TITLE: Honoring Con Mi MADRE on its 20th anniversary.

SUMMARY: Honoring Con Mi MADRE on its 20th anniversary.

FULL TEXT:
WHEREAS, For more than two decades, Con Mi MADRE has encouraged and empowered Hispanic girls in the greater Austin area to graduate from high school and pursue their higher education goals; and WHEREAS, Originally known as the Hispanic Mother-Daughter Program, Con Mi MADRE was established in 1992 by the Junior League of Austin to address the alarming high school dropout rate among Hispanic girls; now an independent nonprofit organization housed in the School of Social Work at The University of Texas at Austin, the program invites 6th-to 12th-grade students to enroll alongside their mothers and offers a wide range of free activities and support services to help them achieve academic and personal success; and WHEREAS, Priority is given to applicants facing significant challenges; in 2011-2012, 77 percent of participants came from financially disadvantaged households and two-thirds of them were potential first-time college graduates; nearly 3,000 mother-daughter teams have participated in the program to date, with 76 percent of graduating seniors going on to attend college; and WHEREAS, Con Mi MADRE has received the Community Partner Award from The University of Texas Division of Diversity and Community Engagement, which has also committed $15,000 over three years to the organization; in addition to its college preparatory services, Con Mi MADRE hosts the annual Corazon Awards to honor local civic leaders as well as families that have benefited from its program; and WHEREAS, Con Mi MADRE has helped numerous area girls build confidence, broaden their horizons, and realize their dreams, and in so doing, the group has contributed to the betterment of the entire community; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 83rd Texas Legislature hereby honor Con Mi MADRE on its 20th anniversary and extend to all those associated with the organization sincere best wishes for continued success with their important work; and, be it further RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be prepared for Con Mi MADRE as an expression of high regard by the Texas House of Representatives. Naishtat Straus M. Gonzalez of El Paso Oliveira Allen N. Gonzalez of El Paso Orr Alonzo Gooden Otto Alvarado Guerra Paddie Anchia Guillen Parker Anderson Gutierrez Patrick Ashby Harless Perez Aycock Harper-Brown Perry Bell Hernandez Luna Phillips Bohac Herrero Pickett Bonnen of Brazoria Hilderbran Pitts Bonnen of Galveston Howard Price Branch Huberty Raney Burkett Hughes Ratliff Burnam Hunter Raymond Button Isaac Reynolds Callegari Johnson Riddle Canales Kacal Ritter Capriglione Keffer Rodriguez of Bexar Carter King of Hemphill Rodriguez of Travis Clardy King of Parker Rose Coleman King of Taylor Sanford Collier King of Zavala Schaefer Cook Kleinschmidt Sheets Cortez Klick Sheffield of Bell Craddick Kolkhorst Sheffield of Coryell Creighton Krause Simmons Crownover Kuempel Simpson Dale Larson Smith Darby Laubenberg Smithee Davis of Dallas Lavender Springer J. Davis of Harris Leach Stephenson S. Davis of Harris Lewis Stickland Deshotel Longoria Strama Dukes Lozano Taylor Dutton Lucio III Thompson of Brazoria Eiland Marquez Thompson of Harris Elkins Martinez Toth Fallon Martinez Fischer Turner of Collin Farias McClendon Turner of Harris Farney Menendez Turner of Tarrant Farrar Miles Villalba Fletcher Miller of Comal Villarreal Flynn Miller of Fort Bend Vo Frank Moody Walle Frullo Morrison White Geren Munoz, Jr. Workman Giddings Murphy Wu Goldman Naishtat Zedler Gonzales Nevarez Zerwas Speaker of the House I certify that H.R. No. 294 was adopted by the House on February 6, 2013, by a non-record vote. Chief Clerk of the House