Full Text of HR0011 94th General Assembly
HR0011 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, Danny Glover, a native of San Francisco, was born | 3 |
| on July 22, 1947, and attended San Francisco State University | 4 |
| receiving his dramatic training at the American Conservatory | 5 |
| Theatre's Black Actors' Workshop; and
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| WHEREAS, He is an internationally known, award-winning | 7 |
| actor, producer, and director, best known for his many works in | 8 |
| film, theater, and television, including the "Lethal Weapon" | 9 |
| series, "Places in the Heart", and "The Color Purple"; he also | 10 |
| directed the cable television movie "Buffalo Soldiers", | 11 |
| directed and starred in "Mandela", and produced and acted in | 12 |
| the award-winning "To Sleep with Anger"; and
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| WHEREAS, He is set apart from many of his peers by a | 14 |
| remarkable lifetime of accomplishment as an advocate for social | 15 |
| causes, ranging from literacy for troubled youth to | 16 |
| international justice, utilizing both his celebrity and | 17 |
| passion for human rights to impact both social and political | 18 |
| change; and
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| WHEREAS, Danny Glover, a self-described child of the Civil | 20 |
| Rights Movement, was raised by active Union organizers who | 21 |
| shaped his consciousness with discussion of empowerment, and | 22 |
| spent his teens and twenties in the crucible of activism that | 23 |
| was San Francisco, Haight-Ashbury, and Oakland in the late | 24 |
| 1960s and 1970s; and
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| WHEREAS, While a student at San Francisco State University, | 26 |
| he joined the Black Student's Union, worked in the Black | 27 |
| Panther's free-breakfast-for-children program, embraced the | 28 |
| anti-Vietnam War movement and global liberation struggles in | 29 |
| Africa, and became inspired to include the performing arts in | 30 |
| his activities; and
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| WHEREAS, While pursuing a career in government service and | 2 |
| acting on the side, he became greatly inspired by the work of | 3 |
| South African playwright, Athol Fugard, after which he moved to | 4 |
| New York to pursue a stage career, making his successful | 5 |
| off-Broadway debut in "Master Harold and the Boys"; and
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| WHEREAS, As a recipient of multiple NAACP Image Awards and | 7 |
| the Amnesty International USA Lifetime Achievement Award, | 8 |
| Danny Glover has continued to dedicate time and energy to | 9 |
| social activism; he
serves as Goodwill Ambassador to the United | 10 |
| Nation's Development Program, as Board
Chairman of the | 11 |
| TransAfrica Forum, which played a crucial role in promoting | 12 |
| sanctions to
protest Apartheid in South Africa in the 1980s, | 13 |
| and today lobbies on behalf of African and
Caribbean countries | 14 |
| addressing the problems of HIV/AIDS, debt relief, and | 15 |
| reparations; and
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| WHEREAS, He has most recently traveled to Venezuela to | 17 |
| study the successful social programs of Hugo Chavez, to address | 18 |
| the near half million protestors of the Republican National | 19 |
| Convention in New York, and was arrested in front of the | 20 |
| Sudanese Embassy in Washington D.C. for protesting the genocide | 21 |
| in Darfur; and
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| WHEREAS, Danny Glover has proven his tireless commitment to | 23 |
| human rights and epitomizes the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther | 24 |
| King, Jr., standing as an example to young and old alike who | 25 |
| believe that equity and equality are still beyond the grasp of | 26 |
| too many in our world; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 28 |
| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 29 |
| we recognize and honor Danny Glover for his contributions to | 30 |
| society, thank him for his efforts on behalf of the persecuted, | 31 |
| forgotten, and oppressed and wish him many more years of health | 32 |
| and success in his role as a leader among men.
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