TITLE: Congratulating Maria Berriozábal on her recognition by the Westside Development Corporation at the organization's 2015 Westside Honors Exitos en Nuestro Barrio Gala in San Antonio.

SUMMARY: Congratulating Maria Berriozábal on her recognition by the Westside Development Corporation at the organization's 2015 Westside Honors Exitos en Nuestro Barrio Gala in San Antonio.

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WHEREAS, Maria Berrioz bal is being recognized for her notable accomplishments by the Westside Development Corporation at the organization's 2015 Westside Honors Exitos en Nuestro Barrio Gala, taking place in San Antonio on May 21; and WHEREAS, Selected as the public service honoree, Ms. Berrioz bal has been a powerful voice for change in San Antonio throughout her work as a social and political activist; the daughter of immigrant parents, she became the first Mexican American woman elected to the city council in 1981, and over the course of her decade-long tenure, she was unafraid to stand alone on the issues in which she believed; she went on to narrowly lose her bid for mayor in 1991 but has remained active in civic affairs; and WHEREAS, Ms. Berrioz bal helped establish Hispanas Unidas, a nonprofit group dedicated to the education and advancement of minority women, and she has participated in the founding of various other Latina organizations; in 1994, she received a presidential appointment to be the United States representative to the Inter-American Commission of Women, held by the Organization of American States; she has further represented her country at conferences hosted by the United Nations and at the Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing in 1995; and WHEREAS, This esteemed advocate has additionally served as an instructor on women, minorities, and public policy at Harvard University after accepting a fellowship at the Institute of Politics at the university's John F. Kennedy School of Government; today, she continues to ardently support social justice, peace, and environmental causes, and she enjoys serving as a mentor to younger activists; and WHEREAS, Maria Berrioz bal has made a meaningful difference in the community through her worthwhile endeavors, and she is indeed deserving of this significant accolade; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 84th Texas Legislature hereby congratulate Maria Berrioz bal on her recognition by the Westside Development Corporation at the 2015 Westside Honors Exitos en Nuestro Barrio Gala and extend to her sincere best wishes for continued success; and, be it further RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be prepared for Ms. Berrioz bal as an expression of high regard by the Texas House of Representatives. Martinez Fischer Straus Gonz lez Otto Allen Guerra Paddie Alonzo Guillen Parker Alvarado Gutierrez Paul Anchia Harless Pe a Anderson of Dallas Hernandez Phelan Anderson of McLennan Herrero Phillips Ashby Howard Pickett Aycock Huberty Price Bell Hughes Raney Bernal Hunter Raymond Blanco Isaac Reynolds Bohac Israel Riddle Bonnen of Brazoria Johnson Rinaldi Bonnen of Galveston Kacal Rodriguez of Bexar Burkett Keffer Rodriguez of Travis Burns Keough Romero, Jr. Burrows King of Hemphill Rose Button King of Parker Sanford Canales King of Taylor Schaefer Capriglione King of Uvalde Schofield Clardy Klick Schubert Coleman Koop Shaheen Collier Krause Sheets Cook Kuempel Sheffield Craddick Landgraf Simmons Crownover Larson Simpson Cyrier Laubenberg Smith Dale Leach Smithee Darby Longoria Spitzer Davis of Dallas Lozano Springer Davis of Harris Lucio III Stephenson Deshotel M rquez Stickland Dukes Martinez Thompson of Brazoria Dutton Martinez Fischer Thompson of Harris Elkins McClendon Tinderholt Faircloth Metcalf Turner of Collin Fallon Meyer Turner of Harris Farias Miles Turner of Tarrant Farney Miller of Comal VanDeaver Farrar Miller of Fort Bend Villalba Fletcher Minjarez Vo Flynn Moody Walle Frank Morrison White of Bell Frullo Mu oz, Jr. White of Tyler Galindo Murphy Workman Geren Murr Wray Giddings Naishtat Wu Goldman Nev rez Zedler Gonzales Oliveira Zerwas Speaker of the House I certify that H.R. No. 2940 was adopted by the House on May 19, 2015, by a non-record vote. Chief Clerk of the House