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SENATE MEMORIAL 50

48

TH LEGISLATURE

- STATE OF NEW MEXICO -

FIRST SESSION

, 2007

INTRODUCED BY

Ben D. Altamirano

A MEMORIAL

CELEBRATING THE LEAGUE OF UNITED LATIN AMERICAN CITIZENS

SEVENTY-EIGHTH ANNIVERSARY.

WHEREAS, seventy-eight years ago, the founders of the

league of united Latin American citizens, better known as

"LULAC", joined together to establish an organization that

would become the largest, oldest and most successful Hispanic

civil rights and service organization in the United States; and

WHEREAS, since its inception on February 17, 1929 in

Corpus Christi, Texas, LULAC has championed the cause of

Hispanic Americans in education, employment, economic

development and civil rights; and

WHEREAS, LULAC has developed a comprehensive set of

nationwide programs fostering educational attainment, job

training, housing, scholarship, citizenship and voter

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registration; and

WHEREAS, LULAC members throughout the nation have

developed a tremendous track record of success advancing the

economic condition, educational attainment, political

influence, health and civil rights of the Hispanic population

of the United States; and

WHEREAS, LULAC has adopted a legislative platform that

promotes humanitarian relief for immigrants, increased

opportunities for youth and equal treatment for all Hispanics

in the United States and its territories, including the

commonwealth of Puerto Rico; and

WHEREAS, this year, LULAC will celebrate seventy-eight

years of community service to increase educational

opportunities and improve the quality of life for Hispanic

Americans;

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE OF THE STATE

OF NEW MEXICO that the week of February 11 through 17, 2007 be

designated as "National LULAC Week" and that the citizens of

New Mexico be asked to join LULAC in observing the

organization's seventy-eight years of service and the

outstanding contributions it has made to this country; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this memorial be

transmitted to the LULAC national president and executive

director and to LULAC's New Mexico state office.

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