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| 1 | SENATE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | ||||||
| 3 | learn of the death of Jennifer Artis; and
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| 4 | WHEREAS, Jennifer Artis was born to Richmond Artis and | ||||||
| 5 | Bernice Overstreet in
Savannah, Georgia on May 14, 1946; she | ||||||
| 6 | received baptism in the Catholic church and was an honorary | ||||||
| 7 | member of Victory
Christian International Ministries; her | ||||||
| 8 | family moved to Chicago when she was two years old, and she | ||||||
| 9 | graduated from Marshall High School; and | ||||||
| 10 | WHEREAS, Jennifer Artis was the Director of Community | ||||||
| 11 | Services/Public Affairs for Franciscan St. James Hospital for | ||||||
| 12 | 20
years; she was a medical assistant at Michael Reese; in | ||||||
| 13 | addition, she ran a
free clinic at St. Basil in Chicago; she | ||||||
| 14 | served on
the advisory board for the South Suburban Cook County | ||||||
| 15 | Bureau of Health Services and
participated in the Cook County | ||||||
| 16 | I/We Plan Community Assessment; she was a commissioner of
the | ||||||
| 17 | Cook County Commission on Women's Issues and a board member of | ||||||
| 18 | the Southland
Ministerial Health Network; she was on the | ||||||
| 19 | advisory board of Catholic Charities; and | ||||||
| 20 | WHEREAS, Jennifer Artis was instrumental in creating the | ||||||
| 21 | Crossroads Coalition in 1977, a coalition of over
90 | ||||||
| 22 | participants representing community, faith-based, and civic | ||||||
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| 1 | organizations, where she served as
president; she founded the | ||||||
| 2 | Southland Health Care Forum, a healthcare
workforce training | ||||||
| 3 | organization, and was the organization's chief executive | ||||||
| 4 | officer; she helped establish the first free all volunteer | ||||||
| 5 | health clinic in Englewood in 1982 and helped in the creation | ||||||
| 6 | of
federally qualified clinics, including LeClaire Courts | ||||||
| 7 | Housing Development in Marquette Park
in 1988 and the Family | ||||||
| 8 | Health Society in 1996, a clinic developed for St. James and | ||||||
| 9 | area Rotarians to
address the issues of the working poor; and
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| 10 | WHEREAS, Jennifer Artis founded the Senior Provider | ||||||
| 11 | Network in 2006 to address a host of senior issues and provide | ||||||
| 12 | a forum for collaboration and resource
referrals; she was | ||||||
| 13 | involved with the Southland Chamber of Commerce and served on | ||||||
| 14 | advisory boards
for Prairie State College and Governors State | ||||||
| 15 | University; she served on the board of
the South Suburban | ||||||
| 16 | Mayors and Managers Association; and
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| 17 | WHEREAS, Jennifer Artis was elected trustee for the Village | ||||||
| 18 | of Richton Park in 2008; and | ||||||
| 19 | WHEREAS, In 2012, Jennifer Artis created the Southland | ||||||
| 20 | Community Care Partners (SCCP) and served as its
president; and | ||||||
| 21 | WHEREAS, Jennifer Artis received the Michael R. Monteleone | ||||||
| 22 | Community Service
Award in 2012 from Prairie State College; and
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| 1 | WHEREAS, Jennifer Artis is survived by her daughter, Joi | ||||||
| 2 | Artis; her son, Joe Artis; her grandchildren, Jai Semaj | ||||||
| 3 | Williams
and Jia Milan Williams; her sister, Romona Artis; her | ||||||
| 4 | brothers, Antonio
Artis, Gregory Artis, Tommie Artis, and
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| 5 | Ronald Artis; and numerous friends, families, colleagues, and | ||||||
| 6 | mentees; therefore, be it
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| 7 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL | ||||||
| 8 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | ||||||
| 9 | Jennifer Artis and extend our sincere condolences to her | ||||||
| 10 | family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it | ||||||
| 11 | further
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| 12 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 13 | presented to the family of Jennifer Artis as an expression of | ||||||
| 14 | our deepest sympathy.
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