Bill Text: IL HR0649 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Declares November 2013 to be GANGFREE month in the State of Illinois.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Failed) 2014-12-03 - Session Sine Die [HR0649 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2013-HR0649-Introduced.html
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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, Gang violence is recognized as a growing global | ||||||
| 3 | epidemic that is affecting people of every age, race, culture, | ||||||
| 4 | gender, and financial background; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, The State of Illinois and the Rusty Keeble | ||||||
| 6 | Foundation are working to help achieve a gang free America | ||||||
| 7 | through the GANGFREE campaign by providing assistance and | ||||||
| 8 | support for evidenced based prevention and intervention | ||||||
| 9 | programs, public forums for community discussions, | ||||||
| 10 | professional development training, effective enforcement, and | ||||||
| 11 | intelligence sharing; and
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| 12 | WHEREAS, Illinois and the Rusty Keeble Foundation's | ||||||
| 13 | GANGFREE project will be celebrating the month of November | ||||||
| 14 | 2013, during which communities and criminal justice | ||||||
| 15 | professionals within all disciplines throughout the State will | ||||||
| 16 | take a stand against gangs and the threat they pose to public | ||||||
| 17 | safety; and
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| 18 | WHEREAS, This year's GANGFREE month will promote the | ||||||
| 19 | benefits of prevention, intervention, and enforcement within | ||||||
| 20 | our communities, schools, jails, and prisons; this observance | ||||||
| 21 | will educate the community on gang violence and how it can be | ||||||
| 22 | eradicated through a joint effort of a committed community; | ||||||
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| 1 | therefore, be it
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| 2 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
| 3 | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 4 | we declare November 2013 to be GANGFREE Month in the State of | ||||||
| 5 | Illinois and call upon all citizens of the State to take a | ||||||
| 6 | stand against the proliferation of gangs and gang violence by | ||||||
| 7 | becoming active in the community and we urge all citizens to | ||||||
| 8 | support law enforcement officials, volunteers, teachers, | ||||||
| 9 | health care professionals, and all those who work to help our | ||||||
| 10 | children avoid gangs and gang violence; and be it further
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| 11 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 12 | presented to the GANGFREE project as an expression of our | ||||||
| 13 | esteem and respect.
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