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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2023

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H O U S E   R E S O L U T I O N

HONORING LUCY ROSE-CORREIA FOR RECEIVING THE "ORDEM DO DRAGOEIRO"

(ORDER OF THE DRAGON TREE) ON BEHALF OF THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

FROM THE PRESIDENT OF CABO VERDE (CAPE VERDE) THE HONORABLE

PRESIDENT JOSE MARIA PEREIRA NEVES

     Introduced By: Representatives Blazejewski, Shekarchi, Chippendale, Kazarian,
Dawson, Henries, Solomon, Tanzi, Shallcross Smith, and Ajello

     Date Introduced: May 25, 2023

     Referred To: House read and passed

     WHEREAS, Lucy Rose-Correia is a Rhode Island native who grew up in East

Providence. She attained a Bachelor’s degree in business management from Lesley University,

and a Master’s degree from Salve Regina in Leadership Dynamics and Practice. She is also a

graduate of Leadership, Rhode Island, Class of 2015, and holds both SPHR and SHRM-SCP

certifications in Human Resources; and

     WHEREAS, Ms. Rose-Correia currently serves as the Chief of Talent & Learning at

Children’s Friend, a respected child-serving nonprofit agency. She is also the founder of Qualia

Life Coaching, and had previously worked as a Human Resources Business partner for

Neighborhood Health Plan of Rhode Island; and

     WHEREAS, With a strong reputation for her amazing business acumen, Ms. Rose-

Correia was awarded the Providence Business Award, and often utilizes her skills to help advance

and support Cape Verdean culture; and

     WHEREAS, Ms. Rose-Correia is founder and serves as President of the Cape Verdean

Memorial Project, with the purpose and goal of installing a monument in the Rhode Island

Veterans Memorial Cemetery in recognition of Cape Verdean veterans' service to the United

States; and

     WHEREAS, Thanks to Ms. Rose-Correia's tenacity and tireless work, a monument was

installed in the Rhode Island Veterans Memorial Cemetery on September 30, 2018, in recognition

of the military service provided to the United States by Cape Verdean veterans; and

     WHEREAS, The keynote Speaker at the installation was Major General (now General)

Gary Brito, the highest-ranking officer of Cape Verdean descent in the United States Armed

Forces. This memorial was the first of its kind at a State/federal funded site; and

     WHEREAS, Cape Verdean immigrants were the first African people to settle freely in

the United States, and many of them served and fought bravely in the United States military, an

historical fact that is celebrated in Exeter with the Cape Verdean Veterans Memorial, the first of

its kind in the United States; and

     WHEREAS, Many brave Cape Verdeans, and people of Cape Verdean heritage, have

fought, and perished, in service to our nation and in support of freedom in all of America’s wars

from the American Revolution, to the Civil War, World Wars I and II, Korea, Vietnam, in Iraq

and Afghanistan; and

     WHEREAS, Americans of Cape Verdean heritage have also contributed much to the

fabric of the United States and all that makes our nation a unique place on the world stage. They

have contributed much to our nation’s social life, economic success, and the arts and culture, and

they continue today to enrich our lives in many ways; and

     WHEREAS, In recognition of the special relationship between Cabo Verde and the

United States, of all the important contributions Americans of Cape Verdean heritage have made

to our nation, and in recognition of the Cape Verde Veterans Memorial in Exeter, the President of

Cabo Verde, the Honorable President Jose Maria Pereira Neves presented the “Ordem do

Dragoeiro” (Order of the Dragon Tree) to Lucy Rose-Correia on the fifth annual Anniversary of

the dedication of the first monument erected in the United States to honor the military service of

the men and women of Cape Verdean descent; and

     WHEREAS, Thanks to Ms. Rose-Correia, the Cape Verdean Veterans Monument is

located in a public space and will forever serve as a lasting representation of Cape Verdean

immigration to the United States, their successful integration, their brave service in support of the

United States and the many contributions they have made over the years that has greatly enriched

our nation; now, therefore be it

     RESOLVED, That this House of Representatives of the State of Rhode Island hereby

congratulates Lucy Rose-Correia on receiving the “Ordem do Drageiro”, (Order of the Dragon),

on behalf of the State of Rhode Island; and be it further

     RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is authorized and directed to

transmit a duly certified copy of this resolution to Lucy Rose-Correia, President of the Cape

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