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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3 Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Barbara
4 Jones Green of Chicago; and
 
5     WHEREAS, Barbara Jones Green earned her Bachelor of Science
6 degree in business administration from Tennessee State
7 University in 1965; she earned her Master of Science degree in
8 Social Work from Spertus College in 1999; and
 
9     WHEREAS, Barbara Jones Green served with distinction as the
10 Executive Director of the Lakeside Community Committee, a
11 multi-faceted, nationally accredited child welfare, youth
12 delinquency prevention, and family stabilization agency which
13 provides a variety of services to at-risk teens and needy
14 adults of all ages in the Greater Grand Boulevard and other
15 Southside communities of Chicago; and
 
16     WHEREAS, Barbara Jones Green was the founder and
17 President/CEO of Jonette Products Enterprise, Ltd., a diverse
18 concession management and management systems corporation that
19 has provided its services for many local and State
20 organizations; and
 
21     WHEREAS, Barbara Jones Green was the founder of the Golfing

 

 

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1 Friends of Chicago, a charitable organization that has provided
2 over $400,000 in educational scholarships to needy students
3 throughout the Chicago area in a single year; she was also
4 involved with such worthy causes as United Way, AfriCare,
5 Vision of Freedom, Southern University, Xavier University, and
6 Haven House; and
 
7     WHEREAS, Barbara Jones Green was an active member in her
8 community; she served as the chairperson of the Mayor's Blue
9 Ribbon Committee for Historic Preservation of Bronzeville; she
10 served on the Board of Directors of the Halfway House for Girls
11 of Crestwood, Illinois; she served as Vice Chairman of the
12 Chicago Board of Appeals from 1983 until 1990; she was also
13 involved in the Illinois Public Aid Advisory Council, The
14 Links, Incorporated, the Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, The Moles,
15 Incorporated, and The Carousels, Incorporated; and
 
16     WHEREAS, Barbara Jones Green was the recipient of many
17 awards in honor of her civic accomplishments, including a 2005
18 T.W.O. Business Leader Award, a 2005 Phenomenal Woman Award, a
19 2003 HANS Foundation Award, a 1998 Cook County Women's
20 Commission Unsung Heroine Award, a nomination for a 1992
21 Dollars and Sense Magazine's America's Best and Brightest
22 Award, a 1992 Illinois DCFS Clara Muhammad Foundation Award, a
23 Chicago Housing Authority Central Advisory Council's
24 Meritorious Service Award in 1992, a Woodson North and South

 

 

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1 Schools Partnership with Youth Outstanding Leadership Award in
2 1992, a Beasley Academic Center's Commitment to Education Award
3 in 1991, and a National Council of Negro Women Lena Walker
4 Outstanding Businessman's Award in 1984; and
 
5     WHEREAS, Barbara Jones Green's love of life and ability to
6 live it to the fullest endeared her to her family members,
7 friends, and all who knew her, and enabled her to enrich their
8 lives in ways they will never forget; therefore, be it
 
9     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
10 NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
11 mourn, along with her family and friends, the passing of
12 Barbara Jones Green; and be it further
 
13     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
14 presented to the family of Barbara Jones Green as an expression
15 of our sympathy.