HR362: HR362 Girls Empowerment Day; February 20, 2025; recognize

This resolution from the Georgia House of Representatives designates February 20, 2025, as Girls Empowerment Day. It highlights the work of Trinity Girls Network, an organization founded in 2016 by Dr. Jacqueline Mohair that focuses on ending violence against girls and women, preparing girls for success, and expanding educational opportunities, including work in Zambia and consultative status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council. The resolution cites global statistics on girls' access to education and literacy, and states that education helps break cycles of poverty and discrimination. It formally thanks Trinity Girls Network and its partners, including The Dr. Pat Houston Performing Arts Academy, The Organization of World Leaders, and The Whitney Houston Foundation, for an annual event at the Georgia State Capitol. It directs the Clerk of the House to distribute copies of the resolution to the public and press.

• Designates February 20, 2025, as Girls Empowerment Day in Georgia to celebrate the accomplishments and potential of girls and young women.
• Formally thanks Trinity Girls Network and its partner organizations for their work supporting girls locally and internationally, including in Zambia.
• Directs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to make copies of the resolution available to the public and press.
• Does not create any new funding, program, or legal requirement, since it is a ceremonial resolution rather than a change to Georgia law.

This resolution primarily recognizes Trinity Girls Network, Dr. Jacqueline Mohair, and partner groups such as The Dr. Pat Houston Performing Arts Academy, The Organization of World Leaders, and The Whitney Houston Foundation, as well as girls and young women in Georgia and Zambia served by these organizations.

The resolution carries symbolic weight rather than legal force. It publicly honors an organization's work on girls' education and empowerment and calls attention to global statistics on girls' access to schooling, but it does not change any Georgia law, create funding, or impose requirements on any agency or group.

• The first resolving clause recognizes February 20, 2025, as Girls Empowerment Day to celebrate girls' and young women's accomplishments and potential.
• The second resolving clause expresses gratitude to Trinity Girls Network and its partners, including its Zambia initiative and United Nations consultative work.
• The third resolving clause directs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to prepare and distribute copies of the resolution to the public and press.

1. 2025-02-21House Read and Adopted (House)
2. 2025-02-21House First Readers (House)
3. 2025-02-21House Hopper (House)

• Billy Mitchell (D, HD-088)Primary sponsor

• girls empowerment
• education
• women's issues
• commemorative resolutions
• nonprofit recognition