HR582: HR582 Morelli, Maritza; receiving the 2025 Yellow Rose Nikki T. Randall Servant Leadership Award; commend

This resolution from the Georgia House of Representatives honors Maritza Morelli, who co-founded and leads Los Ninos Primero, an Atlanta organization that supports Latino children and families through education programs. The resolution recounts her background, founding the group in 2001 with support from Mount Vernon Presbyterian Church, and its growth to reach more than 6,200 Latino children, youth, and families. It also notes her past recognitions, including a Congressional Honor from Congresswoman Lucy McBath and being named one of Georgia's 50 Most Influential Latino Leaders. The resolution formally congratulates her for receiving the 2025 Yellow Rose Nikki T. Randall Servant Leadership Award, an honor given annually by the Georgia Women's Legislative Caucus during Women's History Month, and directs the Clerk of the House to send her a copy of the resolution.

• Congratulates and commends Maritza Morelli by name for receiving the 2025 Yellow Rose Nikki T. Randall Servant Leadership Award.
• Formally recounts her work founding and leading Los Ninos Primero, an organization serving Latino children and families in Atlanta.
• Directs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to prepare and distribute a copy of the resolution to Morelli.
• Extends the House's best wishes for her continued success, without creating any new law, funding, or program.

The resolution directly names and honors Maritza Morelli. It also references Los Ninos Primero and the families it serves, the Georgia Women's Legislative Caucus, and the Clerk of the House of Representatives, who is tasked with distributing the resolution.

This is a ceremonial honor with no legal or regulatory effect. Its practical impact is limited to publicly recognizing Morelli's community work and providing her an official copy of the resolution as a keepsake.

• The whereas clauses describe the history of the Yellow Rose Nikki T. Randall Servant Leadership Award, named for the first African American woman elected to the General Assembly from middle Georgia.
• The whereas clauses describe Morelli's founding of Los Ninos Primero in 2001 and its growth to reach more than 6,200 Latino children, youth, and families.
• The resolved clause formally congratulates and commends Morelli for receiving the award and wishes her continued success.
• A further resolved clause directs the Clerk of the House to make a copy of the resolution available for distribution to Morelli.

1. 2025-03-11House Read and Adopted (House)
2. 2025-03-11House First Readers (House)
3. 2025-03-11House Hopper (House)

• Shea Roberts (D, HD-052)Primary sponsor
• Esther Panitch (D, HD-051)
• Karen Lupton (D, HD-083)
• Betsy Holland (D, HD-054)
• Deborah Silcox (R, HD-053)

• ceremonial resolution
• community leadership award
• Latino community organizations
• Georgia House of Representatives