Full Text of HR0595 100th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, World Suicide Prevention Day was first recognized | 3 | | in 2003 as an initiative of the International Association for | 4 | | Suicide Prevention and endorsed by the World Health | 5 | | Organization, to provide worldwide commitment and action to | 6 | | prevent suicides; various activities take place around the | 7 | | world on this day; World Suicide Prevention Day takes place | 8 | | each year on September 10; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, The International Association for Suicide | 10 | | Prevention reports that every year more than 800,000 people die | 11 | | by suicide, and up to 25 times as many make a suicide attempt; | 12 | | on average, one person in Illinois dies by suicide every six | 13 | | hours, and in this State, nearly twice as many people die by | 14 | | suicide than by homicide, as reported by the American | 15 | | Foundation for Suicide Prevention; behind these statistics are | 16 | | the individual stories of those who have, for many different | 17 | | reasons, questioned the value of their own lives; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, There is no single cause for suicide; the warning | 19 | | signs of suicide include a change in behavior or the presence | 20 | | of entirely new behaviors; if the new or changed behavior is | 21 | | related to a painful event, loss, or change, it is of utmost | 22 | | concern; and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Regardless of a person's circumstances, | 2 | | communities have an important role to play in supporting those | 3 | | who are vulnerable; that sentiment is reflected in the 2017 | 4 | | World Suicide Prevention Day theme, "Take a minute, change a | 5 | | life"; as members of communities, it is our responsibility to | 6 | | look out for those who may be struggling, check in with them, | 7 | | and encourage them to tell their stories; broaching the topic | 8 | | of suicide is difficult, but taking a minute to reach out to | 9 | | someone can change the course of a life; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, People who have lived through a suicide attempt | 11 | | have much to teach about how the words and actions of others | 12 | | are important; almost universally, they say that if someone had | 13 | | taken a minute, the trajectory that they were on could have | 14 | | been interrupted; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, World Suicide Prevention Day is a time to | 16 | | acknowledge the importance of families and communities working | 17 | | together to achieve the common goal of preventing suicide; | 18 | | therefore, be it
| 19 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 20 | | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 21 | | designate September 10, 2017 as World Suicide Prevention Day in | 22 | | the State of Illinois; and be it further
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, That we encourage communities throughout the | 2 | | State to take a minute to change a life and promote suicide | 3 | | prevention across the State of Illinois.
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