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Senate Resolution

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A resolution recognizing the Florida Junior Community

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College Student Government Association (FJCCSGA) on its

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performance through "50 Years of Issues."

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     WHEREAS, FJCCSGA has represented community and junior

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colleges for 50 years, and

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     WHEREAS, FJCCSGA currently represents students from 28

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colleges in the state of Florida, providing opportunities for

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leadership training and debate forums, and

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     WHEREAS, FJCCSGA is an organization dedicated to advancing

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students' abilities to participate in community service, civil

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engagement, and political awareness opportunities, and

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     WHEREAS, FJCCSGA is a student-run and student-directed

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organization, relying on student involvement to sustain its

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purpose and leadership, and

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     WHEREAS, FJCCSGA's purpose is "to unify the member colleges

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in order to best attend to the appropriate concerns of the

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students of the Florida community college and serve as a vehicle

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to communicate these concerns to the Florida Legislative Body"

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(Article I, Section III of FJCCSGA Constitution), and

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     WHEREAS, FJCCSGA's success as an organization over the years

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can be seen by identifying the countless student representatives

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that have gone on to serve as state and national legislators,

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college and university presidents, corporate CEOs, respected

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physicians, and leaders in virtually every field, NOW, THEREFORE,

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Be It Resolved by the Senate of the State of Florida:

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     That the Senate recognizes and commends FJCCSGA for 50 years

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of service to the students in the Florida Community College

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system.

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     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Florida Senate encourages

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the efforts of FJCCSGA and supports its purpose of promoting

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student engagement for another 50 years to come and that a copy

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of this resolution, with the Seal of the Senate affixed, be

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presented to FJCCSGA as a tangible token of the sentiments of the

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Florida Senate.