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| 1 | SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, It is highly fitting that the Illinois General
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| 3 | Assembly pays honor and respect to the truly great individuals
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| 4 | who have served their communities; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Pastor Victor Hugo Rodriguez was born in Nuevo | ||||||
| 6 | Ideal, Durango,
Mexico to Juanita and Emigdio Rodriguez on | ||||||
| 7 | January 16, 1967;
his family moved to the La Villita | ||||||
| 8 | neighborhood of Chicago when
he was a young boy; and | ||||||
| 9 | WHEREAS, Pastor Rodriguez first met his wife, Magdalena, | ||||||
| 10 | in January 1990 at Holy Trinity Church in
Chicago; they were | ||||||
| 11 | married for 27 years and were blessed with two sons and a | ||||||
| 12 | nephew whom they
regarded as a son, Víctor, Isaih, and Luis | ||||||
| 13 | Alberto Perales; and | ||||||
| 14 | WHEREAS, Pastor Rodriguez was a graduate of Christian Life | ||||||
| 15 | College in Mount Prospect and was
in full-time ministry for 26 | ||||||
| 16 | years; he pastored the local body of La Villita Community | ||||||
| 17 | Church for the
past 20 years; and
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| 18 | WHEREAS, Pastor Rodriguez was a bridge builder between the
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| 19 | North and South Lawndale communities; he was passionate about
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| 20 | developing the next generation of leaders; he worked to | ||||||
| 21 | address pressing community issues, such as violence | ||||||
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| 1 | prevention, youth development, health and wellness, domestic | ||||||
| 2 | violence, and the expansion of homeownership as
a way to | ||||||
| 3 | combat gentrification; and | ||||||
| 4 | WHEREAS, Pastor Rodriguez was on the board of directors of | ||||||
| 5 | various community and religious
organizations that included | ||||||
| 6 | Lawndale Christian Health Center and Un Nuevo Despertar, as | ||||||
| 7 | well as
involvement with Comunidad en Acción; and | ||||||
| 8 | WHEREAS, Pastor Rodriguez founded the Chicago Youth Boxing | ||||||
| 9 | Club in the basement of La Villita
Community Church, which has | ||||||
| 10 | developed young leaders and athletes with a focus on service | ||||||
| 11 | and
leadership and has established a satellite boxing program | ||||||
| 12 | in Mexico; and
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| 13 | WHEREAS, Pastor Rodriguez was affectionately known as
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| 14 | "Pastor Vic" and had a wonderful sense of humor; he was a | ||||||
| 15 | cornerstone of the La Villita community and will be remembered | ||||||
| 16 | not only for his service to his community but for his devotion | ||||||
| 17 | to enacting social justice; therefore, be it
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| 18 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL | ||||||
| 19 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE HOUSE OF | ||||||
| 20 | REPRESENTATIVES CONCURRING HEREIN, that we designate the | ||||||
| 21 | section of Ogden Avenue in Chicago that runs from South | ||||||
| 22 | Pulaski Road to South Kedzie Avenue as the "Pastor Victor | ||||||
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| 1 | Rodriguez Avenue"; and be it further | ||||||
| 2 | RESOLVED, That the Illinois Department of Transportation | ||||||
| 3 | is requested to erect at suitable locations, consistent with | ||||||
| 4 | State and federal regulations, appropriate plaques or signs
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| 5 | giving notice of the name the
"Pastor Victor Rodriguez | ||||||
| 6 | Avenue"; and be it further
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| 7 | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | ||||||
| 8 | presented to the family of Pastor Rodriguez and the Secretary | ||||||
| 9 | of Transportation.
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