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1 HOUSE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, The General Assembly declares that it is the
3 policy of this State to promote peace and friendship with
4 African nations and to promote the success of the descendants
5 of persons from Africa who reside in this State through the
6 creation of the Illinois Africa-America Peace Brigade; and
7 WHEREAS, the purposes of the Illinois Africa-America
8 Peace Brigade shall be as follows: to make available to
9 interested African nations men and women of this State
10 qualified for service abroad and willing to serve under
11 conditions of hardship if necessary in order to help the
12 peoples of African nations in meeting their needs for trained
13 manpower, particularly in meeting the basic needs of those
14 living in the poorest areas of those countries; to help
15 promote a better understanding of the citizens of this State
16 on the part of the peoples served and a better understanding
17 of other peoples on the part of the citizens of this State;
18 and to provide emergency resources, especially human
19 resources, to failing schools in the urban inner-city areas
20 of this State in order to provide those failing schools with
21 their need for trained manpower in meeting the basic and
22 remedial educational needs of African-American students;
23 therefore, be it
24 RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
25 NINETY-THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
26 there is created the Illinois Africa-America Peace Brigade
27 Task Force consisting of 5 members appointed as follows: 3
28 members of the House of Representatives appointed by the
29 Speaker of the House, one of whom shall be designated the
30 chairperson by the Speaker of the House of Representatives,
31 and 2 members of the House of Representatives appointed by
32 the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, all of
33 whom shall serve without compensation but shall be reimbursed
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1 for their reasonable and necessary expenses from funds
2 appropriated for that purpose; and be it further
3 RESOLVED, That the Task Force shall study various issues
4 relating to the promotion of peace and friendship with
5 African nations and the promotion of the success of Illinois
6 residents who are descendants of persons from Africa through
7 the creation of the Illinois Africa-America Peace Brigade;
8 and be it further
9 RESOLVED, That the Task Force shall receive the
10 assistance of legislative staff, may employ skilled experts
11 with the approval of the House of Representatives, and shall
12 report its findings to the General Assembly on or before
13 March 31, 2004.