Full Text of HR0165 96th General Assembly
HR0165 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, Deborah Harrington, a woman who has empowered, | 6 |
| uplifted, and served the people of Chicago, particularly the | 7 |
| women of Chicago, has won the Civic Engagement, Community | 8 |
| Service and Community Organizing Award from the University of | 9 |
| Illinois at Chicago's Department of Gender and Women's Studies; | 10 |
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| WHEREAS, Deborah received her B.A. in Anthropology from the | 12 |
| University of Illinois; she performed postgraduate studies at | 13 |
| the University of Ghana in West Africa; and | 14 |
| WHEREAS, Deborah spent the first 20 years of her | 15 |
| professional career working in the public sector, holding | 16 |
| positions in the Illinois Department of Employment Security, | 17 |
| Department of Public Aid, and Department of Human Services; she | 18 |
| was a member of the Governor's Taskforce for Human Services | 19 |
| Reform and worked on the design and implementation of the | 20 |
| State's human services delivery system and on the | 21 |
| implementation of the 1996 Welfare Act; and
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| WHEREAS, Deborah has been exceptionally involved in | 2 |
| community service and public policy at the local, State, and | 3 |
| federal levels; she is the President of the Woods Fund of | 4 |
| Chicago, a Chicago-based foundation whose mission is to "give | 5 |
| voice to less advantaged people and communities"; as an | 6 |
| appointee to the public policy advisory board of the National | 7 |
| Council on Foundations, she facilitated development of the Paul | 8 |
| Ylvisaker Award for Public Policy; she is a member of the | 9 |
| Mayoral Policy Caucus; she is a board member of the Donors | 10 |
| Forum of Chicago and an advisory board member of the Institute | 11 |
| of Government and Public Affairs at the University of Illinois; | 12 |
| she is Vice President of the board of Business and Professional | 13 |
| People for the Public Interest and serves as trustee to several | 14 |
| other community-based, non-profit, and civic organizations; | 15 |
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| WHEREAS, Deborah also does extensive volunteer work with | 17 |
| the Field Museum; she is a fair housing auditor for open | 18 |
| communities, a facilitator and liaison with the Chicago | 19 |
| neighborhood policing program, and a mayoral appointee of the | 20 |
| Chicago Sister Cities International Executive Committee; and
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| WHEREAS, Deborah has worked tirelessly to combat poverty, | 22 |
| promote fair housing, and garner resources to support | 23 |
| community-based organizations struggling to make a difference | 24 |
| in the lives of low-income women and their families in Chicago; |
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| therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 3 |
| NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 4 |
| congratulate Deborah Harrington on being given the Civic | 5 |
| Engagement, Community Service and Community Organizing Award | 6 |
| from the University of Illinois at Chicago's Department of | 7 |
| Gender and Women's Studies and wish her continued success in | 8 |
| the future; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 10 |
| presented to Deborah Harrington as a sign of our affection, our | 11 |
| gratitude, and our respect.
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