HJR 24-1020 — Recognition of Latino/a Advocacy Day

HOUSESecond JOINTRegular RESOLUTIONSession 24-1020Seventy-fourth BYGeneral REPRESENTATIVE(S)Assembly VelascoSTATE andOF Hernandez,COLORADO Amabile,ENGROSSED Bacon,LLS Bird,NO. Boesenecker, Brown, Clifford, Daugherty, deGruy Kennedy, Duran, English, Epps, Froelich, Garcia, Hamrick, Herod, Jodeh, Joseph, Kipp, Lieder, Lindsay, Lindstedt, Lukens, Mabrey, Martinez, Marvin, Mauro, McCormick, McLachlan, Ortiz, Ricks, Rutinel, Sirota, Snyder, Story, Titone, Valdez, Vigil, Weissman, Willford, Woodrow, Young, McCluskie;

alsoR24-1037.01 SENATOR(S)Shannon JaquezWheeler Lewis,x4340 Baisley,HJR24-1020 Bridges,HOUSE Buckner,SPONSORSHIP Coleman,VelascoandHernandez, Cutter,Amabile,Bacon,Bird,Boesenecker,Brown,Clifford,Daugherty, Danielson,deGruy Exum,Kennedy, Fields,Duran, Gardner,English, Ginal,Epps, Gonzales,Froelich, Hansen,Garcia, Hinrichsen,Hamrick, Kirkmeyer,Herod, Kolker,Jodeh, Liston,Joseph, Lundeen,Kipp, Marchman,Lieder, MichaelsonLindsay, Jenet,Lindstedt, Mullica,Lukens, PeltonMabrey, B.,Martinez, PeltonMarvin, R.,Mauro, Priola,McCluskie, Rich,McCormick, Roberts,McLachlan, Rodriguez,Ortiz, Simpson,Ricks, Smallwood,Rutinel, Sullivan,Sirota, VanSnyder, Winkle,Story, Will,Titone, WinterValdez, F.,Vigil, Zenzinger,Weissman, Fenberg.Willford, Woodrow, Young SENATE SPONSORSHIP Jaquez Lewis, House Committees Senate Committees HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 24-1020 C ONCERNING THE RECOGNITION OF LATINO /A ADVOCACY D AY .

CONCERNINGWHEREAS, THELatino/a RECOGNITIONAdvocacyDaycelebrates OFeighteen LATINO/Ayears ADVOCACYof DAY.mobilizing Latinas and Latinos from across Colorado, a legacy that has helped amplify Latina and Latino voices to address the structural inequities that have historically affected their communities;

WHEREAS, Latino/a Advocacy Day celebrates eighteen years of mobilizing Latinas and Latinos from across Colorado, a legacy that has helped amplify Latina and Latino voices to address the structural inequities that have historically affected their communities;

and WHEREAS,WHEREAS,LatinasandLatinosrepresentmorethantwenty-four Latinas and Latinos represent more than twenty-four percent of Colorado's population.

Therefore, events like Latino/a Advocacy Day are essential to improve g 4 parity of representation in the statewide legislative body;

and WHEREAS,d The2 averageS agee of8 LatinasO andl Latinosh inShading thedenotes stateHOUSE isamendment. twelve years old, and the fastest growing population of K-12 students in the state is Latinas and Latinos, who already make up a majority of students in urban and rural school districts across the state;

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WHEREAS, The average age of Latinas and Latinos in the state is twelve years old, and the fastest growing population of K-12 students in the state is Latinas and Latinos, who already make up a majority of students in urban and rural school districts across the state;

and WHEREAS,WHEREAS,CommunityeffortslikeLatino/aAdvocacyDayhelp Community efforts like Latino/a Advocacy Day help create better policies that impact the dailydailylives lives of all people in our state;

(1) That we, the members of the Colorado General Assembly, recognize the achievements of Latinas and Latinos and honor their contributionscontributionsto to Colorado's long historyhistoryof ofpoliticalengagementandrole political engagement and role in the policy-making process;

(2) ThatThatwepaytributetopastandcurrentLatino/aAdvocacyDay we pay tribute to past and current Latino/a Advocacy Day participants who have traveled to the Colorado state capitol from across Colorado to ensure representation and the just treatment of Latino/a communities in Colorado;

and -2- 1020 (3) That we devote ourselves to creating a Colorado that will one day work for all through parity of representation in this statewide legislative body.

PAGEBeItFurtherResolved,ThatcopiesofthisJointResolutionbesent 2-HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 24-1020 Be It Further Resolved, That copies of this Joint Resolution be sent to the Colorado Organization for Latina Opportunity and Reproductive Rights (COLOR) and Voces Unidas de las Montafias.Montañas.

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