Full Text of SJR0005 101st General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, It is appropriate and right to honor those great | 3 | | American figures who have served our nation; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama was born in 1964 | 5 | | in Chicago to Fraser Robinson III and Marian Shields Robinson; | 6 | | and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Michelle Obama attended the Whitney M. Young | 8 | | Magnet High School, the city's first
magnet high school for | 9 | | gifted children, where, among other activities, she served as | 10 | | student
government treasurer; in 1981, she graduated as class | 11 | | salutatorian; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Following in her older brother Craig's footsteps, | 13 | | Michelle Obama attended Princeton University,
graduating cum | 14 | | laude in 1985 with a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology; and | 15 | | WHEREAS, Michelle Obama went on to earn her Juris Doctor | 16 | | from Harvard Law School in 1988; at
Harvard, she participated | 17 | | in demonstrations advocating the hiring of professors who were | 18 | | members of
minorities and worked for the Harvard Legal Aid | 19 | | Bureau, assisting low-income tenants with housing
cases; and | 20 | | WHEREAS, After graduating from Harvard Law School, |
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| 1 | | Michelle Obama joined the Chicago law firm Sidley & Austin,
| 2 | | where she later met Barack Obama, a summer intern to whom she | 3 | | was assigned as an adviser; and | 4 | | WHEREAS, In 1991, Michelle Obama decided to leave corporate | 5 | | law and pursue a career in public service, working with
people | 6 | | to serve their communities and their neighbors; she served as | 7 | | Assistant Commissioner of
Planning and Development in | 8 | | Chicago's City Hall before becoming the founding executive | 9 | | director of the
Chicago chapter of Public Allies, an AmeriCorps | 10 | | program that helps young adults develop skills for
careers in | 11 | | public service; and | 12 | | WHEREAS, In 1996, Michelle Obama joined the University of | 13 | | Chicago with a vision of bringing the campus and community
| 14 | | together; as Associate Dean of Student Services, she developed | 15 | | the university's first community service
program; and | 16 | | WHEREAS, Beginning in 2002, under Michelle Obama's | 17 | | leadership as Executive Director for Community Affairs for the
| 18 | | University of Chicago Medical Center, volunteerism | 19 | | skyrocketed; and | 20 | | WHEREAS, In May of 2005, Michelle Obama was appointed Vice | 21 | | President for Community and External Affairs at the University
| 22 | | of Chicago Medical Center, where she continued to work |
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| 1 | | part-time until shortly before her husband's
inauguration as | 2 | | president; and | 3 | | WHEREAS, As first lady of the United States, Michelle Obama | 4 | | focused her attention on issues such as the support of
military | 5 | | families, helping children lead healthier lives, and | 6 | | encouraging national service; and | 7 | | WHEREAS, In 2010, Michelle Obama launched Let's Move!, a | 8 | | nationwide effort to address the challenge of childhood | 9 | | obesity; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Michelle Obama and Dr. Jill Biden worked together | 11 | | to launch Joining Forces, a nationwide initiative calling all
| 12 | | Americans to rally around service members, veterans, and their | 13 | | families and support them through
wellness, education, and | 14 | | employment opportunities; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, 2014, Michelle Obama launched the Reach Higher | 16 | | Initiative, an effort to inspire young people across
America to | 17 | | take charge of their future by completing their education past | 18 | | high school; therefore, be it
| 19 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL | 20 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES | 21 | | CONCURRING HEREIN, that we designate the former Dan Ryan |
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| 1 | | Expressway including Interstate 90 and Interstate 94 from I-290 | 2 | | to the split of I-57 and I-94 (Bishop Ford) as the "Michelle | 3 | | Obama Expressway"; and be it further | 4 | | RESOLVED, That the Illinois Department of Transportation | 5 | | is requested to erect at suitable locations,
consistent with | 6 | | State and federal regulations, appropriate plaques or signs | 7 | | giving notice of the name
"Michelle Obama Expressway"; and be | 8 | | it further
| 9 | | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | 10 | | distributed to the Secretary of the Department
of | 11 | | Transportation and to former First Lady Michelle Obama.
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