Full Text of HR0351 101st General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Abigail and Sophia O'Quin are nine-year-old, | 3 | | third-grade students from Churchill School in Homewood; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, Abigail and Sophia O'Quin have been dedicated | 5 | | Brownies in Girl Scout Troop #65113; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Abigail and Sophia O'Quin have been socially | 7 | | conscious from the time they could talk; they have taken up the | 8 | | cause of struggling people whenever they can; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Abigail and Sophia O'Quin lent their voices to | 10 | | issues affecting marginalized citizens who have had encounters | 11 | | with law enforcement at some point in their past; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Abigail and Sophia O'Quin boldly stood before the | 13 | | Cook County Commissioners and testified about the effects that | 14 | | their family feels from mistakes their father made long before | 15 | | they were born; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Sophia O'Quin delivered a speech to the Cook | 17 | | County Commissioners encouraging them to "look past the | 18 | | surface, dig deeper, and see what lies beneath," stressing the | 19 | | importance of looking beyond the outer factors of a person; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, In remarks prepared for the Cook County Board | 2 | | President's press conference, Abigail O'Quin shared her | 3 | | perspective that "shelter is your home, and your home is where | 4 | | your kids will grow, and if you have kids you would know that | 5 | | you want what's best for your kids"; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, In remarks prepared for the same press conference, | 7 | | Sophia O'Quin said that "Cook County is already a safe place, | 8 | | and a place that shows an astounding amount of pulchritude, but | 9 | | you just made a decision that just made Cook County much more | 10 | | of a refuge"; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, As possibly the youngest registered speakers to | 12 | | speak on a proposed amendment, Abigail and Sophia O'Quin stood | 13 | | with bold determination and poise, delivered their official | 14 | | remarks, and possibly swayed some last-minute decisions with | 15 | | their passion and determination; therefore, be it
| 16 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 17 | | HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 18 | | we commend Abigail and Sophia O'Quin on their courage in | 19 | | speaking up for the marginalized people across Cook County; and | 20 | | be it further
| 21 | | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | 22 | | presented to Abigail and Sophia O'Quin as an expression of our |
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