Full Text of SR0566 94th General Assembly
SR0566 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Senate of the State of Illinois | 3 |
| learned with regret of the death of Gloria J. Jenkins of | 4 |
| Chicago on January 3, 2006; and
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| WHEREAS, Born and reared in Chicago, Mrs. Jenkins became | 6 |
| interested in social work when she started working for Chicago | 7 |
| Youth Centers (CYC) in 1965 as a bookkeeper; during her tenure | 8 |
| with CYC, she worked as a bookkeeper, secretary, and a group | 9 |
| worker; as a group worker, she implemented the "Gun Moll" | 10 |
| program for girls who were members of gangs and usually carried | 11 |
| weapons for their boy friends; and
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| WHEREAS, She was responsible for working with a minimum of | 13 |
| 15 teen girls, 14 to 18 years of age, teaching etiquette, | 14 |
| poise, home economics, and structured sports, including | 15 |
| softball and volleyball; during evenings and weekends, she | 16 |
| continued her education on a part-time basis; while carrying | 17 |
| out her responsibilities as a group worker, she realized that | 18 |
| this was the field of work she loved most; and
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| WHEREAS, During the late 1960s, Mrs. Jenkins attended | 20 |
| numerous workshops and training sessions sponsored by the | 21 |
| National Training Laboratory (NTL) and worked with her husband, | 22 |
| Ernest Jenkins, and Del Jay Kinney of George Williams College, | 23 |
| Center for Continuing Education; in this collaboration, they | 24 |
| conducted human relations training for employees of major | 25 |
| corporations and institutions throughout the Chicagoland area; | 26 |
| and
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| WHEREAS, She joined the staff of the YMCA of Metropolitan | 28 |
| Chicago in 1971 and held several positions, including | 29 |
| secretary, program associate, and program executive, prior to | 30 |
| becoming the executive director of Urban Programs West YMCA in | 31 |
| 1982, where she served in that capacity until November 1993; |
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| WHEREAS, Mrs. Jenkins was a founding member of the Westside | 3 |
| Association for Community Action (WACA) and was a board member | 4 |
| from the inception (1971) until November 1993, when she | 5 |
| accepted the position of Executive Director; during this time, | 6 |
| she continued to work with at-risk youth; and
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| WHEREAS, She was a 1982 graduate of Governors State | 8 |
| University, where she earned a Bachelor of Arts, with a major | 9 |
| in business and a minor in social work; she was a member of the | 10 |
| Cook County State's Attorney African American Advisory | 11 |
| Committee, Governors State University Alumni Association, and | 12 |
| a former president of the Hoffman Estates Chapter of The Links, | 13 |
| Inc., an international organization of over 10,000 | 14 |
| African-American women whose mission is to provide community | 15 |
| service in their respective communities; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Gloria J. Jenkins has been deeply | 17 |
| felt by many, especially her husband, Ernest, and her | 18 |
| daughters, Corene and Lola; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL | 20 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 21 |
| Gloria J. Jenkins, and we extend our sincere condolences to her | 22 |
| family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it | 23 |
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 25 |
| presented to her family as an expression of our deepest | 26 |
| sympathy.
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