Bill Text: IL HR0063 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Congratulates Dr. Conrad Worrill on his retirement as Director of the Jacob H. Carruthers Center for Inner City Studies on the Northeastern Illinois University campus after 12 years of service.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-02-08 - Resolution Adopted [HR0063 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-HR0063-Introduced.html
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1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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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
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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
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11 | WHEREAS, For more than 50 years, Dr. Worrill has advanced | ||||||
12 | causes such as educational restructuring, human rights,
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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
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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
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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
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9 | WHEREAS, Dr. Worrill earned a bachelor's degree from George | ||||||
10 | Williams College, a master's degree from the University of
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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
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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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