RESOLUTIONS PASSED AT THE AMERICAN GI FORUM NATIONAL CONFERENCE IN ALBUQUERQUE, NM

  1. Resolution to support  LULAC to upgrade the Distinguished Service Cross Medal to Congressional Medal of Honor to SGT. Willie Estrada who was killed in Korea while engaged in combat against 1,700 enemy forces.

  2. Resolution to support “Veterans for New America” an influential group of veterans representing each of the military branches and veteran service organizations who support a bipartisan solution to immigration for non-citizen military service members and their families.

  3. New Agent Orange Presumptions resolution highlighting the U.S. Institute Of Medicine (IOM) Congressional Research Report which shows five additional medical conditions which meet the rigorous standards of probability and causation due to environmental exposures in the Republic of Vietnam.  Those conditions are: hypothyroidism, bladder cancer, stroke hypertension, and Parkinson –like conditions.

  4. Resolution nominating Carlos Martinez to be awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom.  Mr. Carlos Martinez has guided the National Veterans Outreach Program (NVOP) since 1978 into a multi-million dollar corporation composed of seven interlocking corporations providing veteran services.  During his tenure as CEO the NVOP has served over 450,000 veterans.

  5. Resolution recommending the need to increase Mexican American and Latino Museums to show the history and contributions by Mexican American’s and Latino’s in our Nation’s history and all our nations wars.

  6. Resolution recommending action by major networks and cable television to improve mass media presence of Mexican Americans on prime time television.  While Latino Population is approximately 17.4 percent of U.S. population only 5.8 percent have speaking roles during prime time in Television.

  7. Resolution against human trafficking of children which are exploited for sex and labor.  The AGIF will support awareness programs which educate the public to protect and prevent.

  8. Resolution against educational vouchers and privatization of public schools and that the national Commander will appoint an education committee that will be vigil of national, state and local education policies

  9.   Squadron 201, the Mexican Fighter Squadron, who fought side by side with American Forces, in the Philippines, during WWII has never been publically acknowledged by the U.S. Congress.  The American GI Forum recommends that the President of the U.S. honor Squadron 201 by, awarding them the Congressional Gold Medal.

     

    Other resolutions were submitted to the Resolutions Committee and were either combined with  a similar resolution or were rejected because they were directed at a state level and were not addressing a national  agenda.

     

    Jake Alarid