Full Text of HR0063 100th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to congratulate Dr. Conrad Worrill on the | 4 | | occasion of his retirement as Director of the Jacob H. | 5 | | Carruthers Center for Inner City
Studies on the Northeastern | 6 | | Illinois University campus after 12 years of service; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Worrill has served as a professor at the | 8 | | Daniel L. Goodwin College of Education, and as Department Chair | 9 | | and
Academic Program Coordinator for the Inner City Studies | 10 | | program; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, For more than 50 years, Dr. Worrill has advanced | 12 | | causes such as educational restructuring, human rights,
| 13 | | reparations, and political and economic empowerment for the | 14 | | black community; his activism is defined
by his leadership in | 15 | | organizations and his activities at the forefront of social and | 16 | | racial justice, African-centered
education, African | 17 | | liberation, and self-determination for people of African | 18 | | descent; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Worrill has been an active participant in the | 20 | | Black Power, civil rights, and human rights movements; he was | 21 | | the special consultant for field operations for the historic | 22 | | Million Man March and was a street
organizer for Harold |
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| 1 | | Washington's mayoral campaign; and
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Worrill served as Chairman, and now Chairman | 3 | | Emeritus, of the National Black United Front; he is a board | 4 | | member
of the Black United Fund of Illinois; he is a lifetime | 5 | | member of the National Coalition of Blacks for
Reparations in | 6 | | America, and a member of the Kemetic Institute, the Association | 7 | | for the Study of Classical African
Civilizations, and the | 8 | | Association of African Historians; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Worrill earned a bachelor's degree from George | 10 | | Williams College, a master's degree from the University of
| 11 | | Chicago, and a doctoral degree from the University of | 12 | | Wisconsin; his major field of study was black
political and | 13 | | movement history, social theory, and curriculum and | 14 | | instruction; after his retirement, he
will continue to write, | 15 | | lecture, and consult on issues that challenge the African | 16 | | world; therefore, be it
| 17 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 18 | | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 19 | | congratulate Dr. Conrad Worrill on his retirement as Director | 20 | | of the Jacob H. Carruthers Center for Inner City
Studies, and | 21 | | we wish him the best in all his future endeavors; and be it | 22 | | further
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 2 | | presented to Dr. Worrill as an expression of our esteem and | 3 | | respect.
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