Bill Text: IL SR0272 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Declares July 12, 2021 as Copernicus Foundation Day.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-05-04 - Referred to Assignments [SR0272 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2021-SR0272-Introduced.html
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1 | SENATE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, 2021 marks the 50th anniversary of the Copernicus | ||||||
3 | Foundation, a cultural and civic center serving the Polish | ||||||
4 | community as well as other ethnic groups; and
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5 | WHEREAS, The Copernicus Foundation was charted as a | ||||||
6 | non-for-profit organization in July of 1971 to serve the | ||||||
7 | metropolitan Chicago area as a major civic, educational, | ||||||
8 | recreational, and entertainment resource; and
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9 | WHEREAS, The officers of the Copernicus Foundation are | ||||||
10 | Chairman of the Board Hubert Cioromski, President Mario | ||||||
11 | Mikoda, and Executive Director Kamila Sumelka; and
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12 | WHEREAS, The mission of the Copernicus Foundation is to | ||||||
13 | preserve the Polish culture and historic heritage with pride; | ||||||
14 | and
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15 | WHEREAS, The Copernicus Foundation allows patrons to | ||||||
16 | glimpse life as it was lived by their ancestors and to connect | ||||||
17 | to a timeless culture; and
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18 | WHEREAS, For the past 40 years, the Copernicus Foundation | ||||||
19 | has sponsored the annual Taste of Polonia, Chicago's oldest | ||||||
20 | and largest ethnic neighborhood festival; and
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1 | WHEREAS, The Copernicus Foundation is not only the home of | ||||||
2 | several organizations and non-for-profits but also a civic | ||||||
3 | partner of the Jefferson Park community; it is located on | ||||||
4 | Milwaukee Avenue, Chicago's "Polish Corridor", and is the | ||||||
5 | anchor of the city's Little Warsaw; therefore, be it
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6 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL | ||||||
7 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we declare July 12, | ||||||
8 | 2021 as Copernicus Foundation Day in the State of Illinois; | ||||||
9 | and be it further
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10 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
11 | presented to the Copernicus Foundation as a symbol of our | ||||||
12 | respect and esteem.
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