Bill Text: IL SR0770 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Declares June 9, 2024 as Race Amity Day.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2024-05-25 - Resolution Adopted [SR0770 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-SR0770-Introduced.html
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| 1 | SENATE RESOLUTION | ||||||
| 2 | WHEREAS, Illinois supports the Great Seal of the United | ||||||
| 3 | States of America that bears the inscription E Pluribus Unum, | ||||||
| 4 | which translates from the Latin as "Out of many, one"; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, The greatest asset of the State of Illinois is | ||||||
| 6 | its people; and
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| 7 | WHEREAS, The State of Illinois is comprised of | ||||||
| 8 | multicultural, multiethnic, and multi-racial residents; and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, A large number of Illinois residents, 39.8% or | ||||||
| 10 | approximately 5,600,000 people, identify as Black, Hispanic, | ||||||
| 11 | Asian American, or multi-racial; and
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| 12 | WHEREAS, Friendship, collegiality, civility, respect, and | ||||||
| 13 | kindness are commonly shared ideals of the collective | ||||||
| 14 | residents of the State of Illinois; and
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| 15 | WHEREAS, The Towards E Pluribus Unum Initiative of the | ||||||
| 16 | National Center for Race Amity has invited communities across | ||||||
| 17 | the United States of America to join in introspection and | ||||||
| 18 | reflection on the beauty and richness of diverse peoples of | ||||||
| 19 | this great nation while reaching out with a spirit of amity | ||||||
| 20 | toward one another annually on the second Sunday in June, | ||||||
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| 1 | designated as Race Amity Day; therefore, be it
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