Full Text of HR0127 97th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The annual University of Illinois-Chicago Gender | 3 | | and Women's Studies
Program's Women's History Month Reception | 4 | | honors Civic Engagement,
Community Service, and Community | 5 | | Organizing (CECSCO) Award recipients; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Currently, Robyn Gabel serves in the Illinois | 7 | | General Assembly as the State Representative from the 18th | 8 | | District, representing parts of Rogers Park, Evanston, | 9 | | Kenilworth, Wilmette, Winnetka, and Glencoe; she was appointed | 10 | | on April 18, 2010 after she won the primary race in February | 11 | | and then was sworn in on January 12, 2011 for a two-year term; | 12 | | and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Throughout her career, Robyn Gabel has maintained | 14 | | a strong commitment to serving the people of Illinois as an | 15 | | advocate for women and working families; she began her career | 16 | | as an educator in a women's health center, later serving as the | 17 | | training coordinator and eventually co-director of other | 18 | | health centers; as her interest in public service increased, | 19 | | she became a legislative assistant to then-Alderman Luis | 20 | | Gutierrez in Chicago, where she was responsible for the | 21 | | development of policy positions and legislation for | 22 | | healthcare, housing, and economic development; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, She then took a position as the Executive Director | 2 | | of the Illinois Maternal and Child Health Coalition, which she | 3 | | led from 1988 to 2010; she used her expertise to lead advocacy | 4 | | and education activities to increase access to healthcare for | 5 | | women, children, and families, school-based health services, | 6 | | and substance abuse treatment centers; while at the Coalition, | 7 | | she helped develop the KidCare health insurance program for | 8 | | over 200,000 children and pregnant women; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, She helped lead efforts to establish the Illinois | 10 | | All Kids program, giving every child in Illinois access to | 11 | | quality, affordable healthcare; there are now over 2.2 million | 12 | | children and their parents enrolled in All Kids and FamilyCare; | 13 | | she also led efforts to give 500,000 adults access to dental | 14 | | care; and | 15 | | WHEREAS, In April 2005, she received a Fellowship for | 16 | | Community Leaders Award from the Chicago Community Trust and | 17 | | spent the year researching the "Hispanic paradox" as it | 18 | | pertains to Mexican-American women and their infants' birth | 19 | | outcomes, as well as programs to address immigrant health in | 20 | | Europe; and
| 21 | | WHEREAS, She has received a number of awards for her work | 22 | | for Illinois families, including the Women's Health Activism | 23 | | Award from Grace Today Magazine (2007), the President's Award |
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| 1 | | of the Illinois Public Health Association (1998), and the Child | 2 | | Advocate Award of the Infant Welfare Society (1998); she is a | 3 | | member of the Delta Omega Honorary Public Health Society; and | 4 | | WHEREAS, Representative Gabel received her B.A. in | 5 | | Anthropology from Beloit College in 1975, her M.S. in Public | 6 | | Health from the University of Illinois, Chicago in 1979, and | 7 | | her M.J. in health law from Loyola University Chicago Law | 8 | | School in 1996; and | 9 | | WHEREAS, She will receive the Civic Engagement,
Community | 10 | | Service, and Community Organizing (CECSCO) Award during the | 11 | | annual University of Illinois-Chicago Gender and Women's | 12 | | Studies
Program's Women's History Month Reception on March 4, | 13 | | 2011; therefore, be it
| 14 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 15 | | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 16 | | we congratulate State Representative Robyn Gabel on receiving | 17 | | this award and wish her continued success for years to come; | 18 | | and be it further
| 19 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 20 | | presented to State Representative Robyn Gabel as a symbol of | 21 | | our respect and esteem.
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