Bill Text: IL HR0906 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Recognizes the gold tinsel Single But Not Alone Awareness Ribbon as a way to show support for single-parent families in Illinois. Recognizes Rhiannon Graham for her advocacy for single-parent families.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2024-11-12 - Resolution Adopted [HR0906 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-HR0906-Introduced.html
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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION | ||||||
| 2 | WHEREAS, In the United States today, nearly 13.6 million | ||||||
| 3 | single parents are raising over 21 million children; and
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| 4 | WHEREAS, Rhiannon Graham, a pageant contestant who was | ||||||
| 5 | raised in a single-parent household and served as Miss Western | ||||||
| 6 | Illinois 2023 and Miss Capital City 2024, has dedicated | ||||||
| 7 | herself to community service opportunities that uplift and | ||||||
| 8 | support single-parent families through the platform of Single | ||||||
| 9 | But Not Alone; and
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| 10 | WHEREAS, Rhiannon Graham's advocacy for single-parent | ||||||
| 11 | families has included raising money for scholarships for | ||||||
| 12 | students from single-parent families and partnering with | ||||||
| 13 | advocacy organizations that support single-parent families, | ||||||
| 14 | including the American Association of Single Parents, Single | ||||||
| 15 | Parent Advocate, and Single Parent Living; and
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| 16 | WHEREAS, To raise awareness for single-parent families and | ||||||
| 17 | their unique challenges, Rhiannon Graham created the gold | ||||||
| 18 | tinsel Single But Not Alone Awareness Ribbon, the first | ||||||
| 19 | awareness ribbon to show recognition for single-parent | ||||||
| 20 | families; therefore, be it
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| 21 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
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| 1 | HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 2 | we recognize the gold tinsel Single But Not Alone Awareness | ||||||
| 3 | Ribbon as a way to show support for single-parent families in | ||||||
| 4 | Illinois; and be it further
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| 5 | RESOLVED, That we recognize Rhiannon Graham for her | ||||||
| 6 | advocacy for single-parent families; and be it further
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