Full Text of SR1300 100th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 | | learn of the death of Dr. Bambade
Shakoor-Abdullah, who passed | 4 | | away on December 8, 2017; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Shakoor-Abdullah was born Lolita Flynn in | 6 | | Chicago to Myrtle and
Roland Flynn; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Shakoor-Abdullah was a lifelong learner and | 8 | | educator; she attended Wilson Jr.
College and was instrumental | 9 | | in getting the name changed to Kennedy-King College; she | 10 | | obtained her
master's degree in psychology from Chicago State | 11 | | University and went on to become the first African
American to | 12 | | receive her Ph.D. in Public Health at the University of | 13 | | Illinois at Chicago in 1992; she worked
as an assistant | 14 | | professor at Prairie State College, Olive Harvey College, | 15 | | East-West University, and
Kennedy-King College; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Shakoor-Abdullah converted to Islam by the age | 17 | | of 17 and was a devout Muslim
and positive example of staying | 18 | | committed to faith and spirituality; she was appointed by | 19 | | Governor Pat
Quinn to the Muslim American Advisory Council and | 20 | | chosen for the 2017 Muslim Women Alliance
Inspiring Woman | 21 | | Award; and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Shakoor-Abdullah's life work focused on | 2 | | mental health treatment, violence prevention, education, and | 3 | | youth empowerment; she was the founder and executive director | 4 | | of the
Leadership Development Institute, an organization | 5 | | focused on youth development, education, and
resilience; she | 6 | | served as a chaplain with Muslim Services for Women and as a | 7 | | mentor for Class X felons in
the Cook County Department of | 8 | | Corrections; she was a violence prevention instructor for | 9 | | Chicago Public
Schools and a counselor and coordinator for the | 10 | | Victim Services Program with the Community Mental
Health | 11 | | Council of Chicago; and | 12 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Shakoor-Abdullah was instrumental in the | 13 | | Illinois Senate's adoption of a 2017
resolution for a | 14 | | faith-based public health approach to violence prevention and | 15 | | the passage of Public Act
99-435, allowing the development of | 16 | | Regional Juvenile Justice Councils in the State of Illinois; | 17 | | and | 18 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Shakoor-Abdullah's most recent work was in the | 19 | | area of countering targeted
violence; she was a graduate of the | 20 | | F.B.I. Citizen's Academy, a member of the Chicago Countering
| 21 | | Violent Extremism planning committee with the U.S. Department | 22 | | of Homeland Security, and an FBI
Team Member in developing the | 23 | | 'Targeted Violence Intervention Best Practices Summit Report' | 24 | | in
Angered, Sweden in 2015; and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Shakoor-Abdullah married Kasib Abdullah in | 2 | | 1993 in South Holland and
they were happily married for 24 | 3 | | years; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Shakoor-Abdullah was preceded in death by her | 5 | | parents, Myrtle and Roland
Flynn; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Shakoor-Abdullah is survived by her sons, | 7 | | Damani Shakoor, Idris Shakoor, and
Salahuddin Abdullah; her | 8 | | daughter-in-law, Nia Abdullah; her sons-in-law, Kasib D. | 9 | | Abdullah and Tariq Abdullah;
her grandson, Djimon Shakoor; her | 10 | | granddaughter, Kaliya Rogers; her siblings, Julia Ross, Roland | 11 | | Flynn, Melvin
Flynn, Guillermoe Flynn, Jamila Rashid, Juan | 12 | | Flynn, Rolanda Flynn, and Antonia Flynn; the father of her | 13 | | first two
sons, Olu Shakoor; and many nieces and nephews; | 14 | | therefore, be it
| 15 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL | 16 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 17 | | Dr. Bambade Shakoor-Abdullah, and extend our sincere | 18 | | condolences to
her family, friends, and all who knew and loved | 19 | | her; and be it further
| 20 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 21 | | presented to the family of Dr. ShakoorAbdullah
as an expression |
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| 1 | | of our deepest sympathy.
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