Full Text of SJR0015 100th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 15
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The State of Illinois recognizes the need for | 3 | | keeping Illinois waterways clean; whether it is a large or | 4 | | small body of water, whether rural, urban, or suburban, having | 5 | | clean waterways benefits public safety, public recreation, the | 6 | | economy, and the historical character of Illinois; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, The third Saturday of September is observed | 8 | | globally as "International Coastal
Cleanup Day", coordinated | 9 | | by the Ocean Conservancy and promoted by various like-minded
| 10 | | Illinois partner organizations; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, The coalition of Illinois Global Scholar | 12 | | stakeholders acts for the benefit of Illinois students and | 13 | | works to promote Public Act 099-0780; it partners with | 14 | | organizations to ensure the protection, restoration, and | 15 | | health of Illinois waterways; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Service learning promotes effective student | 17 | | growth opportunities; a statewide coordinated day of action | 18 | | facilitates active citizen engagement, particularly focusing | 19 | | on active student engagement in learning and effective | 20 | | environmental improvement through trash collection, data | 21 | | collection, and data analysis; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, To coordinate with the International Coastal | 2 | | Cleanup Day effort, partner organizations and schools across | 3 | | Illinois will facilitate the opportunity for Illinois student | 4 | | participant groups to partner with other student participant | 5 | | groups in different countries, providing Illinois students | 6 | | with the opportunity to communicate and collaborate globally, | 7 | | discussing and sharing their efforts and findings; therefore, | 8 | | be it
| 9 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL
| 10 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
| 11 | | CONCURRING HEREIN,
that we declare September 10-16, 2017 as | 12 | | "Illinois Waterway Cleanup Week" in the State of Illinois.
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