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 1                          HOUSE RESOLUTION

 2        WHEREAS, The American Jewish Committee has  worked  since
 3    1906  to  advance  religious, ethnic and racial understanding
 4    worldwide, combating discrimination, promoting  human  rights
 5    and  advocating  for public policy positions deeply rooted in
 6    American democratic values; and

 7        WHEREAS,  The  American  Jewish  Committee  bestows  this
 8    year's Cultural Achievement Award on Harriet  Meyer  for  her
 9    work  as President of the Ounce of Prevention Fund and as the
10    brains behind the model Educare Center in Chicago; and

11        WHEREAS,  Harriet  Meyer's   extensive   experience   and
12    accomplishments  will  be  duly  recognized  by  the American
13    Jewish Committee at the awards ceremony on  April  22,  2002;
14    and

15        WHEREAS,  We  join  in  honoring the essential Harriet, a
16    longtime Hyde Parker who is loving wife to Rick  and  devoted
17    mother  to Nikki and Claudia; Harriet, the avid art collector
18    who speaks French fluently and whose  compassion  is  matched
19    only  by  her  sense  of  humor; Harriet whose forceful voice
20    calls attention to the importance of every  child's  earliest
21    years;  Harriet  whose passion for the proposition that it is
22    caring - and cost effective  -  to  provide  early  learning,
23    healthy  child  development  and quality child care has had a
24    major impact on this state's public policies; now,  therefore
25    be it

26        RESOLVED,   BY   THE  HOUSE  OF  REPRESENTATIVES  OF  THE
27    NINETY-SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
28    we congratulate the American Jewish Committee on  its  choice
29    of  Harriet  Meyer  as  the  recipient  of  the 2002 Cultural
30    Achievement Award; and be it further

31        RESOLVED, That, with a tip  of  our  collective  hat,  we
 
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 1    congratulate  Harriet on her award and thank her for her work
 2    as  a  tireless  champion  for  children,  known   throughout
 3    Illinois  for  her generosity in giving and her generosity of
 4    spirit; and be it further

 5        RESOLVED, That  suitable  copies  of  this  preamble  and
 6    resolution  be presented to Harriet Meyer and to the American
 7    Jewish Committee.

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