TITLE: Congratulating Tiara Cooper on her receipt of a 2025 Outstanding Texan Award from the Texas Legislative Black Caucus.

SUMMARY: Congratulating Tiara Cooper on her receipt of a 2025 Outstanding Texan Award from the Texas Legislative Black Caucus.

FULL TEXT:
WHEREAS, Tiara Cooper has been named a recipient of the 2025 Outstanding Texan Award for House District 100 by the Texas Legislative Black Caucus; and WHEREAS, A native of Dallas, Ms. Cooper is a social justice leader who is currently serving as deputy director of the Texas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty and as managing director of In Defense of Black Lives Dallas; she has also worked with Live Free, the Texas Organizing Project, and Dignity Over Dollars; and WHEREAS, In recognition of her efforts, Ms. Cooper has received numerous awards, including the 2023 Future of Texas Award from Every Texan, the 2023 Ally of the Year Award from the Dallas County Democratic Party, and the 2021 Catalyst Award from the Juanita Craft Humanitarian Awards, and in 2020, she was named the Organizer of the Year by Next Generation Action Network; in addition, she presented a TEDx talk about her lived experience entitled "Your Mugshot Moment"; she is an alumna of the Theology and Racialized Policing Cohort Program at the Howard University School of Divinity, and she participated in the Emerging Leaders International Fellows Program at The City University of New York Graduate Center; and WHEREAS, Through her commitment to grassroots activism, criminal justice reform, and the advancement of civil rights, Tiara Cooper is making a positive difference in the lives of countless Texans, and she is indeed deserving of this prestigious honor; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 89th Texas Legislature hereby congratulate Tiara Cooper on her receipt of a 2025 Outstanding Texan Award from the Texas Legislative Black Caucus and extend to her sincere best wishes for continued success with her important work; and, be it further RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be prepared for Ms. Cooper as an expression of high regard by the Texas House of Representatives. Jones of Dallas Speaker of the House I certify that H.R. No. 584 was adopted by the House on March 31, 2025, by a non-record vote. Chief Clerk of the House