Legislation Details

File #: 24-6460    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Resolution Status: Passed
File created: 10/1/2024 In control: Commissioners Court
On agenda: 10/8/2024 Final action: 10/8/2024
Title: Request by the Commissioner of Precinct 2 for approval of a resolution commending Dr. Cristina Rivera Garza, winner of the 2024 Pulitzer Prize for her memoir "Liliana's Invincible Summer: A Sister's Search for Justice."
Department: Commissioner, Precinct 2
Department Head/Elected Official: Commissioner Adrian Garcia

Regular or Supplemental RCA: Regular RCA

Type of Request: Resolution

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Request by the Commissioner of Precinct 2 for approval of a resolution commending Dr. Cristina Rivera Garza, winner of the 2024 Pulitzer Prize for her memoir "Liliana's Invincible Summer: A Sister's Search for Justice."
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Background and Discussion:
Dr. Rivera Garza, M.D. Anderson Distinguished Professor in Hispanic Studies, and director of the Ph.D. program in creative writing in Spanish at the University of Houston, won a prize for "Letters and Drama" for her emotionally charged memoir, an account of the author's 20-year-old sister, murdered by a former boyfriend.

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