Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim July 25, 2026, as International Day for Afro-Latin American, Afro-American and Diaspora Women in the State of New York

Assembly Resolution No. 1551

BY: M. of A. Rules (Solages)

        MEMORIALIZING  Governor  Kathy  Hochul to proclaim
        July 25, 2026, as International Day  for  Afro-Latin
        American,  Afro-American  and  Diaspora Women in the
        State of New York

  WHEREAS, Women of  the  African  Diaspora  are  incredibly  diverse,
representing hundreds of cultures, ethnicities, languages and countries;
and

  WHEREAS,  Established  in 1992 by the Network of Afro-Latin American
Afro Caribbean and Diaspora Women (RMAAD) in  Santo  Domingo,  Dominican
Republic,  this  day  is  rooted  in  organized resistance and community
building; and

  WHEREAS, The United Nations Second International Decade  for  People
of African Descent is a timeframe designated to confront the legacies of
enslavement  and colonialism, deliver reparatory justice, and secure the
full human rights and freedoms of people of African  descent  worldwide;
and

  WHEREAS,  The  day  is  recognized  in  conjunction  with the United
Nations Decade  for  People  of  African  Descent  and  the  Afro-Latino
Festival  of  New  York  which  has  served  as  an event to amplify the
principles of justice, recognition, and development, since 2014; and

  WHEREAS, The authentic cultural recognition  and  substantive  civic
engagement  that marks July 25th goes beyond a single day and is part of
a month-long cultural campaign grounded in programming, civic  education
and community solidarity; and

  WHEREAS,   By   recognizing   this  day  we  honor  the  resilience,
leadership, and cultures of the diaspora women in  this  state  and  the
communities they represent; and

  WHEREAS,  We honor the diversity of the diaspora and the strength it
brings to our state; now, therefore, be it

  RESOLVED, That this Legislative Body pause in its  deliberations  to
memorialize  Governor  Kathy  Hochul  to  proclaim  July  25,  2026,  as
International Day for Afro-Latin American,  Afro-American  and  Diaspora
Women in the State of New York.; and be it further

  RESOLVED,  That  copies  of  this Resolution, suitably engrossed, be
transmitted to The Honorable Kathy Hochul, Governor of the State of  New
York.