Full Text of HR0436 101st General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to congratulate Reverend Ruben I. Cruz on | 4 | | the occasion of his retirement from Chicago's First Spanish | 5 | | Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) and his many years of | 6 | | work and service in the Latino community throughout Illinois; | 7 | | and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Since 1964, Reverend Cruz has served as the Lead | 9 | | Pastor of Chicago's Christian Church, the oldest protestant | 10 | | Spanish-speaking congregation in Chicago; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, In Chicago, Reverend Cruz is known for his media | 12 | | presence, which started with WMAQ-TV, Channel 5, Everyman | 13 | | Program of the Church Federation of Greater Chicago in the mid | 14 | | 1960s; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Reverend Cruz joined WLS-TV, Channel 7, as | 16 | | producer of the "Oiga Amigo" show, the first television program | 17 | | on WLS-TV that addressed the needs of the Hispanic community in | 18 | | the Chicagoland area; he co-hosted "Ayuda," a Spanish-language | 19 | | television program on WCIU-TV, and hosted "Esta Semana," a | 20 | | community affairs television program on Fox Chicago; he has | 21 | | participated in a series of interviews on WMBI, Radio | 22 | | Esperanza, the Spanish-language program of the Moody |
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| 1 | | Broadcasting System, about the political involvement of | 2 | | Hispanics; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, In the late 1970s, Reverend Cruz wrote a column in | 4 | | Spanish for the Chicago Sun-Times; it was the first of its kind | 5 | | to be published in a major newspaper in a metropolitan area in | 6 | | the United States; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, In 1983, Reverend Cruz was the first Latino to | 8 | | give the invocation at the Illinois House of Representatives | 9 | | Inauguration, where he began in Spanish and then translated the | 10 | | invocation into English; he accepted an invitation to give the | 11 | | invocation at the 2003 Inauguration; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Reverend Cruz has served on many boards and | 13 | | commissions, including the Governor of Puerto Rico's Advisory | 14 | | Council on Mainland Puerto Rican Affairs, the Chicago Community | 15 | | Coordinated Child Care Committee, the Communication Commission | 16 | | of the Church Federation of Greater Chicago, the Easter | 17 | | Society, the Lincoln Park Zoological Society, the Chicago | 18 | | UNICEF Committee, the Chicago Area Literacy and Reading | 19 | | Centers, Inc., and the Commission of the Council of Hispanic | 20 | | American Ministers USA; and
| 21 | | WHEREAS, Reverend Cruz has been appointed to the Illinois | 22 | | Arts Council by Governor Dan Walker, where he served as |
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| 1 | | Chairman of the Media Panel, the State of Illinois' first | 2 | | Spanish Speaking People's Study Commission by Speaker of the | 3 | | Illinois House of Representatives Robert Blair, and the Board | 4 | | of Health of the City of Chicago by Mayor Richard J. Daley; he | 5 | | was a founding member and chairman of the Board of Directors of | 6 | | ASPIRA, an organization devoted to helping Hispanics enter | 7 | | college and continue their higher education; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Reverend Cruz has received many awards and | 9 | | commendations, including being inducted as the first lifetime | 10 | | member of the Lincoln Academy of Illinois, a society that | 11 | | honors individuals whose contributions to the betterment of | 12 | | humanity have been accomplished on behalf of Illinois; he has | 13 | | received the Centro Romero Lifetime Achievement Award and the | 14 | | Governor's Citation of the Chicago Chapter of the National | 15 | | Academy of Television Arts and Science for his programs about | 16 | | Chicago's Hispanic Americans; therefore, be it
| 17 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 18 | | HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 19 | | we congratulate Reverend Ruben I. Cruz on his retirement from | 20 | | Chicago's First Spanish Christian Church and commend his 55 | 21 | | years of service to the congregation and the State of Illinois; | 22 | | and be it further
| 23 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
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| 1 | | presented to Reverend Cruz as an expression of our esteem and | 2 | | respect.
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