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1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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2 | | WHEREAS, Melissa Boratyn, a Chicago resident, was |
3 | | diagnosed with breast cancer at
the age of 23, and now, eight |
4 | | years later, continues her battle; and
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5 | | WHEREAS, Melissa Boratyn met her husband, Jimmy Boratyn, |
6 | | while they were undergraduate students
at Loyola University |
7 | | Chicago; and
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8 | | WHEREAS, Melissa Boratyn and her husband directed and
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9 | | produced the film Ginger as a graduate school thesis project at |
10 | | DePaul University in
Chicago; and
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11 | | WHEREAS, At its premier in November of 2018, Ginger won |
12 | | Best of the Festival at the 10th Annual
Lady Filmmakers |
13 | | Festival in Beverly Hills, California; and
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14 | | WHEREAS, Ginger was also awarded the World Humanitarian |
15 | | Award at the
2018 Queens World Film Festival; and
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16 | | WHEREAS, After a year of winning numerous awards at various |
17 | | film festivals, Ginger will be released to the public to |
18 | | achieve its intended goal of helping others; therefore, be it
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19 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE |