0001|                       HOUSE JOINT MEMORIAL 13
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0002|     43rd legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 1997
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0003|                            INTRODUCED BY
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0004|                           JAMES G. TAYLOR
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0010|                           A JOINT MEMORIAL
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0011|     PROCLAIMING FEBRUARY 10 THROUGH 16, 1997 AS "RANDOM ACTS OF
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0012|     KINDNESS WEEK" IN NEW MEXICO.
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0014|          WHEREAS, on the fourth anniversary of the publication of
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0015|     the book "Random Acts of Kindness", the nation will celebrate
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0016|     international random acts of kindness week; and
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0017|          WHEREAS, the rise in popularity of the idea of random acts
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0018|     of kindness has spread from the book to bumper stickers,
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0019|     buttons, national coverage on talk shows, radio shows and
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0020|     newspaper stories to the inception of a random acts of kindness
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0021|     week nationwide; and
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0022|          WHEREAS, the idea behind random acts of kindness week is
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0023|     simply to encourage people everywhere to take a few minutes
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0024|     from their daily lives to act with caring and compassion toward
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0025|     a stranger in some small way, which may in turn inspire that
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0001|     person to act with kindness toward yet another stranger,
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0002|     through selfless acts such as putting coins in another person's
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0003|     expired parking meter, helping a busy mother or an elderly
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0004|     person carry groceries to his car, taking home-baked cookies to
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0005|     a retirement home or innumerable other acts that are done
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0006|     simply out of kindness toward other human beings in general and
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0007|     without regard for personal gain; and
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0008|          WHEREAS, teachers should also promote random acts of
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0009|     kindness week, by encouraging schoolchildren to participate in
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0010|     random acts of kindness by taking time out of recess to help
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0011|     clean up the playground, inviting a new student to share their
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0012|     lunches, holding a canned food drive or simply encouraging
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0013|     others around them to commit one random act of kindness each
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0014|     day;
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0015|          NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE
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0016|     STATE OF NEW MEXICO that February 10 through 16, 1997 be
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0017|     proclaimed as "random acts of kindness week" and encourage all
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0018|     New Mexicans to treat one another with compassion and caring,
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0019|     as well as encourage schoolchildren to participate in all
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0020|     manner of random acts of kindness; and
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0021|          BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this memorial be
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0022|     sent to the speaker of the house of representatives, the
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0023|     president pro tempore of the senate, the superintendent of
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0024|     public instruction and the governor.
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0025|                                                         State of New Mexico
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0001|                      House of Representatives
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0003|                      FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE
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0004|                        FIRST SESSION, 1997
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0007|                                               February 10, 1997
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0010|   Mr. Speaker:
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0012|        Your LABOR AND HUMAN RESOURCES COMMITTEE, to
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0013|   whom has been referred
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0014|   
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0015|                   HOUSE JOINT MEMORIAL 13
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0017|   has had it under consideration and reports same with
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0018|   recommendation that it DO PASS.
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0020|                                 Respectfully submitted,
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<u></u>0001| <u>                                </u>                             Rick Miera, Chairman
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0006|             (Chief Clerk)                       (Chief Clerk)
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0010|   The roll call vote was<u> 8 </u> For<u> 0 </u> Against
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0011|   Yes:      8
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0012|             Excused:  None
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0013|             Absent:   None
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