Relative to the 10th Annual Tomas Rivera Conference at the University of California, Riverside.
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Filed with
Secretary of State
April 22, 1997.
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LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
ACR 50, Pacheco.
University of California Riverside.
This measure would pay tribute to the achievements of Tomas and Concha Rivera and salute the University of California, Riverside for its sponsorship of the 10th Annual Tomas Rivera Conference.
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WHEREAS, The late Tomas Rivera served with distinction at the University of California, Riverside campus from 1980 to 1985; and
WHEREAS, Dr. Rivera served as the first Chicano and first underrepresented leader to serve as a chancellor of a University of California campus; and
WHEREAS, The distinguished Concha Rivera has carried on the legacy of her late husband in her exemplary outreach to the Inland Empire and people in need; and
WHEREAS, The University of California, Riverside campus has sponsored the annual Tomas Rivera Conference, now in its 10th year, to focus attention on the issue of diversity and on other critical issues impacting Chicanos; and
WHEREAS, The 10th Annual Tomas Rivera Conference will be held at the University of California Riverside campus on Friday, April 25th to pay tribute to the memory of Chancellor Rivera who set an example as a migrant worker who dedicated his life to the advancement of all people and who distinguished himself as an educator, poet, champion of human rights, and a citizen of the world; now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate thereof concurring, That the members pay tribute to the remarkable achievements of Tomas and Concha Rivera and salute the University of California, Riverside for its sponsorship of the 10th Annual Tomas Rivera Conference; and be it further
Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of this resolution to the University of California, Riverside.