Bill Text: IL HR1022 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Recognizes Joyce E. Tucker on her life's accomplishments.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2014-04-29 - Resolution Adopted [HR1022 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2013-HR1022-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 recognize Joyce E. Tucker on her life's | ||||||
4 | accomplishment and her work in the advancement of equal | ||||||
5 | employment; and
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6 | WHEREAS, Joyce Tucker is the former Vice-President of | ||||||
7 | Global Diversity and Employee Rights for The Boeing Company; a | ||||||
8 | role in which she was responsible for developing and | ||||||
9 | implementing innovative cultural diversity initiatives, | ||||||
10 | establishing and implementing Boeing's affirmative action | ||||||
11 | plans, investigating and resolving internal and external Equal | ||||||
12 | Employment Opportunity (EEO) complaints, ensuring compliance | ||||||
13 | with federal, State, and local EEO mandates, enhancing the | ||||||
14 | effectiveness of Boeing's Alternative Dispute Resolution and | ||||||
15 | Corrective Action Programs, and creating and building | ||||||
16 | relationships with internal and external diversity | ||||||
17 | stakeholders; and
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18 | WHEREAS, Joyce Tucker is a nationally recognized expert | ||||||
19 | with more than 30 years of experience in
equal employment | ||||||
20 | opportunity and affirmative action in both the public and
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21 | private sectors; former President George H. W. Bush appointed | ||||||
22 | her as
Commissioner of the United States Equal Employment | ||||||
23 | Opportunity Commission (EEOC), where
she served from 1990 to |
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1 | 1996; prior to her appointment as an EEOC Commissioner, she
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2 | served for 10 years in the Illinois Governor's cabinet as the | ||||||
3 | first Director of the State of
Illinois Department of Human | ||||||
4 | Rights; she was also a court appointed consent decree
monitor | ||||||
5 | for the landmark $34,000,000 consent decree between the EEOC | ||||||
6 | and Mitsubishi
Motor Manufacturing of America; prior to joining | ||||||
7 | The Boeing Company, she was
President of Tucker Spearman & | ||||||
8 | Associates, a consulting company that specializes in
EEO and | ||||||
9 | diversity management, where her clients included Fortune 500 | ||||||
10 | companies; and
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11 | WHEREAS, In 2001, Joyce Tucker was appointed by former | ||||||
12 | President George W. Bush to serve on the
White House Initiative | ||||||
13 | Advisory Board for Historically Black Colleges and | ||||||
14 | Universities; she currently serves on the board of directors | ||||||
15 | for the Near North Health Service
Corporation and the Dr. | ||||||
16 | Martin Luther King Jr. Boys and Girls Club of Chicago; and
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17 | WHEREAS, A
native of Illinois, Joyce Tucker received her | ||||||
18 | Juris Doctorate from The John Marshall Law
School and is a | ||||||
19 | member of the Illinois Bar; and
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20 | WHEREAS, Joyce Tucker is the recipient of many awards and | ||||||
21 | honors including:
The John Marshall Law School Doctor of Laws | ||||||
22 | Degree, The John Marshall Law School
Alumni Association | ||||||
23 | Distinguished Alumnus Award, the National Institute for |
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1 | Employment
Equity Milestone Award for Civil Rights, the Dr. | ||||||
2 | Martin Luther King Jr. Boys & Girls Club
King Legacy Award in | ||||||
3 | recognition of "Leadership and Contributions to the | ||||||
4 | Community",
the National Organization of Black County | ||||||
5 | Officials Community Services Award for "A
Life of Sharing and | ||||||
6 | Lifting Others", The Chicago Defender "Women of Excellence"
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7 | Award, and the YWCA's Dr. Dorothy Height Racial Justice Award; | ||||||
8 | therefore, be it
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9 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
10 | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
11 | we wish to recognize Joyce E. Tucker on her life's | ||||||
12 | accomplishment and her work in the advancement of equal | ||||||
13 | employment and wish her the best in all her future endeavors; | ||||||
14 | and be it further
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15 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
16 | presented to Joyce Tucker as an expression of our esteem and | ||||||
17 | respect.
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