HM 19-1002 — Memorialize Former Representative Gwyn Green

HOUSEFirst MEMORIALRegular 19-1002Session BYSeventy-second REPRESENTATIVE(S)General Kennedy,Assembly Arndt,STATE Baisley,OF Beckman,COLORADO Benavidez,Bird,Bockenfeld,Buck,Buckner,Buentello,Caraveo,Carver,ENGROSSED Catlin,Coleman,Cutter,Duran,Esgar,Exum,Froelich,Galindo,Garnett,LLS Geitner,NO. Gonzales-Gutierrez, Gray, Hansen, Herod, Hooton, Humphrey, Jackson, Jaquez Lewis, Kipp, Kraft-Tharp, Landgraf, Larson, Lewis, Liston, Lontine, McCluskie, McKean, McLachlan, Melton, Michaelson Jenet, Mullica, Neville, Ransom, Rich, Roberts, Saine, Sandridge, Singer, Sirota,Snyder,Soper,Sullivan,Tipper,Titone,ValdezD.,Weissman,Will, Williams D., Wilson, Becker MEMORIALIZING FORMER REPRESENTATIVE GWYN GREEN.

WHEREAS,FormerRepresentativeGwynGreendepartedthislifeonM19-0281.01 SeptemberGwynne 12,Middleton 2018;x4340 HM19-1002 HOUSE SPONSORSHIP Kennedy, Arndt,Baisley,Becker,Beckman,Benavidez,Bird,Bockenfeld,Buck,Buckner, Buentello,Caraveo,Carver,Catlin,Coleman,Cutter,Duran,Esgar,Exum,Froelich,Galindo, Garnett, Geitner, Gonzales-Gutierrez, Gray, Hansen, Herod, Hooton, Humphrey, Jackson, Jaquez Lewis, Kipp, Kraft-Tharp, Landgraf, Larson, Lewis, Liston, Lontine, McCluskie, McKean, McLachlan, Melton, Michaelson Jenet, Mullica, Neville, Ransom, Rich, Roberts, Saine, Sandridge, Singer, Sirota, Snyder, Soper, Sullivan, Tipper, Titone, Valdez D., Weissman, Will, Williams D., Wilson House Committees HOUSE MEMORIAL 19-1002 M EMORIALIZING FORMER R EPRESENTATIVE GWYN G REEN .

andWHEREAS,FormerRepresentativeGwynGreendepartedthislife WHEREAS,on RepresentativeSeptember Green12, was2018; born in New Orleans, Louisiana,onNovember21,1938,andwasraisedinHouston,Texas;and WHEREAS,RepresentativeGreengraduatedfromSt.Mary'sCollege, Notre Dame, Indiana, in 1961 and met her husband Dan at Notre Dame where he graduated;

theyand wereWHEREAS, marriedRepresentative inGreen 1961was born in Houston,New Texas,Orleans, andLouisiana,onNovember21,1938,andwasraisedinHouston,Texas;and heservedintheAirForceinNewYorkandAlbany,Georgia,beforetheyWHEREAS, movedRepresentative toGreen Coloradograduated infrom 1964,St. where they raised their four children;

andMary's WHEREAS,College,NotreDame,Indiana,in1961andmetherhusbandDanatNotre RepresentativeDamewherehegraduated;theyweremarriedin1961inHouston,Texas, Greenand washe activeserved in herthe localAir church,Force developingin childNew careYork facilities,andAlbany,Georgia, studyingbefore scripture,they formingmoved communityto socialColorado and prayer groups, and welcoming newcomers, and she worked in local1964, parishwhere officesthey andraised helpedtheir developfour liturgies;children;

and WHEREAS,WHEREAS,RepresentativeGreenwasactiveinherlocalchurch, Representativedeveloping Greenchild receivedcare herfacilities, Masterstudying ofscripture, Socialforming Workcommunity social and prayer groups, and welcoming newcomers, and she worked in 1986local fromparish theoffices Universityand ofhelped Denver;develop liturgies;

and d WHEREAS, Representative Green wasreceived anher activeMaster advocate for peace and social justice, participating in the April 1979 protest at Rocky Flats Nuclear Facility where protestors surrounded the plant and, in 2000, joiningaprotestatFortBenning,Georgia,againsttheUnitedStatesArmy School of America'sSocial humane rights9 andE criminala violations0 inU LatinU America,5 duringShading whichdenotes sheHOUSE wasamendment. detained and issued an order not to reenter the Army base for five years;

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and WHEREAS, Representative Green was an active advocate for peace and social justice, participating in the April 1979 protest at Rocky FlatsNuclearFacilitywhereprotestorssurroundedtheplantand,in2000, joiningaprotestatFortBenning,Georgia,againsttheUnitedStatesArmy School of America's human rights and criminal violations in Latin America, during which she was detained and issued an order not to reenter the Army base for five years;

and WHEREAS,RepresentativeGreen'sfiercecommitmenttosupportingWHEREAS, Representative Green's fierce commitment to supporting and protecting Golden presaged her equally fierce and dedicated advocacy at the state level when, in 2004, she was elected as aaDemocraticstaterepresentativetorepresentDistrict23,andshegained Democratic state representative to represent District 23, and she gained thenicknames"LandslideGreen"andthe"FightingGranny",thelatterof whichtypifiedherfierceadvocacyforseniors,children,thepoor,andher beloved city, Golden;

and WHEREAS,Duringhertimeasastaterepresentative,RepresentativeWHEREAS, During her time as a state representative, Representative Green focused her work on legislation that protected victims, including those who were victimized by clergy;

and WHEREAS, In 2006, Representative Green cosponsored a bill with then Senate President Joan Fitz-Gerald that would have lifted the statute of limitations on civil lawsuits in cases of sexual abuse, and they let the PAGE 2-HOUSE MEMORIAL 19-1002 measure die on the last day of session rather than watch it be weakened by opponents, including the Catholic Church;

and WHEREAS,RepresentativeGreen'sdelightwasherfaith,family,andWHEREAS,RepresentativeGreen'sdelightwasherfaith,family, -2- 1002 and friends, and she is survived by her loving husband Dan Green;

now, therefore, Be It ResolvedbytheHouseofRepresentativesoftheResolved by the House of Representatives of the Seventy-second General Assembly of the State of Colorado:

That, in the death of former Representative Gwyn Green, the people of the StateStateof ofColoradohavelostadevoted Colorado have lost a devoted public servant and an outstandingcitizen,andthatwe,membersoftheSeventy-secondGeneral Assembly,paytributetoRepresentativeGreenAssembly,paytributetoRepresentative Green for her years of dedicated public service and do hereby extend our deep and heartfelt sympathy to the members of her family.

Be It Further Resolved, That a copy of this Memorial be sent to DanDanGreen,WayneDruilhet,MelanieMorris,KevinGreen,LauraGreen, Green, Wayne Druilhet, Melanie Morris, Kevin Green, Laura Green, Mark Green, Ben Green, the League of Women Voters, and the City of Golden.

____________________________-3- ____________________________1002 Marilyn Eddins KC Becker CHIEF CLERK OF THE HOUSE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF REPRESENTATIVES PAGE 3-HOUSE MEMORIAL 19-1002