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HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 294 Offered February 2, 2021 Celebrating the life of German Reyes. ---------- Patron-- Guzman ----------

WHEREAS, German Reyes, an esteemed community activist and beloved member of the CASA community in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area, died on January 6, 2021; and

WHEREAS, born in El Salvador, German Reyes lived in the Commonwealth before ultimately settling in the Wheaton area of Silver Spring, Maryland, over which time he developed expertise as a drywall finisher and painter; and

WHEREAS, German Reyes began working with CASA, an organization supporting Latino and immigrant communities in the Commonwealth, Maryland, and Pennsylvania, in 2006; and

WHEREAS, starting as a day laborer at the CASA Workforce Wheaton Welcome Center in Maryland, German Reyes would ultimately become the first president of the organization’s workers’ committee; and

WHEREAS, from 2007 to 2021, German Reyes served as an employment specialist with CASA, fostering a more equitable society by connecting thousands of day laborers with employment and training; and

WHEREAS, German Reyes will be fondly remembered and dearly missed by his loving wife, his children, and numerous other family members and friends; now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED, That the House of Delegates hereby note with great sadness the loss of German Reyes, a distinguished member of the CASA community in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area whose unwavering kindness and generosity touched countless lives; and, be it

RESOLVED FURTHER, That the Clerk of the House of Delegates prepare a copy of this resolution for presentation to the family of German Reyes as an expression of the House of Delegates’ respect for his memory.