Full Text of HR0521 101st General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to congratulate Patricia Avery on the | 4 | | occasion of her retirement as the Executive Director of the | 5 | | Champaign-Urbana Area Project; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, In 1996, Patricia Avery was the first African | 7 | | American woman appointed or elected to a county office when she | 8 | | was elected as the Recorder of Deeds; in 1998, she was elected | 9 | | to the Champaign County Board; in 2000, she was the first | 10 | | Democrat, the first African American, and the first woman to | 11 | | serve as the Chair of the Champaign County Board; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, In 2006, Patricia Avery founded the CUperStar | 13 | | Performing Arts and Enrichment Program, where over 100 young | 14 | | artists showcased their talents at various venues across | 15 | | Champaign-Urbana; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Patricia Avery has served on many boards, | 17 | | including the YWCA, the Rape Crisis Center, Women in | 18 | | Transition, the Black Chamber of Commerce, the Tri-County | 19 | | Economic Development Corp, and the City of Champaign Planning | 20 | | and Zoning Board of Appeals; she served as Champaign's | 21 | | representative on the Champaign County Regional Planning | 22 | | Commission; she was a member of the Unit 4 School District |
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| 1 | | Community Engagement Committee, CU Fresh Start, the Champaign | 2 | | Community Coalition, and the City of Urbana Traffic Stop Study | 3 | | Committee; she was an Everytown for Gun Sense Fellow in 2017; | 4 | | and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Patricia Avery was President of the Champaign | 6 | | County NAACP from 2011 until 2017; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Patricia Avery was appointed to the African | 8 | | American Families Commission by Governor Pat Quinn from 2014 | 9 | | until 2017; she served as Vice President of the Illinois | 10 | | Council of Area Projects; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Patricia Avery has received many awards and | 12 | | honors, including the Phenomenal Woman of Worth Award from the | 13 | | International African Women in Leadership Organization, | 14 | | Diaspora Conference, that took place in Atlanta, Georgia in | 15 | | 2017; therefore, be it
| 16 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 17 | | HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 18 | | we congratulate Patricia Avery on the occasion of her | 19 | | retirement as the Executive Director of the Champaign-Urbana | 20 | | Area Project and commend her life's work of public service, | 21 | | community organizing, and advocacy; and be it further
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 2 | | presented to Patricia Avery as an expression of our esteem and | 3 | | respect.
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