Full Text of HR0078 101st General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Lynda | 4 | | DeLaforgue of Chicago, who passed away on January 12, 2019; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Lynda DeLaforgue was born in Chicago to James and | 6 | | June DeLaforgue on February 18, 1958; she was raised in | 7 | | Franklin Park; her father was a tuck pointer and a village | 8 | | firefighter, and her mother was employed in the business office | 9 | | of a local paper company; she graduated from Rockford College | 10 | | in 1980, where she majored in theater and was active in local | 11 | | community productions; in 1985, she married Hans Hintzen, and | 12 | | they settled in Chicago's Edgewater neighborhood; they later | 13 | | divorced; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Lynda DeLaforgue was working as an actress and | 15 | | looking for part-time work when she took a job fundraising for | 16 | | the relatively new Illinois Public Action Council; effective as | 17 | | a door-to-door canvasser and recruiter, she soon became the | 18 | | group's Rockford office manager and helped organize a voter | 19 | | registration drive leading up to the 1984 election; she then | 20 | | became the group's statewide canvass manager and helped set up | 21 | | similar canvass operations in other states; she also took an | 22 | | increasing role in the organization's issue work, especially | 23 | | around health policy and consumer protection; she was |
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| 1 | | simultaneously involved in many progressive political | 2 | | campaigns and helped elect Paul Simon to the U.S. Senate in | 3 | | 1984, reelect Mayor Harold Washington in 1987, and send Jan | 4 | | Schakowsky to the Illinois House of Representatives in 1990; | 5 | | after the Illinois Public Action Council closed in 1997, she | 6 | | became the associate director of the newly constituted Citizen | 7 | | Action/Illinois; three years later she became its co-director, | 8 | | a position she held until her death; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Over the past two decades, Lynda DeLaforgue was | 10 | | the day-to-day driving force behind Citizen Action/Illinois | 11 | | and its work; she oversaw its finances while supervising and | 12 | | mentoring young staff members; she was a regular presence at | 13 | | Chicago City Hall and the Cook County Building, as well as in | 14 | | Springfield and in Washington, where she served on the board of | 15 | | Citizen Action's national federation; she was the chief | 16 | | strategist for many of the organization's biggest policy | 17 | | battles, including regulating predatory payday loans, ensuring | 18 | | food safety, opposing Social Security privatization, winning | 19 | | marriage equality, and ensuring the rights of consumers to | 20 | | affordable energy and health insurance; she was also at the | 21 | | helm of the Citizen Action's electoral efforts that registered | 22 | | new voters, turned out the vote, and rallied other progressives | 23 | | behind Barack Obama's run for the U.S. Senate in 2004; her | 24 | | efforts also helped elect many other progressive candidates, | 25 | | including Governor JB Pritzker; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Lynda DeLaforgue had a wide variety of other | 2 | | interests; she was passionate about her garden, enjoyed combing | 3 | | estate sales for vintage clothing and jewelry, and traveled | 4 | | widely, frequently visiting her sister in Italy, and | 5 | | corresponding with distant relations in France; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Lynda DeLaforgue is survived by her life partner, | 7 | | Brian Reizfeld; her mother, June Kaczur-Tate; her daughter, | 8 | | Katy; her son, Jordan; and her sister, Laura; therefore, be it
| 9 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 10 | | HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 11 | | we mourn the passing of Lynda DeLaforgue and extend our sincere | 12 | | condolences to her family, friends, and all who knew and loved | 13 | | her; and be it further
| 14 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 15 | | presented to the family of Lynda DeLaforgue as an expression of | 16 | | our deepest sympathy.
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