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1 HOUSE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, Family Peace Day is a first annual community
3 service program that will be held on Wednesday, May 7, 1997
4 at the Richard J. Daley Center, Daley Plaza, Chicago,
5 Illinois; and
6 WHEREAS, The Illinois House of Representatives has been
7 made aware of this auspicious event by Speaker of the House
8 Michael J. Madigan of the Twenty-Second District; and
9 WHEREAS, The State of Illinois has broad shoulders and
10 cares about its residents and children; and
11 WHEREAS, The goal of Family Peace Day is to focus
12 attention on domestic abuse issues, how to combat domestic
13 violence and to build healthy families, as well as to address
14 legal issues and to inform Illinois' citizens of the many
15 public and community resources available to combat domestic
16 violence; and
17 WHEREAS, Family Peace Day is a joint project of The
18 Women's Bar Association of Illinois and The Black Women
19 Lawyers' Association of Greater Chicago, Inc,; and
20 WHEREAS, Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley, Justice Mary Ann
21 G. McMorrow of the Illinois Supreme Court, Chief Judge Donald
22 O'Connell of the Circuit Court of Cook County, and Cook
23 County Board President John H. Stroger, Jr., are Honorary
24 Co-Chairs; and
25 WHEREAS, Supporters of Family Peace Day are Attorney
26 General James Ryan, Chicago Metropolitan Battered Women's
27 Domestic Violence Network, Chicago Public Schools, Chief
28 Judge Donald O'Connell's Domestic Violence Coordinating
29 Council, Cook County State's Attorney Richard Devine, the
30 Department of Children and Family Services, Illinois Family
31 Violence Coordinating Council, and many legal, judicial,
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1 healthcare, social service and non-profit organizations,
2 including the American Medical Association, the Archdiocese
3 of Chicago, the Chicago Police Department, the Council for
4 the Jewish Elderly, the John Marshall Law School, the Mujeres
5 Latinas En Accion, and the Peace Museum; and
6 WHEREAS, Family Peace Day will begin at 11:00 a.m. with a
7 press conference, kick-off rally and award presentation to
8 Chicago public school student winners of poetry, prose, and
9 poster contests depicting their vision of a healthy family,
10 from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. there will be an Expo consisting
11 of booths from which the public can receive free legal and
12 medical advice and counseling or referrals from social
13 service providers, healthcare providers, and attorneys
14 practicing family law, and a luncheon awards ceremony at noon
15 at the Palmer House Hilton, sponsored by the Circuit Court of
16 Cook County, to honor those who have made significant
17 contributions to the administration of justice in the areas
18 of domestic violence and abuse; therefore, be it
19 RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
20 NINETIETH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
21 do hereby encourage the citizens of Illinois to attend this
22 most worthy community service program and do hereby declare
23 Wednesday, of the first week of May, Family Peace Day in
24 Illinois; and be it further
25 RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
26 presented to Susan C. Salita, President of The Women's Bar
27 Association of Illinois, and Yvonne Owens, President of The
28 Black Women Lawyers' Association of Greater Chicago, Inc.