SR 41 — Celebrating the life of Shawn Soares.

SESSION INTRODUCEDENROLLED 24100803D SENATE RESOLUTION NO.

41 IE Offered February 7, 2024 N Celebrating the life of Shawn Soares.

TN ––––––––––R Patrons––Hashmi,Agreed Aird,to Bagby,by Boysko,the Deeds,Senate, Ebbin,February Favola,8, Hackworth,2024 McPike, Reeves, Roem, R Salim, Subramanyam and VanValkenburg O WHEREAS, Shawn Soares, a master's degree student at Virginia Commonwealth University who was O active in state government and was a passionate advocate for clean energy and environmental DL conservation,conWHEREAS, dieda onnative Mayof 4,India, 2023;Shawn Soares spent much of his childhood in Qatar, then relocated to L the United States;

and U WHEREAS, a native of India, Shawn Soares spent much of his childhood in Qatar, then relocateC to the United States;

and RepresentativeE DonaldWHEREAS, McEachin,Shawn Soares began his career in government as an intern for whomthe helate laterUnited servedStates D expertise to then-Delegate Suhas Subramanyam as directora oflegislative outreach;aide;

heand alsooutreach; provided his expertise to then-Delegate Suhas Subramanyam as a legislative aide;

andhe Dalso provided his WHEREAS, in addition, Shawn Soares served as the deputy director of Asian American and Pacific Islander outreach and the deputy director of appointments under Governor Ralph Northam;

at the age of 24,24,WHEREAS, heShawn wasSoares subsequently joined the youngestVirginia memberConservation Network, a partnership of themore administrationthan at150 nonprofit organizations dedicated to protecting and preserving the time;Commonwealth's natural resources, and worked as a policy manager on clean energy and climate change issues;

and WHEREAS,R Shawn Soares subsequently joined the Virginiadays Conservationof Network,his acolleagues partnershipthrough ofhis naturalkindness resources, and workedenthusiasm asfor amaking policythe managerworld ona cleanbetter energyplace; and climate change issues;

andand1 WHEREAS, Shawnoutside Soaresof washis wellcareer, knownShawn Soares performed as a talentedDJ, and dedicatedin professional,2019, whohe brightenedopened thea daysshow ofR hisin colleaguesWashington, throughD.C., his kindness and enthusiasm for makinghis thefavorite worldartist, aTipper; better plSce;

and WHEREAS,Nimmi; outside of his career, Shawn Soares performed as a DJ, and in 2019, he opened a sho4 in Washington, D.C., for his favorite artist, Tipper;

and 1his WHEREAS,numerous Shawnbeloved Soaresfamily willmembers be fondly remembered and greatlyfriends; missed by his parents, Alec and NimRESOLVED, That the Senate of Virginia hereby note with great sadness the loss of Shawn Soares;

and,now, therefore, be ititnts, RESOLVEDAlec FURTHER,and RESOLVED, That the Clerk of the Senate prepare a copy of thisVirginia resolutionhereby fornote presentationwith togreat sadness the familyloss of Shawn SoaresSoares; as an expression of the Senate of Virginia's respect for his memory.

/and, 2be it presentation to the family of Shawn Soares as an expression of the Senate of Virginia's respect for his memory.