Full Text of SR0528 103rd General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION | 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened | 3 | | to learn of the death of Brent Rayburn Reddrick Hamlet, who | 4 | | passed away on September 24, 2023; and | 5 | | WHEREAS, Brent Hamlet was born to Debra and Kenneth Hamlet | 6 | | on October 17, 1987; he received his Bachelor of Arts in | 7 | | History from Alcorn State University and was completing a | 8 | | Master of Arts in School Counseling from Chicago State | 9 | | University; and | 10 | | WHEREAS, Brent Hamlet worked at Horizons for Youth in | 11 | | Chicago, where he managed and advocated for middle school-aged | 12 | | students and their families in the Explore group, through | 13 | | which he began pursuing a personal mission of positively | 14 | | impacting youth and families; he was an educator, community | 15 | | organizer, and life coach with more than 10 years of | 16 | | experience, and he was fully committed to an abolitionist | 17 | | pedagogy; he worked side-by-side with underserved families in | 18 | | a variety of settings; most recently, he directed and designed | 19 | | after-school enrichment programs on the South Side; and | 20 | | WHEREAS, Brent Hamlet was a Fellow with Chicago United For | 21 | | Equity and was recently elected vice chairman of the Policy | 22 | | Steering Committee with the Workers Center for Racial Justice; |
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| 1 | | and | 2 | | WHEREAS, Brent Hamlet was a devoted member of Trinity | 3 | | United Church of Christ, where he served on both the Social | 4 | | Justice Ministry and the 20 Something Ministry; and | 5 | | WHEREAS, Brent Hamlet exhibited an early thirst for | 6 | | knowledge about the African continent and African-descended | 7 | | peoples of the Diaspora; his mother infused a love of reading | 8 | | books and skills in seeking knowledge, oratory/public | 9 | | speaking, and speech writing, which served him well as an | 10 | | adult; and | 11 | | WHEREAS, Brent Hamlet was determined to always do things | 12 | | his way; he never met a stranger and was able to build rapport | 13 | | with those he encountered; he was a caring and thoughtful son, | 14 | | grandson, sibling, uncle, nephew, cousin, and friend; and | 15 | | WHEREAS, Brent Hamlet was preceded in death by his mother, | 16 | | Debra Lynn Reddrick Hamlet; and | 17 | | WHEREAS, Brent Hamlet is survived by his father, Ken | 18 | | Hamlet; his siblings, Babatunde, Brielle, and Daren; his | 19 | | nieces and nephews, A'mia Imani Beeks, Joven Hamlet, Kaysen | 20 | | "Sunni" Hamlet, and Salem Kathlynn Hamlet; his uncles, Charles | 21 | | Rayburn and Mark Reddrick; his aunts, Earline Mayo, Cynthia |
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| 1 | | Reddrick, and Marlo Reddrick Hyde; his cousins, Mark Andrew | 2 | | (Sally) Battin Reddrick and Jared Reddrick; and numerous other | 3 | | first, second, and third cousins and close relatives from | 4 | | across the country; therefore, be it | 5 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL | 6 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 7 | | Brent Rayburn Reddrick Hamlet and extend our sincere | 8 | | condolences to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved | 9 | | him; and be it further | 10 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 11 | | presented to the family of Brent Hamlet as an expression of our | 12 | | deepest sympathy. |
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