Full Text of HR0158 103rd General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to commend Alderperson Sophia King on her | 4 | | service to the 4th Ward as a member of the Chicago City | 5 | | Council; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Ald. King grew up in Evanston, with her family | 7 | | hailing from the Mississippi Delta; she attended schools in | 8 | | Evanston and in Jackson, Mississippi; she earned her | 9 | | bachelor's degree in Chemistry from the University of Illinois | 10 | | and her master's degree in Education and Social Policy from | 11 | | Northwestern University; she has been a resident of the 4th | 12 | | Ward for over 35 years; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Professionally, Ald. King has been instrumental | 14 | | in opening doors of educational opportunity within her | 15 | | immediate and the greater Chicago community; she worked as an | 16 | | educator and administrator at the Latin School of Chicago, | 17 | | where she diversified classes; she helped found the Ariel | 18 | | Community Academy, a public school established to provide | 19 | | North Kenwood-Oakland residents with a high quality education; | 20 | | she served as deputy director of Sports Administration and | 21 | | Facilities Management at Chicago Public Schools from 2001 to | 22 | | 2003, during which she managed a staff of 30 and a budget of | 23 | | $12 million; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Ald. King has served the 4th Ward on the Chicago | 2 | | City Council since 2016, representing parts of Downtown, the | 3 | | South Loop, Bronzeville, Kenwood, and Hyde Park, and was | 4 | | reelected in 2019; during her tenure, she has led the 4th Ward | 5 | | with transparency and a focus on service, serving as a voice | 6 | | for those who have historically lacked a champion in City Hall | 7 | | and as an advocate for parity; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Ald. King has successfully implemented a number | 9 | | of positive changes in the 4th Ward and the City of Chicago, | 10 | | such as leading the fight for a $15 minimum wage in Chicago | 11 | | through her Raise Chicago Ordinance, the passage of which gave | 12 | | 400,000 Chicagoans a raise and lifted 100,000 Chicagoans out | 13 | | of poverty; she has worked on the front lines on crime and | 14 | | public safety issues, fighting to reform the Chicago Police | 15 | | Department (CPD) through the creation of the Civilian Office | 16 | | of Police Accountability and ensuring the CPD has the | 17 | | resources and personnel to better stop the violence; she has | 18 | | encouraged firms that do business in her ward to go above and | 19 | | beyond the city's goals on minority hiring, with minority | 20 | | participation often exceeding 40%; she has also successfully | 21 | | secured millions in funding for education and infrastructure | 22 | | projects; and
| 23 | | WHEREAS, Ald. King has offered a number of constituent |
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| 1 | | services to 4th Ward residents, including listening and | 2 | | responding to community needs, improving efficiency in | 3 | | communication and access, sponsoring quarterly senior socials | 4 | | and an annual senior ball, and hosting Alderman On the Block | 5 | | events across the ward; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Ald. King has served as chair of the Chicago City | 7 | | Council's Progressive Reform Caucus and as vice chair of the | 8 | | Committee on Education and Child Development and several joint | 9 | | committees; she has also served as a member of the Committee on | 10 | | Budget and Government Operations, the Committee on Committees | 11 | | and Rules, the Committee on Contracting Oversight and Equity, | 12 | | the Committee on Finance, the Committee on Housing and Real | 13 | | Estate, the Committee on Pedestrian and Traffic Safety, the | 14 | | Committee on Special Events, Cultural Affairs and Recreation, | 15 | | the Committee on Transportation and Public Way, and several | 16 | | joint committees; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Ald. King has further assisted her community | 18 | | through involvement in several organizations, including | 19 | | serving as president of the Kenwood Park Advisory Council, | 20 | | serving as vice president of Planned Parenthood Chicago, | 21 | | creating a community response to gun violence with The It's | 22 | | Time Organization (TITO), and founding the not-for-profit | 23 | | Harriet's Daughters, which operates to educate and empower | 24 | | African American women and businesses while working with |
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| 1 | | elected officials and individuals in leadership positions to | 2 | | spotlight hiring disparities and to enable better access to | 3 | | jobs and procurement opportunities; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, Ald. King and her husband, Alan King, are the | 5 | | parents of two adult daughters; therefore, be it
| 6 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 7 | | HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 8 | | we commend Alderperson Sophia King for her work on the Chicago | 9 | | City Council, and we thank her for her years of dedicated | 10 | | service to the people of the 4th Ward and the City of Chicago; | 11 | | and be it further
| 12 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 13 | | presented to Ald. King as an expression of our esteem and | 14 | | respect.
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