Full Text of HR0609 096th General Assembly
HR0609 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 |
| Representatives are pleased to congratulate the members of the | 4 |
| Aurora Latin American Club on the occasion of the club's 50th | 5 |
| anniversary; and
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| WHEREAS, The Aurora Latin American Club was formed on | 7 |
| September 20, 1959 by Mexican-American citizens who migrated to | 8 |
| Aurora from Texas during the 1950s-1970s in their search for | 9 |
| the American Dream; and
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| WHEREAS, The founders of the Aurora Latin American Club saw | 11 |
| a need to establish a formal social network that would unite | 12 |
| fellow Mexican-Americans as accepted members of a group with a | 13 |
| shared language, traditions, and values; and
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| WHEREAS, The Aurora Latin American Club helps its members | 15 |
| develop skills critical for cross-cultural communications, | 16 |
| tolerance for differences, trust and consensus-building, | 17 |
| collaborative work habits, and the use of persistence and | 18 |
| creativity to solve problems; and
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| WHEREAS, The Aurora Latin American Club seeks to instill | 20 |
| patriotism in its members through active involvement in the | 21 |
| American political process; the organization has also had a |
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| vision of Hispanics gaining the acknowledgement and respect of | 2 |
| the citizens of the City of Aurora and the State of Illinois; | 3 |
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| WHEREAS, The Aurora Latin American Club members' cultural | 5 |
| traditions and activities promote Hispanic pride, education, | 6 |
| and leadership for its members and their families, as well as | 7 |
| increased civic and economic participation in the City of | 8 |
| Aurora and the State of Illinois; and
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| WHEREAS, The Aurora Latin American Club has helped | 10 |
| establish patterns of importance in the lives of people from | 11 |
| Mexican-American heritage and facilitated their assimilation | 12 |
| and acculturation in Aurora, thus becoming an Aurora | 13 |
| institution; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 15 |
| NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 16 |
| designate the date of September 20, 2009 as "Aurora Latin | 17 |
| American Club 50th Anniversary Day" in the State of Illinois | 18 |
| and congratulate the members of the Aurora Latin American Club | 19 |
| on the occasion of the club's 50th anniversary; and be it | 20 |
| further
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| RESOLVED, That we ask the citizens of the State of Illinois | 22 |
| to celebrate the many contributions that the Aurora Latin |
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| American Club has given the people of the City of Aurora and | 2 |
| the State of Illinois; and be it further | 3 |
| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 4 |
| presented to the Aurora Latin American Club as a symbol of our | 5 |
| esteem and respect.
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