Texas HR 584: Congratulating Tiara Cooper on her receipt of a 2025 Outstanding Texan Award from the Texas Legislative Black Caucus.

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89(R) HR 584 - Enrolled version - Bill Text

  

  

  
 H.R. No. 584

  

  

   

 R E S O L U T I O N

   

        WHEREAS, Tiara Cooper has been named a recipient of the 2025 

  

 Outstanding Texan Award for House District 100 by the Texas 

  

 Legislative Black Caucus; and

  

        WHEREAS, A native of Dallas, Ms. Cooper is a social justice 

  

 leader who is currently serving as deputy director of the Texas 

  

 Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty and as managing director of 

  

 In Defense of Black Lives Dallas; she has also worked with Live 

  

 Free, the Texas Organizing Project, and Dignity Over Dollars; and

  

        WHEREAS, In recognition of her efforts, Ms. Cooper has 

  

 received numerous awards, including the 2023 Future of Texas Award 

  

 from Every Texan, the 2023 Ally of the Year Award from the Dallas 

  

 County Democratic Party, and the 2021 Catalyst Award from the 

  

 Juanita Craft Humanitarian Awards, and in 2020, she was named the 

  

 Organizer of the Year by Next Generation Action Network; in 

  

 addition, she presented a TEDx talk about her lived experience 

  

 entitled "Your Mugshot Moment"; she is an alumna of the Theology and 

  

 Racialized Policing Cohort Program at the Howard University School 

  

 of Divinity, and she participated in the Emerging Leaders 

  

 International Fellows Program at The City University of New York 

  

 Graduate Center; and

  

        WHEREAS, Through her commitment to grassroots activism, 

  

 criminal justice reform, and the advancement of civil rights, Tiara 

  

 Cooper is making a positive difference in the lives of countless 

  

 Texans, and she is indeed deserving of this prestigious honor; now, 

  

 therefore, be it

  

        RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 89th Texas 

  

 Legislature hereby congratulate Tiara Cooper on her receipt of a 

  

 2025 Outstanding Texan Award from the Texas Legislative Black 

  

 Caucus and extend to her sincere best wishes for continued success 

  

 with her important work; and, be it further

  

        RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be 

  

 prepared for Ms. Cooper as an expression of high regard by the Texas 

   

 House of Representatives.

  

   

 Jones of Dallas

   

   

 ______________________________

   

 Speaker of the House     

  

   

        I certify that H.R. No. 584 was adopted by the House on March 

   

 31, 2025, by a non-record vote.

   

   

 ______________________________

   

 Chief Clerk of the House