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SENATE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to 
3learn of the death of Dr. Bambade
Shakoor-Abdullah, who passed 
4away on December 8, 2017; and
  
 
5    WHEREAS, Dr. Shakoor-Abdullah was born Lolita Flynn in 
6Chicago to Myrtle and
Roland Flynn; and
  
 
7    WHEREAS, Dr. Shakoor-Abdullah was a lifelong learner and 
8educator; she attended Wilson Jr.
College and was instrumental 
9in getting the name changed to Kennedy-King College; she 
10obtained her
master's degree in psychology from Chicago State 
11University and went on to become the first African
American to 
12receive her Ph.D. in Public Health at the University of 
13Illinois at Chicago in 1992; she worked
as an assistant 
14professor at Prairie State College, Olive Harvey College, 
15East-West University, and
Kennedy-King College; and
  
 
16    WHEREAS, Dr. Shakoor-Abdullah converted to Islam by the age 
17of 17 and was a devout Muslim
and positive example of staying 
18committed to faith and spirituality; she was appointed by 
19Governor Pat
Quinn to the Muslim American Advisory Council and 
20chosen for the 2017 Muslim Women Alliance
Inspiring Woman 
21Award; and
 
 
 
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1    WHEREAS, Dr. Shakoor-Abdullah's life work focused on 
2mental health treatment, violence prevention, education, and 
3youth empowerment; she was the founder and executive director 
4of the
Leadership Development Institute, an organization 
5focused on youth development, education, and
resilience; she 
6served as a chaplain with Muslim Services for Women and as a 
7mentor for Class X felons in
the Cook County Department of 
8Corrections; she was a violence prevention instructor for 
9Chicago Public
Schools and a counselor and coordinator for the 
10Victim Services Program with the Community Mental
Health 
11Council of Chicago; and
 
12    WHEREAS, Dr. Shakoor-Abdullah was instrumental in the 
13Illinois Senate's adoption of a 2017
resolution for a 
14faith-based public health approach to violence prevention and 
15the passage of Public Act
99-435, allowing the development of 
16Regional Juvenile Justice Councils in the State of Illinois; 
17and
 
18    WHEREAS, Dr. Shakoor-Abdullah's most recent work was in the 
19area of countering targeted
violence; she was a graduate of the 
20F.B.I. Citizen's Academy, a member of the Chicago Countering

21Violent Extremism planning committee with the U.S. Department 
22of Homeland Security, and an FBI
Team Member in developing the 
23'Targeted Violence Intervention Best Practices Summit Report' 
24in
Angered, Sweden in 2015; and
 
 
 
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1    WHEREAS, Dr. Shakoor-Abdullah married Kasib Abdullah in 
21993 in South Holland and
they were happily married for 24 
3years; and
  
 
4    WHEREAS, Dr. Shakoor-Abdullah was preceded in death by her 
5parents, Myrtle and Roland
Flynn; and
  
 
6    WHEREAS, Dr. Shakoor-Abdullah is survived by her sons, 
7Damani Shakoor, Idris Shakoor, and
Salahuddin Abdullah; her 
8daughter-in-law, Nia Abdullah; her  sons-in-law, Kasib D. 
9Abdullah and Tariq Abdullah;
her grandson, Djimon Shakoor; her 
10granddaughter, Kaliya Rogers; her siblings, Julia Ross, Roland 
11Flynn, Melvin
Flynn, Guillermoe Flynn, Jamila Rashid, Juan 
12Flynn, Rolanda Flynn, and Antonia Flynn; the father of her 
13first two
sons, Olu Shakoor; and many nieces and nephews; 
14therefore, be it
  
 
15    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL 
16ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of 
17Dr. Bambade Shakoor-Abdullah, and extend our sincere 
18condolences to
her family, friends, and all who knew and loved 
19her; and be it further
  
 
20    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
21presented to the family of Dr. ShakoorAbdullah
as an expression 
 
 
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1of our deepest sympathy.