HJ 486 — Commending the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Planning Committee.

SESSION INTRODUCEDENROLLED 23100867D I HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO.

486 OfferedE January 11, 2023 N Prefiled January 8, 2023 T Commending the Reverend Dr.

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N Agreed to by the House of Delegates, January 16, 2023 R Patrons––Bennett-ParkerAgreed andto Herring;by the Senate, January 19, 2023 O WHEREAS, the Reverend Dr.

Senator:Martin Luther King, Jr., Planning Committee, an organization that L 50th anniversary in 2023;

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Lyles, and, most recently, Rosa Byrd, who has beenWHEREAS, chair of the organizationReverend sinceDr. 2016;

andMartin Luther King, Jr., Planning Committee is supported by more than a dozen volunteers who meet monthly in preparation for each year's memorial program;

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"Robbie"and Robinson,WHEREAS, who is the longestefforts servingof member in the committee'sReverend historyDr. and who remains active with the committee as its official 35 photographer;

Martin Luther King, Jr., Planning Committee are facilitated by many youth in the community, who serve as hosts and 36hostesses WHEREAS,for the effortsmemorial ofprogram beginning in elementary school and continuing through their high school graduation, as well as various plaWHEREAS, the Reverend Dr.

Martin Luther King, Jr., Planning Committee are 37 facilitated by many youth in the community, who serve as hosts and hostesses for the memorial program 38 beginning in elementary school and continuing through their high school graduation, as well as various plaWHEREAS, the Reverend Dr.

now, therefore, be it RESOLVED by the House of Delegates, the Senate concurring, That the General Assembly hereby commend the Reverend Dr.

and, be it RESOLVED FURTHER, That the Clerk of the House of Delegates prepare a copy of this resolution as an expression of the General Assembly's admiration for thepresentation organization'sto historyRosa andByrd, itschair contributionsof to the Commonwealth.Reverend Dr.

Martin Luther King, Jr., Planning Committee, to the Commonwealth.the General Assembly's admiration for the organization's history and its contributions