Full Text of HR0158 096th General Assembly
HR0158 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 honor accomplishments in the | 4 |
| lives of citizens of the State of Illinois; and
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| WHEREAS, Rebecca Sive, civic leader, staunch feminist, and | 6 |
| outspoken advocate for social justice, has won the Civic | 7 |
| Engagement, Community Service and Community Organizing Award | 8 |
| from the University of Illinois at Chicago's Department of | 9 |
| Gender and Women's Studies; and
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| WHEREAS, Rebecca received a B.A. in Urban Studies from | 11 |
| Carleton College, which also bestowed upon her the | 12 |
| Distinguished Achievement Award; she received her M.A. in | 13 |
| American History from the University of Illinois, where she | 14 |
| began her career as a community organizer; and | 15 |
| WHEREAS, Rebecca was a Commissioner, Finance Committee | 16 |
| Chair, and General Operations Committee Chair of the Chicago | 17 |
| Park District, an independent unit of government; she was a | 18 |
| founding Commissioner of the Illinois Human Rights Commission; | 19 |
| she was a Vice-Chair and the only woman member of the Executive | 20 |
| Committee of the Chicago 1992 World's Fair Authority; she was | 21 |
| also a former executive at the Playboy Foundation; and
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| WHEREAS, Rebecca has held numerous other appointments on | 2 |
| governmental, organizational, and philanthropic boards and | 3 |
| committees; among them, she has served on the boards of | 4 |
| directors of Public Allies - Chicago, the Jewish Community | 5 |
| Centers of Metropolitan Chicago, NARAL Pro-Choice America, The | 6 |
| Woodlawn Community Development Corporation, the Jewish Fund | 7 |
| for Justice, and the YWCA of Metropolitan Chicago; and
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| WHEREAS, Rebecca has been elected into Today's Chicago | 9 |
| Woman 20th Anniversary Hall of Fame; she is listed in Who's Who | 10 |
| in America, Who's Who of American Women, and Feminists Who | 11 |
| Changed America; she is a member of The Economic Club of | 12 |
| Chicago and has received numerous other honors, including the | 13 |
| Jaycees of Chicago Outstanding Young Citizen's Award, the YWCA | 14 |
| of Metropolitan Chicago Outstanding Community Leadership | 15 |
| Award, and the Chicago Urban League Woman of Distinction Award; | 16 |
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| WHEREAS, Rebecca is a seasoned executive, with in-depth | 18 |
| leadership experience in business, government, philanthropy, | 19 |
| and the not-for-profit sector; she is principal and chief | 20 |
| strategist of The Sive Group, a public affairs firm; she has | 21 |
| also written frequently on a variety of public policy matters, | 22 |
| beginning with early articles in Chicago's feminist press and | 23 |
| publication of the Chicago Women's Directory/Guia para las | 24 |
| Mujeres de Chicago; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 2 |
| NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 3 |
| congratulate Rebecca Sive on being given the University of | 4 |
| Illinois Department of Gender and Women's Studies Civic | 5 |
| Engagement, Community Service and Community Organizing Award | 6 |
| and wish her continued success in the future; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 8 |
| presented to Rebecca Sive as a sign of our affection, | 9 |
| gratitude, and respect.
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