Full Text of HR0545 101st General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Melissa Boratyn, a Chicago resident, was | 3 | | diagnosed with breast cancer at
the age of 23, and now, eight | 4 | | years later, continues her battle; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Melissa Boratyn met her husband, Jimmy Boratyn, | 6 | | while they were undergraduate students
at Loyola University | 7 | | Chicago; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Melissa Boratyn and her husband directed and
| 9 | | produced the film Ginger as a graduate school thesis project at | 10 | | DePaul University in
Chicago; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, At its premier in November of 2018, Ginger won | 12 | | Best of the Festival at the 10th Annual
Lady Filmmakers | 13 | | Festival in Beverly Hills, California; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Ginger was also awarded the World Humanitarian | 15 | | Award at the
2018 Queens World Film Festival; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, After a year of winning numerous awards at various | 17 | | film festivals, Ginger will be released to the public to | 18 | | achieve its intended goal of helping others; therefore, be it
| 19 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE |
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| 1 | | HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 2 | | during the month of October 2019, National Breast Cancer | 3 | | Awareness Month, we commend the efforts of Melissa Boratyn, | 4 | | through her film Ginger, to help other young people battling | 5 | | breast cancer and to inspire all audience members with a | 6 | | message of hope, and we encourage all to promote awareness of, | 7 | | and to advocate for, women who are battling breast cancer; and | 8 | | be it further
| 9 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 10 | | presented to Melissa Boratyn as a symbol of our respect and | 11 | | esteem.
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