Full Text of SR0854 99th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 | | learn of the death of Sandra Annette "Sandy" Bland, who passed | 4 | | away on July 13, 2015; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Sandy Bland was born in Chicago on February 7, | 6 | | 1987 to Willie and Geneva Bland; her family later moved to | 7 | | Villa Park; she attended Jackson Middle School and graduated | 8 | | from Willowbrook High School in 2005, where she was involved in | 9 | | basketball, volleyball, track, color guard, and cheerleading; | 10 | | she attended Prairie View A&M University on a band scholarship | 11 | | as a skilled trombonist and was a member of The Marching Storm; | 12 | | in the spring of 2007, she joined Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, | 13 | | Inc., where she served as chapter President; she graduated in | 14 | | 2009 with a bachelor degree in agricultural food sciences; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Sandy Bland grew up in the DuPage AME Church, | 16 | | participating in a number of youth ministries, including the | 17 | | Girl Scouts, Sisters in Praise, the YPD, and Voices of | 18 | | Tomorrow; most recently, she worked with the Women's Day | 19 | | Committee; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, In January of 2015, Sandy Bland introduced the | 21 | | hashtag #SandySpeaks to use as a platform to address societal | 22 | | injustices that she felt impacted her community personally; she |
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| 1 | | had a genuine interest in lending a voice to the next | 2 | | generation; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, Sandy Bland was preceded in death by her maternal | 4 | | grandparents, Sharon Needham and Emmett Reed, Sr.; her paternal | 5 | | grandparents, Verdine and Melvin Bland, Sr.; and her father, | 6 | | Willie Bland; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Sandy Bland is survived by her mother, Geneva | 8 | | Reed-Veal (Rick); her sisters, Shante Needham (Mickiya, | 9 | | Princess, Tremaine, and Denzel), Sharon Cooper (Jonathan and | 10 | | Natalie), Shavon Bland (Zakira, Laiana, and Egypt), and Sierra | 11 | | Cole (Janiyah); and a host of uncles, aunts, cousins, and | 12 | | friends; therefore, be it
| 13 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | 14 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 15 | | Sandra Annette "Sandy" Bland, and extend our sincere | 16 | | condolences to her family, friends, and all who knew and loved | 17 | | her; and be it further
| 18 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 19 | | presented to the family of Sandy Bland as an expression of our | 20 | | deepest sympathy.
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