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HOUSE RESOLUTION


 
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    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of 
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Representatives are pleased to congratulate Norma Jean White on 
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her retirement as a business agent with Teamsters Local 743; 
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and

 
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    WHEREAS, Norma Jean White was born in Arkansas and moved to 
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Chicago as a young girl; she attended the Chicago public 
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schools and  graduated from DuSable High School and Chicago 
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Teachers College; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Norma Jean White was an elementary school teacher 
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in the Chicago public schools; she was an active member of 
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Chicago Teachers Union, Local 1 of the American Federation of 
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Teachers, where she has served in many roles, including 
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building delegate, committee chair, and executive board 
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member; and

 
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    WHEREAS, She later joined the staff of Chicago Teachers 
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Union, working as a field representative before she was elected 
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CTU financial secretary, and finally vice president; and

 
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    WHEREAS, She served on the executive board of the Illinois 
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Federation of Teachers, the American Federation of Teachers, 
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and the Chicago Federation of Labor; she represented the 
 


 






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American Federation of Teachers in international delegations 
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to promote democracy and trade unionism; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Norma Jean White is actively involved in her 
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church, St. John Church-Baptist, in Chicago at 48th and 
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Michigan; she is a strong supporter and an active member of the 
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Women's Board of the DuSable Museum of African-American 
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History; she is married to James White; they are the proud 
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parents of five, and the loving grandparents of four;   she is in 
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every way a phenomenal woman; therefore, be it

 
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    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 
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NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we 
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congratulate Norma Jean White on her retirement and wish her 
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many years of happiness, good health, and continued success; 
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and be it further

 
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    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
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presented to Norma Jean White as a symbol of our esteem.