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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
| 3 | Representatives are pleased to honor Nancy Aardema, Executive | ||||||
| 4 | Director of the Logan Square Neighborhood Association (LSNA) in | ||||||
| 5 | Chicago, for her twenty years of service to LSNA; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, Nancy Aardema, strongly believes that the Logan | ||||||
| 7 | Square Neighborhood Association's success has been based on | ||||||
| 8 | building ongoing relationships of personal trust among | ||||||
| 9 | individuals and organizations; during her years of service, the | ||||||
| 10 | organization has looked hard for ways to nurture numerous and | ||||||
| 11 | varied types of new social relationships within the Logan | ||||||
| 12 | Square neighborhood; and
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| 13 | WHEREAS, Relationship building is central to all of LSNA's | ||||||
| 14 | work; the organization strives to maintain Logan Square as a | ||||||
| 15 | neighborhood that is diverse economically, ethnically, | ||||||
| 16 | linguistically, and racially; and
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| 17 | WHEREAS, Nancy Aardema is widely recognized as an expert in | ||||||
| 18 | her field; since 1989 she has led LSNA to become one of the | ||||||
| 19 | strongest community organizations in the city, with one of the | ||||||
| 20 | most extensive parent participation programs for low-income | ||||||
| 21 | and immigrant families in the country; LSNA has also | ||||||
| 22 | demonstrated key leadership roles in citywide affordable | ||||||
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| 1 | housing campaigns; and
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| 2 | WHEREAS, LSNA's education work received recognition from | ||||||
| 3 | the State of Illinois and the national Grantmakers Concerned | ||||||
| 4 | with Immigrants and Refugees as a model program for immigrant | ||||||
| 5 | integration in 2006; LSNA's Education Team won the Ford | ||||||
| 6 | Foundation's Leadership for a Changing World Award in October | ||||||
| 7 | 2005; LSNA was presented with the Chicago Community Organizing | ||||||
| 8 | Award in May 2005; in 2000, LSNA received the | ||||||
| 9 | highly-competitive James V. Brown IV Award for Excellence in | ||||||
| 10 | Community Service; and in 1997 LSNA received the Best Community | ||||||
| 11 | Organization Award; and | ||||||
| 12 | WHEREAS, In 2002-03, Nancy Aardema was recognized for her | ||||||
| 13 | work with the awarding of the Chicago Community Trust Community | ||||||
| 14 | Service Fellowship; she was acknowledged in 1995 as "Best | ||||||
| 15 | Community Organizer" in the "Best of Chicago" series, presented | ||||||
| 16 | in Chicago Magazine; and
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| 17 | WHEREAS, Her dedication and years of service will be | ||||||
| 18 | celebrated on March 11, 2010 with A Celebration of Leadership; | ||||||
| 19 | therefore, be it
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| 20 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
| 21 | NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | ||||||
| 22 | thank Nancy Aardema for her years of dedication and service to | ||||||
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| 1 | the Logan Square Neighborhood Association and the people of the | ||||||
| 2 | State of Illinois; and be it further
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| 3 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 4 | presented to Nancy Aardema as a symbol of our respect and | ||||||
| 5 | esteem.
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