Tennessee legislation · 114th General Assembly
Tennessee HJR1535: A RESOLUTION to commend Sidney Ware, Brandon Randolph, and Fatima Grandos Macareno, along with the Mu Zeta Chapter of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc., and No Labels at Middle Tennessee State University, for their outstanding leadership in promoting bipartisan outreach, civil debate, and constructive civic engagement.
Status: Signed into law, May 5, 2026
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What the bill says
A resolution to commend Sidney Ware, Brandon Randolph, and Fatima Grandos Macareno, along with the Mu Zeta Chapter of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc., and No Labels at Middle Tennessee State University, for their outstanding leadership in promoting bipartisan outreach, civil debate, and constructive civic engagement.
From the introduced text:
A RESOLUTION to commend Sidney Ware, Brandon Randolph, and Fatima Grandos Macareno, along with the Mu Zeta Chapter of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc., and No Labels at Middle Tennessee State University, for their outstanding leadership in promoting bipartisan outreach, civil debate, and constructive civic engagement. WHEREAS, Sidney Ware, Brandon Randolph, and Fatima Grandos Macareno serve as dedicated student leaders at Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU) and have worked tirelessly to foster dialogue across political lines in an era often characterized by division and partisanship; and WHEREAS, through the Mu Zeta Chapter of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc., members have embodied the fraternity's cardinal principles of Manhood, Scholarship, Perseverance, and Uplift by organizing and participating in initiatives that encourage respectful engagement between students of differing political perspectives; and WHEREAS, through the work of No Labels at MTSU, members have advanced the mission of the national No Labels movement by creating nonpartisan spaces on campus for open discussion, voter registration drives, candidate forums, and community events that bring together Democrats, Republicans, Independents, and unaffiliated students; and WHEREAS, these individuals' efforts have included hosting bipartisan panels, facilitating civil-debate workshops, and building coalitions that emphasize shared values and commonsense solutions rather than partisan conflict, thereby strengthening democratic participation and civic literacy among MTSU students and the broader Middle Tennessee community; and WHEREAS, such …