TITLE: Recognizing February 24, 2025, as AAPI Day of Action at the State Capitol.

SUMMARY: Recognizing February 24, 2025, as AAPI Day of Action at the State Capitol.

FULL TEXT:
WHEREAS, Members of the Asian American Pacific Islander community are gathering in Austin on February 24, 2025, for AAPI Day of Action at the State Capitol; and WHEREAS, The umbrella term "AAPI" refers to Pacific Islander, Southeast Asian, South Asian, West Asian, Central Asian, and East Asian cultures, and it encompasses some 50 different ethnicities and more than 300 languages and dialects; and WHEREAS, In Texas, the AAPI population numbers approximately two million, having grown significantly since 2000; Harris, Collin, and Fort Bend Counties have the highest number of AAPI residents; the top five Asian languages spoken in the state are Vietnamese, Chinese, Hindi, Tagalog, and Urdu, and among the many others are Samoan, Chamorro, Tongan, Hawaiian, Chuukese, and Marshallese; and WHEREAS, AAPI Day of Action provides an opportunity for AAPI Texans to raise awareness of the issues important to them, while also building community among the collaborative of nonprofit organizations known as Asian Americans for Texas (AAFT); these groups include the South Asian American Voter Empowerment of Texas Education Fund, Asian Texans for Justice, OCA-Greater Houston, Woori Juntos, and Emgage; and WHEREAS, Members of the Asian American Pacific Islander community contribute to the vibrancy and prosperity of the Lone Star State in myriad ways, and the participants in this advocacy day are demonstrating their commitment to making an even greater positive impact in the years ahead; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 89th Texas Legislature hereby recognize February 24, 2025, as AAPI Day of Action at the State Capitol. Lalani Button Bhojani Wu Burrows Guerra Morales Shaw Alders Guillen Morgan Allen Harless Mu oz Anch a Harris Noble Ashby Harris Davila Olcott Barry Harrison Oliverson Bell of Kaufman Hayes Ordaz Bell of Montgomery Hefner Orr Bernal Hernandez Patterson Bhojani Hickland Paul Bonnen Hinojosa Perez of El Paso Bowers Holt Perez of Harris Bryant Hopper Phelan Buckley Howard Pierson Bucy Hull Plesa Bumgarner Hunter Raymond Button Isaac Reynolds Cain Johnson Richardson Campos Jones of Dallas Rodr guez Ramos Canales Jones of Harris Romero Capriglione Kerwin Rose Cole King Rosenthal Collier Kitzman Schatzline Cook LaHood Schofield Cortez Lalani Schoolcraft Craddick Lambert Shaheen Cunningham Landgraf Shofner Curry Leach Simmons Darby Leo Wilson Slawson A. Davis of Dallas Little Smithee Y. Davis of Dallas Longoria Spiller Dean Lopez of Bexar Swanson DeAyala Lopez of Cameron Talarico Dorazio Louderback Tepper Dutton Lowe Thompson Dyson Lozano Tinderholt Fairly Lujan Toth Flores Luther Troxclair Frank Manuel Turner G mez Martinez VanDeaver Garcia of Bexar Martinez Fischer Vasut Garcia of Dallas McLaughlin Villalobos Garcia Hernandez McQueeney Virdell Gates Metcalf Vo Gerdes Meyer Walle Geren Meza Ward Johnson Gervin-Hawkins Money Wharton Gonz lez of Dallas Moody Wilson Gonz lez of El Paso Morales of Harris Wu Goodwin Morales of Maverick Zwiener Speaker of the House I certify that H.R. No. 314 was adopted by the House on February 20, 2025, by a non-record vote. Chief Clerk of the House