[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 15 (Tuesday, February 22, 1994)]
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              TRIBUTE TO LEAGUE OF LATIN AMERICAN CITIZENS

 Mr. DeCONCINI. Mr. President, I rise today to share with the 
Senate the efforts of one organization to prevent the youth of our 
Nation from becoming school dropouts. The League of United Latin 
American Citizens [LULAC] will be holding its Fifth Annual Youth 
Leadership Conference on March 17 on the campus of Pima Community 
College in Arizona. Approximately 1,500 at-risk 7th through 12th 
graders from around the State will be participating in this day of 
education and motivation. They will be directed by business, government 
and community leaders through 40 workshop sessions designed to teach 
goal-setting and instill the value that staying in school is a 
necessity in facilitating their success in life. Comedian and actor 
George Lopez will be this year's keynote speaker. I am confident this 
program will leave its young participants with a sense of hope for the 
future and the realization that their education is the cornerstone in 
their preparation to become tomorrow's leaders.
  LULAC, the conference organizer, was founded in 1929 and is the 
Nation's oldest Hispanic-American civic organization. Its purpose is to 
assist underprivileged Hispanics through a variety of programs which 
promote economic development, cultural heritage, and political 
involvement. For the past 6 years, the league has targeted the 
prevention of dropouts as a high priority for all volunteer efforts in 
Arizona. This year it will team up with the Metro Educational 
Commission, Pima Community College, the University of Arizona, the 
Tucson Police Department, and the Pima County Sheriff's Department in 
promoting education as the road to persistence and success in the 
Hispanic community.
  In closing, Mr. President, I would like to commend and extend my 
gratitude to all involved in LULAC for their untiring efforts to 
preserve the promise of tomorrow by working to keep America's young 
people in school. I have no doubt that the leadership conference will 
be a resounding success and a model for other events around the 
country.

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