Full Text of HR0092 098th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Mujeres Latinas en Accion (Mujeres) is the oldest | 3 | | Latina serving
organization in the nation; and | 4 | | WHEREAS, Mujeres was founded in 1973 in response to a | 5 | | Latina Leadership
conference, La Mujer Despierta, held in | 6 | | Chicago; and | 7 | | WHEREAS, Mujeres is celebrating its 40th anniversary in | 8 | | 2013; and | 9 | | WHEREAS, Mujeres has been dedicated for 40 years to | 10 | | empowering Latinas and
their families; the organization, based | 11 | | in Pilsen, is non-profit and has national
influence; and | 12 | | WHEREAS, Mujeres Latinas en Accion empowers Latinas by | 13 | | providing services
which reflect their values and culture and | 14 | | being an advocate on the issues that make
a difference in their | 15 | | live; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, In the past year alone, Mujeres Latinas en Accion | 17 | | served 10,671
people in direct services, a 26% increase since | 18 | | fiscal year 2011; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, Mujeres has received national recognition as the |
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| 1 | | leading community-based
organization in providing culturally | 2 | | proficient services in the areas of
domestic violence, sexual | 3 | | assault, parent support, homelessness prevention, youth
| 4 | | development, and Latina leadership; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, One in 4 Latinas will become victims of domestic | 6 | | violence,
Mujeres' nationally-recognized Domestic Violence | 7 | | Program was established in 1981
and serves more than 1,000 | 8 | | individuals annually through one office in Chicago and a
| 9 | | suburban office in North Riverside; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Latinas in the U.S. are the fastest growing | 11 | | segment among
entrepreneurs even as the economy continues to | 12 | | struggle; nearly one million
businesses in the U.S. are owned | 13 | | by Latinas (almost 40 percent of all Hispanic owned
businesses) | 14 | | generating hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue annually;
| 15 | | Latinas are opening businesses at 6 times the national average; | 16 | | in response to this trend, Mujeres created a new | 17 | | microenterprise program called Empresarias del
Futuro; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, During Mujeres' most recently completed fiscal | 19 | | year, members of the
Latina Leadership Program helped the | 20 | | organization reach and naturalize 1,346 new
citizens; during | 21 | | the midterm elections, Mujeres leaders were active in | 22 | | registering
346 new voters and mobilizing 2,485 voters to the | 23 | | polls in 17 precincts and 3 ward; therefore, be it
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 2 | | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 3 | | we applaud and honor Mujeres Latinas en Accion for 40 years of | 4 | | dedicated
service; and be it further
| 5 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 6 | | presented to Mujeres
Latinas en Accion (Mujeres) as a symbol of | 7 | | our respect and esteem.
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