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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 accomplishments in the 
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lives of citizens of the State of Illinois; and
  
 
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    WHEREAS, Barbara Engel, a devoted activist in the area of 
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violence against women and girls for 35 years, has won the 
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Civic Engagement, Community Service and Community Organizing 
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Award from the University of Illinois at Chicago's Gender and 
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Women's Studies Program; and
  
 
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    WHEREAS, Barbara Engel worked with a small group of 
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advocates in 1983 to draft and help enact into law 
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groundbreaking Illinois sexual assault legislation; and
  
 
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    WHEREAS, Barbara Engel has been reappointed by every 
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Illinois Governor since 1991 to the board of the Illinois 
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Criminal Justice Information Authority, where she serves as a 
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public voice for victim services; and
  
 
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    WHEREAS, In 1993, Barbara Engel was asked by Chicago Mayor 
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Richard Daley to write an innovative sexual harassment policy 
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for the City of Chicago and develop an implementation strategy; 
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    WHEREAS, Barbara Engel was a pioneer in the anti-rape and 
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domestic violence movements; she served as director of a rape 
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crisis center and created the first sexual assault prevention 
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program for the Chicago Public Schools; she is also the 
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co-author of protocols for the treatment of rape survivors and 
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battered women in hospital emergency rooms and protocols for 
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the Chicago Police Department's response to rape survivors - 
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which have since become national models; and
 
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    WHEREAS, In an effort to forge a bond between the worlds of 
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research and practice, Barbara Engel served as an advisor to 
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the Chicago Women's Health Risk Study and co-authored a 
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publication titled "The Chicago Women's Health Risk Study: 
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Lessons in Collaboration" in Violence Against Women; and
  
 
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    WHEREAS, Barbara Engel has taken on the cause of 
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restorative justice by working to reform and transform the 
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juvenile justice system and strengthen the ability of 
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communities to resolve conflicts peacefully; and
 
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    WHEREAS, Barbara Engel is a co-founder of the Arab Jewish 
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Partnership for Peace and Justice in the Middle East, a group 
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that advocates for a peaceful resolution to the 
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Israeli/Palistinian conflict; and
  
 
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    WHEREAS, Barbara Engel has been the recipient of numerous 
 


 






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awards, including the Women's Bar Association of Illinois' 
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Stephany Nawyn Visionary Award and the Glady Isser Award by 
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Shalva; therefore, be it
  
 
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    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 
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NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we 
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congratulate Barbara Engel for winning the Civic Engagement, 
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Community Service and Community Organizing Award from the 
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University of Illinois at Chicago's Gender and Women's Studies 
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Program and wish her continued success in the future; and be it 
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    RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be 
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presented to Barbara Engel and the University of Illinois at 
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Chicago's Gender and Women's Studies Program as a symbol of our 
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affection, gratitude, and respect.