Florida Senate - 2019                            (NP)    SR 1862
       
       
        
       By Senator Taddeo
       
       
       
       
       
       40-03779B-19                                          20191862__
    1                          Senate Resolution                        
    2         A resolution recognizing April 25, 2019, as “Colombia
    3         Day” in Florida.
    4  
    5         WHEREAS, the Colombian population constitutes the fourth
    6  largest Hispanic nationality in this state, with an estimated
    7  population of 304,000 Colombian and Colombian-American people
    8  statewide in 2010, and with 244,000 Colombians and Colombian
    9  Americans residing in Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach
   10  Counties in 2017, making Colombians the second-largest Hispanic
   11  nationality in South Florida, and
   12         WHEREAS, the growing number of Colombian residents in
   13  Central Florida has prompted the opening of a second Colombian
   14  consulate in Orlando, making Colombia only the second Latin
   15  American country to have two consulates in the Sunshine State,
   16  and
   17         WHEREAS, as the Colombian-American community grows in
   18  number and influence, members of that community are seeking new
   19  opportunities to participate in local and state politics and are
   20  becoming an extraordinary political force as they support the
   21  global fight for freedom and democracy for all people, and
   22         WHEREAS, as Colombian and Colombian-American writers,
   23  actors, painters, sculptors, musicians, and other artists who
   24  have made this state their home gain public recognition and
   25  critical acclaim, the cultural and artistic contributions of the
   26  Colombian and Colombian-American communities to this state
   27  continue to grow, and
   28         WHEREAS, Colombian entrepreneurs have created and sustained
   29  thriving businesses in all sectors of the economy, such as
   30  services, the hospitality industry, media and production,
   31  communications, marketing, and construction, and
   32         WHEREAS, Colombia is a long-standing and stable ally of the
   33  United States, and Colombian residents of this state have been
   34  instrumental in maintaining that relationship due to their
   35  economic, familial, and political ties to their country of
   36  origin, NOW, THEREFORE,
   37  
   38  Be It Resolved by the Senate of the State of Florida:
   39  
   40         That April 25, 2019, is recognized as “Colombia Day” in
   41  Florida.