MS SC545

Recognizes and commends Lauren Compere of Madison, Mississippi, as the newly crowned Miss Wheelchair Mississippi

Lauren Compere is a student at Mississippi College who will compete for the title of Miss Wheelchair America in Des Moines, Iowa

Miss Wheelchair America program provides opportunities for wheelchair-using women to educate and advocate for more than 54 million Americans living with disabilities

Compere, who has been quadriplegic since childhood, developed a platform focused on ministry for people with disabilities through her church, Pinelake

Directs that the resolution be presented to Lauren Compere and her family and made available to the Capitol Press Corps