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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, On March 8, 2007 the Anti-Defamation League will
3 honor outstanding women at the 14th annual Women of Achievement
4 Awards dinner at the Fairmont, Chicago; and
 
5     WHEREAS, The honorees this year are Gail K. Boudreaux,
6 Executive Vice President of External Operations, Blue Cross and
7 Blue Shield of Illinois; Leticia Peralta-Davis, President
8 Davis Financial, Inc.; Ellen Rozelle McGee, Managing Partner,
9 Clarity Partners, LLC; and Andrea S. Kramer, Partner, McDermott
10 Will & Emery; and
 
11     WHEREAS, A special presentation will be made when Joan
12 Harris, Chairperson of the Irving Harris Foundation, receives a
13 Humanitarian Award; and
 
14     WHEREAS, The Anti-Defamation League is one of the nation's
15 leading human rights agencies; and
 
16     WHEREAS, The Anti-Defamation League fights anti-Semitism
17 and all forms of bigotry here and abroad, combats international
18 terrorism, probes the roots of hatred, advocates before
19 Congress, comes to the aid of victims of bigotry, develops
20 educational programs, and serves as a public resource for
21 government, media, law enforcement, and the public, all towards

 

 

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1 the goals of countering and reducing hatred; therefore, be it
 
2     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
3 NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
4 congratulate Gail K. Boudreaux, Leticia Peralta-Davis, Ellen
5 Rozelle McGee, Andrea S. Kramer, and Joan Harris as honorees at
6 the Anti-Defamation League's Women of Achievement Awards
7 dinner; and be it further
 
8     RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be
9 presented to the award recipients as a symbol of our esteem.