Bill Text: IL HR0609 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Designates the date of September 20, 2009 as "Aurora Latin American Club 50th Anniversary Day" in the State of Illinois and congratulates the members of the Aurora Latin American Club on the occasion of the club's 50th anniversary.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-06-27 - Rule 19(b) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HR0609 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2009-HR0609-Introduced.html
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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
| 3 | Representatives are pleased to congratulate the members of the | ||||||
| 4 | Aurora Latin American Club on the occasion of the club's 50th | ||||||
| 5 | anniversary; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, The Aurora Latin American Club was formed on | ||||||
| 7 | September 20, 1959 by Mexican-American citizens who migrated to | ||||||
| 8 | Aurora from Texas during the 1950s-1970s in their search for | ||||||
| 9 | the American Dream; and
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| 10 | WHEREAS, The founders of the Aurora Latin American Club saw | ||||||
| 11 | a need to establish a formal social network that would unite | ||||||
| 12 | fellow Mexican-Americans as accepted members of a group with a | ||||||
| 13 | shared language, traditions, and values; and
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| 14 | WHEREAS, The Aurora Latin American Club helps its members | ||||||
| 15 | develop skills critical for cross-cultural communications, | ||||||
| 16 | tolerance for differences, trust and consensus-building, | ||||||
| 17 | collaborative work habits, and the use of persistence and | ||||||
| 18 | creativity to solve problems; and
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| 19 | WHEREAS, The Aurora Latin American Club seeks to instill | ||||||
| 20 | patriotism in its members through active involvement in the | ||||||
| 21 | American political process; the organization has also had a | ||||||
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| 1 | vision of Hispanics gaining the acknowledgement and respect of | ||||||
| 2 | the citizens of the City of Aurora and the State of Illinois; | ||||||
| 3 | and
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| 4 | WHEREAS, The Aurora Latin American Club members' cultural | ||||||
| 5 | traditions and activities promote Hispanic pride, education, | ||||||
| 6 | and leadership for its members and their families, as well as | ||||||
| 7 | increased civic and economic participation in the City of | ||||||
| 8 | Aurora and the State of Illinois; and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, The Aurora Latin American Club has helped | ||||||
| 10 | establish patterns of importance in the lives of people from | ||||||
| 11 | Mexican-American heritage and facilitated their assimilation | ||||||
| 12 | and acculturation in Aurora, thus becoming an Aurora | ||||||
| 13 | institution; therefore, be it
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| 14 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
| 15 | NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | ||||||
| 16 | designate the date of September 20, 2009 as "Aurora Latin | ||||||
| 17 | American Club 50th Anniversary Day" in the State of Illinois | ||||||
| 18 | and congratulate the members of the Aurora Latin American Club | ||||||
| 19 | on the occasion of the club's 50th anniversary; and be it | ||||||
| 20 | further
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| 21 | RESOLVED, That we ask the citizens of the State of Illinois | ||||||
| 22 | to celebrate the many contributions that the Aurora Latin | ||||||
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| 1 | American Club has given the people of the City of Aurora and | ||||||
| 2 | the State of Illinois; and be it further
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| 3 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 4 | presented to the Aurora Latin American Club as a symbol of our | ||||||
| 5 | esteem and respect.
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