; funded by membership, private donations, and grantsfrom foundations, corporations, and governments, the group
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sprojects promote equality of opportunity and work to eliminateprejudice and discrimination based upon race, creed, color, sex, ornational origin; andWHEREAS, Through its core of volunteers in 34 states, the123456789101112131415161718192021222324
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NCNW bolsters community services and addresses the local needs ofcitizens; the Minnie H. Goodlow Page Section was chartered in 2000and is named in honor of an esteemed Dallas educator and communityleader who served as president of the Dallas Metro Section of theNCNW for 13 years; andWHEREAS, The members of the National Council of Negro Women,Inc., Minnie H. Goodlow Page Section have demonstrated anexceptional commitment to their organization
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s worthy goals, andthey have set a standard of volunteer excellence to which others mayaspire; now, therefore, be itRESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 82nd TexasLegislature hereby honor the National Council of Negro Women, Inc.,Minnie H. Goodlow Page Section on the occasion of its ninth annualSpring Hat Extravaganza and Tea and extend to its members sincerebest wishes for the future; and, be it furtherRESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution beprepared for the organization as an expression of high regard by theTexas House of Representatives.Giddings123456789101112131415161718H.R.
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