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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
| 3 | Representatives wish to congratulate William "Bill" Yoshino on | ||||||
| 4 | 38 years of service as the Midwest Regional Director of the | ||||||
| 5 | Japanese American Citizens League (JACL), a position he | ||||||
| 6 | accepted in 1978; and
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| 7 | WHEREAS, In his work with the JACL, Bill assisted in | ||||||
| 8 | organizing outreach to the members of Congress in the Midwest | ||||||
| 9 | for legislation to establish the Commission on Wartime | ||||||
| 10 | Relocation and Internment of Civilians, as well as for the | ||||||
| 11 | Civil Liberties Act of 1988; and
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| 12 | WHEREAS, In the 1990s, Bill worked with the Office of | ||||||
| 13 | Redress Administration to assist in contacting individuals who | ||||||
| 14 | were eligible to receive redress payments; and
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| 15 | WHEREAS, Bill is a respected leader in JACL's effort to | ||||||
| 16 | combat anti-Asian sentiment through stronger hate crime | ||||||
| 17 | legislation and anti-defamation initiatives; and
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| 18 | WHEREAS, Bill testified before the United States Senate on | ||||||
| 19 | the Hate Crimes Statistics Act of 1988, has produced a | ||||||
| 20 | semi-annual newsletter on hate crimes and hate incidents, and | ||||||
| 21 | has conducted hate crime workshops at college conferences; and
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| 1 | WHEREAS, Bill has represented the Asian American community | ||||||
| 2 | on the Illinois Asian American Advisory Council to the | ||||||
| 3 | Governor, the Chicago Asian American Advisory Committee, the | ||||||
| 4 | Chicago Commission on Human Relations, and the Illinois | ||||||
| 5 | Commission on Discrimination and Hate Crimes; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, Bill supported the growth of young leaders by | ||||||
| 7 | organizing teacher training workshops through grants from the | ||||||
| 8 | National Park Service and the National Endowment for the | ||||||
| 9 | Humanities, revising and updating the JACL curriculum guide, | ||||||
| 10 | and producing educational materials on Japanese American | ||||||
| 11 | internment and Asian Pacific Islander history; he also | ||||||
| 12 | established the JACL Collegiate Washington, D.C. Leadership | ||||||
| 13 | Program and has provided fellowship opportunities to college | ||||||
| 14 | graduates; and
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| 15 | WHEREAS, Bill has ensured the continued success of the | ||||||
| 16 | Japanese American Citizens League through his dedicated work to | ||||||
| 17 | develop young leaders; and
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| 18 | WHEREAS, Bill's commitment to honor and address history and | ||||||
| 19 | his work to educate the public on hate crimes to prevent future | ||||||
| 20 | injustices has made a major impact on generations of citizens; | ||||||
| 21 | therefore, be it
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| 1 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
| 2 | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | ||||||
| 3 | congratulate William "Bill" Yoshino on 38 years of service as | ||||||
| 4 | the Midwest Regional Director of the Japanese American Citizens | ||||||
| 5 | League, and we wish him the best in all of his future | ||||||
| 6 | endeavors; and be it further
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| 7 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 8 | presented to William Yoshino as an expression of our esteem and | ||||||
| 9 | respect.
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