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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 honor Reg Weaver, President of |
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| the National Education Association, on being inducted into the |
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| Illinois Labor History Society Union Hall of Honor; and
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| WHEREAS, Reg Weaver is the son of a coal mining family
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| Danville; he did his school teaching in Harvey; he is known for |
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| his leadership abilities, which took him to the presidency of |
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| the Illinois Education Association; he is now President of the |
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| National Education Association, with 3.2.million members; and |
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| he is well known as a brilliant public speaker; and
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| WHEREAS, He served as president of his local in Harvey, as |
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| president of the NEA affiliate in Illinois, and travels |
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| nationally and internationally, working tirelessly as an |
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| ambassador for public education and advocating for the basic |
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| right of every student to attend a great public school; in |
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| 2006, he made a landmark visit to the Lincoln Cathedral in |
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| England, home to a very rare copy of the Magna Carta, that was |
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| met with widespread acclaim; in recognition of his commitment |
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| to democracy and fundamental freedoms, the Cathedral recently |
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| unveiled a stone column in his name; and
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| WHEREAS, Reg Weaver was awarded an honorary Doctor of |
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| Humane Letters in 2006 from Shaw University; he was also |
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| conferred with an honorary Doctor of Public Service by South |
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| Carolina State University at its 2007 Spring Commencement for |
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| "his example of service that benefits us all"; he serves as |
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| vice president of Education International, a 348-member |
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| organization representing more than 29 million teachers and |
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| education workers in 169 countries; he travels to meetings of |
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| Education International and national education unions around |
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| the world; and
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| WHEREAS, Reg Weaver has also addressed conferences and |
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| forums sponsored by numerous national organizations, including |
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| the U.S. Conference of Mayors, National Association for the |
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| Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), National Council of La |
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| Raza (NCLR), Rainbow Push Coalition, League of United Latin |
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| Citizens (LULAC), ASPIRA, and ACORN; he is an honorary life |
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| member of the National Parent Teachers Association;
he served |
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| on the Illinois State Board of Education's Blue Ribbon |
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| Committee on the Improvement of Teaching as a Profession, the |
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| Illinois Commission for the Improvement of Elementary and |
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| Secondary Education, the Administrator's Academy, the Illinois |
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| Project for School Reform Advisory Council, the North Central |
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| Regional Educational Laboratory Advisory Committee, the Joint |
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| Committee on Minority Student Achievement, the Illinois |
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| Literacy Council, and the Task Force on At-Risk Youth; and
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| WHEREAS,
He has been named one of Ebony magazine's 100 Most |
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| Influential Black Americans for his national influence; his |
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| recent honors include the 2007 MALDEF Excellence in Leadership |
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| Award; the 2006 Chairman's Award for Educational Leadership |
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| presented by 100 Black Men of America Inc.; and the |
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| Congressional Black Caucus Education Braintrust's 2006 Great |
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| Points of Light Award; he was the recipient of the 2005 Spirit |
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| of Liberty Award presented by People for the American Way as |
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| well as the U.S. Hispanic Leadership Institute's 2006 George |
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| Meany Latino Leadership Award; he has also been honored with |
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| the USAction Progressive Leadership Award, the National |
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| Conference of Black Mayors President's Award, the Ebony |
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| Influential Black Educators Award, and the Illinois Education |
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| Association's Human Relations Award; and
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| WHEREAS, Reg Weaver is listed on the Danville High School |
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| Wall of Fame and serves as an honorary member of the advisory |
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| board for the Department of Educational Leadership at Roosevelt |
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| University, which is his alma mater; he earned his bachelor of |
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| science degree in special education for the physically |
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| challenged at Illinois State University and received a master's |
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| degree from Roosevelt University in Chicago; and
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| WHEREAS, Reg Weaver will be the Guest Speaker and will be |
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| inducted into the Union Hall of Honor at the Illinois Labor |
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| History Society Annual Awards Dinner to be held on November 2, |
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| 2007 in Oak Brook; 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 Reg Weaver and wish him the best in his future |
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| endeavors; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
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| presented to Reg Weaver as a symbol of our respect and esteem.
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