Bill Text: IL HR1205 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Recognizes the historic and cultural significance of Quinn Chapel.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Failed) 2019-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HR1205 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-HR1205-Introduced.html
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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, Quinn Chapel AME (Quinn Chapel) is the oldest | ||||||
| 3 | African American church in Chicago, and it sits upon
the first | ||||||
| 4 | real estate owned by African Americans in the City; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Quinn Chapel AME is a member of the 4th Episcopal | ||||||
| 6 | District of the African Methodist Episcopal (AME)
church, and | ||||||
| 7 | stewards Quinn Chapel for its benefit; and
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| 8 | WHEREAS, Quinn Chapel AME has consistently and | ||||||
| 9 | continuously served as an oasis and beacon of hope for
African | ||||||
| 10 | Americans of and around the Bronzeville community for over 175 | ||||||
| 11 | years; and
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| 12 | WHEREAS, The building housing Quinn Chapel AME, located at | ||||||
| 13 | 2401 South Wabash in Chicago, is listed
on the National | ||||||
| 14 | Register of Historic Places; it is designated as an Illinois | ||||||
| 15 | and Chicago Landmark and holds many other
historic | ||||||
| 16 | designations; and
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| 17 | WHEREAS, Quinn Chapel AME served as a platform for early | ||||||
| 18 | expression of African American culture; Frederick Douglas, | ||||||
| 19 | George Washington Carver, Martin Luther King, and many other | ||||||
| 20 | African American scholars
and orators spoke from its pulpit; | ||||||
| 21 | and
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| 1 | WHEREAS, Suffragette Susan B. Anthony advocated from | ||||||
| 2 | Quinn's pulpit after being banned from speaking at the
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| 3 | Columbian Exposition in 1893; and
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| 4 | WHEREAS, Quinn Chapel provides necessary services to the | ||||||
| 5 | surrounding community through youth mentoring,
societal | ||||||
| 6 | reentry, and homeless outreach programs and initiatives, among | ||||||
| 7 | others, as well as senior and
supportive housing through its | ||||||
| 8 | support of The Renaissance Collaborative and other housing | ||||||
| 9 | providers; and
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| 10 | WHEREAS, Quinn Chapel is increasing its historic cultural | ||||||
| 11 | service to the wider community through, without
limitation, | ||||||
| 12 | free historical education and tours by its Historic | ||||||
| 13 | Preservation Ministry, community outreach through
its Peace in | ||||||
| 14 | the Streets Ministry, and by hosting cultural, educational, and | ||||||
| 15 | social events through its External
Hospitality Ministry; and
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| 16 | WHEREAS, Quinn Chapel is an integral and vital asset to the | ||||||
| 17 | surrounding community as it evolves into a racially
and | ||||||
| 18 | economically diverse neighborhood and tourist hub; and
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| 19 | WHEREAS, Through congregational giving, along with | ||||||
| 20 | multiple foundation and a few municipal and federal
grants, | ||||||
| 21 | Quinn has made significant progress on a comprehensive physical | ||||||
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| 1 | restoration that will further increase
its ability to | ||||||
| 2 | positively impact the surrounding community; therefore, be it
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| 3 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
| 4 | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | ||||||
| 5 | recognize the historic and cultural significance of Quinn | ||||||
| 6 | Chapel; and be it further
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| 7 | RESOLVED, That we applaud the significant and ongoing | ||||||
| 8 | effort made by Quinn Chapel in helping to preserve this
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| 9 | tangible aspect of its heritage; and be it further
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| 10 | RESOLVED, That we encourage the Department of Commerce and | ||||||
| 11 | Economic Opportunity's Office of Tourism
and the Metropolitan | ||||||
| 12 | Exposition Authority to consider including Quinn Chapel public | ||||||
| 13 | tours and event space in their
promotional materials for | ||||||
| 14 | McCormick Square and Bronzeville; and be it further
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| 15 | RESOLVED, That suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 16 | presented to Quinn Chapel as an expression of our esteem and
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| 17 | respect.
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