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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3 Representatives are pleased to congratulate Amina J. Dickerson
4 on the occasion of her retirement as senior director of global
5 community involvement for Kraft Foods; and
 
6     WHEREAS, Amina Dickerson earned her master's degree in arts
7 management from the American University in Washington, D.C. and
8 was named to the university's Alumni Hall of Fame in 2005; she
9 studied theater arts at Emerson College and holds a certificate
10 from the Harvard University program in Arts Administration; and
 
11     WHEREAS, Amina Dickerson began her career with Kraft Foods
12 in 1997 as Director of Corporate Contributions; during her
13 tenure with the company, she led Kraft Foods' philanthropic
14 activities through many changes; as director, she launched the
15 Kraft Community Nutrition Program, a program that has provided
16 more than one billion servings of fresh fruit and vegetables
17 and has helped move produce to the #1 category of food
18 distributed by Feeding America; she also oversaw the creation
19 of Salsa, Sabor y Salud, a healthy lifestyles program that
20 teaches nutrition and fitness education to the Latino
21 community; and
 
22     WHEREAS, Previous to her appointment to Kraft, Amina

 

 

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1 Dickerson held senior appointments for the Chicago Historical
2 Society, the DuSable Museum of African American History, the
3 Afro-American Historical and Cultural Museum of Philadelphia,
4 and the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of African
5 Art, as well as numerous boards, panels, and consultancies; and
 
6     WHEREAS, Amina Dickerson currently serves as a board member
7 of the Harris Center for Music and Dance at Millennium Park and
8 as co-chair of the Peer Network for International Giving of the
9 Donor's Forum of Chicago; and
 
10     WHEREAS, Amina Dickerson has been widely acknowledged for
11 her work in promoting fitness and healthy eating; she was
12 commended for her role as Vice Chair for the International
13 Committee for the Council of Foundations; she was honored as a
14 Chicagoan of the Year by the Chicago Tribune in 2005 for the
15 partnership to advance jazz that she helped to initiate; she
16 was also named one of 25 leading African American Women in
17 Business by the Network Journal; and
 
18     WHEREAS, In 1996, Amina Dickerson served as a Distinguished
19 Visitor with the MacArthur Foundation and was appointed a Class
20 XVI Kellogg Fellow; in 2002, she was named Chicago's
21 Professional Grantor of the Year; in 2004, she received the
22 10th Annual Sor Juana Award from the Mexican Fine Arts Center
23 Museum and a legacy award from eta Creative Arts Theater; she

 

 

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1 was the recipient of the Timuel Black Award for Community
2 Service from the Jazz Institute of Chicago in 2006; and
 
3     WHEREAS, Through Amina Dickerson's inspired leadership,
4 Kraft Foods' Corporate Community Involvement program have
5 become well known for its high quality philanthropy and its
6 willingness to support the community through strong
7 partnerships and commitment to quality; therefore, be it
 
8     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
9 NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
10 congratulate Amina Dickerson on the occasion of her retirement
11 and wish her many happy and healthy retirement years; and be it
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13     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
14 presented to Amina Dickerson as a symbol of our esteem and
15 respect.