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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3 Representatives are pleased to honor accomplishments in the
4 lives of citizens of the State of Illinois; and
 
5     WHEREAS, Barbara Engel, a devoted activist in the area of
6 violence against women and girls for 35 years, has won the
7 Civic Engagement, Community Service and Community Organizing
8 Award from the University of Illinois at Chicago's Gender and
9 Women's Studies Program; and
 
10     WHEREAS, Barbara Engel worked with a small group of
11 advocates in 1983 to draft and help enact into law
12 groundbreaking Illinois sexual assault legislation; and
 
13     WHEREAS, Barbara Engel has been reappointed by every
14 Illinois Governor since 1991 to the board of the Illinois
15 Criminal Justice Information Authority, where she serves as a
16 public voice for victim services; and
 
17     WHEREAS, In 1993, Barbara Engel was asked by Chicago Mayor
18 Richard Daley to write an innovative sexual harassment policy
19 for the City of Chicago and develop an implementation strategy;
20 and
 

 

 

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1     WHEREAS, Barbara Engel was a pioneer in the anti-rape and
2 domestic violence movements; she served as director of a rape
3 crisis center and created the first sexual assault prevention
4 program for the Chicago Public Schools; she is also the
5 co-author of protocols for the treatment of rape survivors and
6 battered women in hospital emergency rooms and protocols for
7 the Chicago Police Department's response to rape survivors -
8 which have since become national models; and
 
9     WHEREAS, In an effort to forge a bond between the worlds of
10 research and practice, Barbara Engel served as an advisor to
11 the Chicago Women's Health Risk Study and co-authored a
12 publication titled "The Chicago Women's Health Risk Study:
13 Lessons in Collaboration" in Violence Against Women; and
 
14     WHEREAS, Barbara Engel has taken on the cause of
15 restorative justice by working to reform and transform the
16 juvenile justice system and strengthen the ability of
17 communities to resolve conflicts peacefully; and
 
18     WHEREAS, Barbara Engel is a co-founder of the Arab Jewish
19 Partnership for Peace and Justice in the Middle East, a group
20 that advocates for a peaceful resolution to the
21 Israeli/Palistinian conflict; and
 
22     WHEREAS, Barbara Engel has been the recipient of numerous

 

 

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1 awards, including the Women's Bar Association of Illinois'
2 Stephany Nawyn Visionary Award and the Glady Isser Award by
3 Shalva; therefore, be it
 
4     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
5 NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
6 congratulate Barbara Engel for winning the Civic Engagement,
7 Community Service and Community Organizing Award from the
8 University of Illinois at Chicago's Gender and Women's Studies
9 Program and wish her continued success in the future; and be it
10 further
 
11     RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be
12 presented to Barbara Engel and the University of Illinois at
13 Chicago's Gender and Women's Studies Program as a symbol of our
14 affection, gratitude, and respect.