HR0183 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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HOUSE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of Representatives wish to recognize Josephine Wade on the contributions that she has made to the betterment of her community; and

WHEREAS, At the age of 15, Josephine Wade made the decision to overcome poverty; she entered the business world at the age of 21; for 33 years, she has been a restaurateur and mortgage broker; in 1989, she and her husband, Rupert Smith, opened Captain's Hard Times Dining on East 79th Street; in less than four months, the restaurant quickly outgrew the building and was moved to its present location; and

WHEREAS, Josephine Wade is a member of Carter Temple CME Church; she is on the Board of Directors of the Albertina Walker Scholarship Foundation and is a member of the Community Advisory Board of Carver High School and the Advisory Board of Harold Washington College's Hospitality Program; she is a member of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, the Rainbow/Push Coalition, the Urban League, the National Council of Negro Women, Inc., the American Religious Connection of Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church, the National Prison Ministry, Women Empowered, and many others; and

WHEREAS, The intersection of East 79th Street and South Vernon Avenue in Chicago will be named in her honor on March 4, 2017; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we recognize Josephine Wade on the contributions that she has made to the betterment of her community and we wish her many more successful years; and be it further

RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to Josephine Wade as an expression of our esteem and respect.