Full Text of SR1267 102nd General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened | 3 | | to learn of the death of Christine "Tina" Perkins of Chicago, | 4 | | who passed away on June 1, 2021; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Christine Perkins was born to Christine and | 6 | | Marion "Mose" Dawson on December 2, 1949, the first of the 13 | 7 | | children they had together; she grew up on East Bowen Street | 8 | | and attended Fuller Elementary School and DuSable High School; | 9 | | she earned her Bachelor of Arts in Business from Northeastern | 10 | | Illinois University; she married Maurice Perkins on December | 11 | | 29, 1968, and they raised three beautiful children together, | 12 | | Maurice "Antuan," Heather, and Marcus; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Christine Perkins accompanied her husband during | 14 | | his U.S. Army assignment in Frankfort, Germany in 1968 and | 15 | | 1969; she worked at the U.S. Post Exchange and provided home | 16 | | cooked meals for the soldiers and made people feel loved while | 17 | | away from their own loved ones; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, Christine Perkins and her husband returned to | 19 | | Chicago on July 27, 1970 and started their work in the tavern | 20 | | business, first at Black Silhouette and then at their own | 21 | | tavern, Caesar's Palace; she also served as school clerk at | 22 | | Jackie Robinson and Wadsworth Elementary Schools; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Christine Perkins and her husband purchased the | 2 | | Swift Mansion from the Urban League in 1992, and she became the | 3 | | co-founder of the Inner City Youth and Adult Foundation; she | 4 | | was dedicated to supporting senior citizens and youth within | 5 | | the community, and her program was focused on decreasing | 6 | | hopelessness among youth through promoting education and | 7 | | on-the-job training, increasing work and recreational | 8 | | opportunities, and providing housing opportunities to those in | 9 | | need; she worked with judges to provide alternatives to | 10 | | incarceration and formed partnerships with juvenile justice | 11 | | programs; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Christine Perkins will be remembered most as a | 13 | | servant leader; therefore, be it
| 14 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL | 15 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 16 | | Christine "Tina" Perkins and extend our sincere condolences to | 17 | | her family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it | 18 | | further
| 19 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 20 | | presented to the family of Tina Perkins as an expression of our | 21 | | deepest sympathy.
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