Full Text of HR0526 94th General Assembly
HR0526 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
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| Representatives offer their sincere appreciation and gratitude
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| to Judith M. Gall for her lifetime of dedication to building | 5 |
| strong communities through
positive youth programs and | 6 |
| services; and
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| WHEREAS, Ms. Gall holds a Bachelor of Social Work from West | 8 |
| Virginia University and
a Master of Social Work from the | 9 |
| University of Illinois Chicago; and
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| WHEREAS, She is a certified Social Worker, beginning as a | 11 |
| VISTA volunteer, then
serving as Assistant Director and | 12 |
| Director of the Southern Cultural Exchange Center, where
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| worked to preserve and develop the cultural identity and pride | 14 |
| of Appalachian residents
in Chicago's Uptown neighborhood; and
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| WHEREAS, She became the Executive Director of | 16 |
| Alternatives, Inc., a private, not-for-profit, community-based | 17 |
| youth and family agency serving Chicago's diverse northeast
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| side, which has grown from a staff of four to fifty and become | 19 |
| a leader in youth
programming in Chicago, having initiated the | 20 |
| State's first South East Asian Refugee
Youth Project, a Native | 21 |
| American Prevention Services Project, After-School Action | 22 |
| Program, student-led Restorative Justice programs, and the | 23 |
| State's first School-to-Work Initiative; and
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| WHEREAS, She is a Leadership Greater Chicago fellow and | 25 |
| active community member
who continues to serve as a Board | 26 |
| Director for several youth-serving organizations;
she remains | 27 |
| committed to community organizing as a community-building | 28 |
| strategy;
she has served on numerous State Advisory Committees | 29 |
| relating to substance abuse prevention and treatment policies; | 30 |
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| WHEREAS, Ms. Gall continues, after twenty-five years of | 2 |
| service, to lead Alternatives, Inc.
with a vision of enhancing | 3 |
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community through programs and services designed, | 4 |
| developed, and led by youth; and
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| WHEREAS, Ms. Gall is the proud parent of son Andrew, who | 6 |
| has just graduated from
Tulane University; she is both | 7 |
| committed to her own son and to being an
advocate for all young | 8 |
| people; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 10 |
| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 11 |
| we honor Judith M. Gall for her many accomplishments as a
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| community leader and advocate for young people and congratulate | 13 |
| her
and express our gratitude for her twenty-five years leading | 14 |
| Alternatives, Inc.; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
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| presented to Judith M. Gall as an expression of our
respect and | 17 |
| esteem.
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