Full Text of SR0251 101st General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Mahatma Karamchand Gandhi was a world-renowned | 3 | | civil rights and spiritual leader, who
experienced injustices | 4 | | early in life and learned to embrace the principles of | 5 | | non-violence as a vehicle for social and political change; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Mahatma Gandhi was influenced by religious | 7 | | teachings in Hinduism, Jainism, and
Christianity in the | 8 | | development of his philosophy; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Mahatma Gandhi led the Indian people to | 10 | | independence from British rule in August 1947 through
| 11 | | non-violent means, staging massive peaceful demonstrations | 12 | | against poverty while
supporting women's rights and religious | 13 | | tolerance; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, For his efforts, Mahatma Gandhi was given the | 15 | | title of Mahatma, or "Great Soul" and was often
called Bapu in | 16 | | India, which means "father"; India acknowledges him as the | 17 | | "Father of the Nation"; and | 18 | | WHEREAS, Mahatma Gandhi's legacy has inspired hundreds of | 19 | | millions of people around the world to pursue
non-violence as a | 20 | | means to achieve freedom and equality, including Dr. Martin | 21 | | Luther King
Jr.'s movement to end racial injustice in the |
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| 1 | | United States and Nelson Mandela's fight to
end apartheid in | 2 | | South Africa; and | 3 | | WHEREAS, Few people have had as significant and as positive | 4 | | an impact on the world and freedom movements
than Mohandas | 5 | | Gandhi; and | 6 | | WHEREAS, Over 2,000,000 people attended Mahatma Gandhi's | 7 | | funeral in 1948, and his memory and teachings still persist | 8 | | today; and | 9 | | WHEREAS, October 2, Mahatma Gandhi's birthday, was | 10 | | declared as International Day of Non-Violence by the
United | 11 | | Nations to "disseminate the message of non-violence, including | 12 | | through
education and public awareness" and reaffirm "the | 13 | | universal relevance of the principle of
non-violence" and | 14 | | desire "to secure a culture of peace, tolerance, and | 15 | | understanding
through non-violence"; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, People around the world commemorate the | 17 | | International Day of Non-Violence by
participating in | 18 | | volunteer projects as a way to give back to their communities; | 19 | | therefore, be it
| 20 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL | 21 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we declare Mahatma |
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| 1 | | Gandhi's birthday, October 2, 2019, as the "State Day of Peace | 2 | | to Non-Violence" to coincide with the International Day of | 3 | | Non-Violence; and be it further
| 4 | | RESOLVED, That we encourage the people of Illinois to | 5 | | observe the State Day of Peace to Non-Violence with appropriate | 6 | | ceremonies, programs, and activities.
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