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Resolution
TO FORM COALITIONS WITH OTHER
ETHNIC MINORITY GROUPS TO PROMOTE CIVIL RIGHTS
Whereas,
LULAC National President Hector Flores,
Rainbow/PUSH Coalition President Reverend Jesse
Jackson and National Council of La Raza
President Janet Murguia joined together to
reinvigorate a longstanding partnership between
the African- American and Hispanic communities
across the nation; and
Whereas,
these
named leaders and the leaders of MALDEF and
Southwest Voter Registration Education Project
agreed to bring their organizations, skills and
concerted efforts to organize the
African-American and Hispanic leadership to
address common issues regarding civil rights,
including but not limited to the
following:
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Reauthorization of the Voting Rights Act
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Passage of the Secure American and Orderly
Immigration Act
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To
oppose non-governmental, private citizen
vigilante activities;
Be It
Resolved,
that
LULAC formally endorses this coalition’s
efforts.
Submitted by Lena Levario, President of LULAC
Council #4782, June 4, 2005, Dallas Texas.
Adopted this 2nd day of July
2005.
Hector M. Flores
LULAC National President |
