Full Text of HR1148 093rd General Assembly
HR1148 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, On Monday, July 19, 2004, national best-selling | 3 |
| mystery author Vincent Alexandria will embark on a 560-mile | 4 |
| bicycle ride from Kansas City, Missouri to Chicago's Harpo | 5 |
| Studios, home of the Oprah Winfrey Show, to help raise funds | 6 |
| and awareness to support literacy and reading; and
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| WHEREAS, Vincent Alexandria is the author of: "If Walls | 8 |
| Could Talk," "Postal Blues," "Black Rain," and "Poetry from the | 9 |
| Bottom of My Heart"; he is also an actor, producer, director, | 10 |
| composer, lyricist, vocalist, screenwriter, and musician; he | 11 |
| holds a Masters degree in Literature from Baker University and | 12 |
| holds a Bachelor's degree in Psychology from Rockhurst College; | 13 |
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| WHEREAS, Vincent Alexandria is the founder and Chairman of | 15 |
| The Brother 2 Brother Literary Symposium, a non-profit, | 16 |
| tax-exempt organization, whose primary goal is to improve | 17 |
| reading and literacy across the nation; his vision for The | 18 |
| Brother 2 Brother Symposium is to enlighten men and women in | 19 |
| reading and comprehension and to enhance their quality of life, | 20 |
| as well as having nationally published authors show a | 21 |
| commitment to their communities and give back to their readers | 22 |
| in gratitude of what they have done for them and their careers; | 23 |
| he will ride 80 miles per day, in his effort to reach Chicago | 24 |
| by July 30th, 2004; the organization is raising funds for its | 25 |
| third annual Symposium to be held this November in New York | 26 |
| City; and
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| WHEREAS, It is only fitting that Vincent Alexandria's | 28 |
| 560-mile ride takes him to the doorstep of Harpo Studios; one | 29 |
| of the most respected names in the literary world, Oprah | 30 |
| Winfrey, whose book club, "Oprah's Book Club" the largest book | 31 |
| club in the world with over 300,000 members, is responsible for | 32 |
| many published works becoming New York Times Bestsellers, with |
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| some selling over a million copies; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 3 |
| NINETY-THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 4 |
| commend the efforts of Vincent Alexandria in helping to raise | 5 |
| awareness about the importance of reading and literacy to the | 6 |
| citizens of this State; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 8 |
| presented to Vincent Alexandria as an token of our admiration.
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