Full Text of SR0788 98th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 | | learn of the death of Deverra Beverly of Chicago; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, Deverra Beverly was born to Clyde Archibald and | 5 | | Priscilla Foster; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Deverra Beverly was a lifelong resident of the | 7 | | ABLA Homes; she has become synonymous with her tireless efforts | 8 | | to improve the quality of life in public housing; she often | 9 | | went into action when a resident of public housing experienced | 10 | | the loss of a loved-one and ensured grief-stricken families had | 11 | | access to the ABLA Center; she was a teacher, confidant, and | 12 | | role model for many of the professional, administrative, and | 13 | | maintenance staff of the Chicago Housing Authority and private | 14 | | management firms; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Deverra Beverly's commitment to public housing | 16 | | came out of her having lived in public housing all of her life; | 17 | | she moved into the ABLA Homes with her family in 1943; she held | 18 | | numerous resident leadership positions within public housing | 19 | | such as Vice-Chair and Interim Chair of the Central Advisory | 20 | | Council, President and Treasurer of the ABLA Homes Local | 21 | | Advisory Council, and Commissioner of the Chicago Housing | 22 | | Authority, appointed by Mayor Richard M. Daley in 2009; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Deverra Beverly was the founding Chair of the | 2 | | National Public Housing Museum; it was her vision and | 3 | | commitment to create a world-class cultural and academic | 4 | | institution that will forever preserve the stories of public | 5 | | and social housing nationally and abroad; and | 6 | | WHEREAS, Deverra Beverly implemented and coordinated many | 7 | | programs, including a summer youth employment program, a | 8 | | resident employment program, the "Safe Passage Program", the | 9 | | annual ABLA Day gathering and picnic, income tax assistance | 10 | | programs for seniors, a children's after school food supplement | 11 | | program, "The Employability Plus" program", and "The After | 12 | | School Matters" program; she produced and recruited for the | 13 | | motion picture "Hardball" which was filmed within the ABLA | 14 | | community and spearheaded Mayor Daley's Annual Clean and Green | 15 | | Program; and | 16 | | WHEREAS, Deverra Beverly was preceded in death by her | 17 | | husband, William Pickens; her daughter, Christine Beverly; her | 18 | | son, Eugene Beverly; and her grandson, Keith Rawls; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, Deverra Beverly is survived by her sons, Kenneth, | 20 | | Levert, Melvin, and William; her sisters, Rosetta and Mary Lou; | 21 | | her grandchildren, Keith, Keni, Shonda, Tamika, Jeremy, Gwen, | 22 | | Lamont, Daryl, Yolanda, Shevonne, Levert Jr., Salina, and |
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| 1 | | Lakendra; a host of great-grandchildren; and a huge extended | 2 | | family and special friends; therefore, be it
| 3 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL | 4 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 5 | | Deverra Beverly and extend our sincere condolences to her | 6 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it | 7 | | further
| 8 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 9 | | presented to the family of Deverra Beverly as an expression of | 10 | | our deepest sympathy and in recognition of all she has | 11 | | contributed to the people of the ABLA Homes.
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