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1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
3 | Representatives wish to congratulate Monique D. Davis on the | ||||||
4 | occasion of her retirement as State Representative for the 27th | ||||||
5 | District; and
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6 | WHEREAS, Rep. Davis was born and raised on the south side | ||||||
7 | of Chicago; she earned her bachelor's degree in elementary | ||||||
8 | education and her master's degree in guidance and supervision | ||||||
9 | from Chicago State University; she earned graduate hours in | ||||||
10 | administration supervision and special education and credits | ||||||
11 | toward her doctoral degree in administration supervision from | ||||||
12 | Roosevelt University; she taught for 18 years in the Chicago | ||||||
13 | Public School system and then served as an administrator for | ||||||
14 | the Chicago Board of Education and as a training specialist for | ||||||
15 | the City Colleges of Chicago; and
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16 | WHEREAS, Rep. Davis entered politics as a volunteer, | ||||||
17 | working on campaigns for Monica Faith Stewart, Congressman Gus | ||||||
18 | Savage, and Harold Washington; in 1983, she coordinated the | ||||||
19 | 21st Ward for Harold Washington and the Second Congressional | ||||||
20 | District for him in 1987; she was elected to the Illinois | ||||||
21 | General Assembly in 1987 and has served 15 terms; she has | ||||||
22 | received many awards and acknowledgements; in 1990, she | ||||||
23 | received the Dollars and Sense award for legislative excellence |
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1 | as one of the 100 best and brightest professionals in the | ||||||
2 | country; she was listed in Who's Who in African American | ||||||
3 | Biography from 1988 to 1993; she is currently among The History | ||||||
4 | Makers archive in the Library of Congress; she is a champion of | ||||||
5 | educational programs throughout the State of Illinois; her | ||||||
6 | district began on the south side of Chicago and she has | ||||||
7 | maintained her constituent services office there for nearly 30 | ||||||
8 | years; and | ||||||
9 | WHEREAS, In 2003, Rep. Davis sponsored legislation, which | ||||||
10 | forced insurance companies that do business in Illinois to | ||||||
11 | publish all records on the historical insuring of slaves as | ||||||
12 | property; she co-sponsored two bills in 2003 with Illinois | ||||||
13 | Senator Barack Obama; the first mandated that all police | ||||||
14 | interrogations on homicide investigations be recorded; the | ||||||
15 | second, required police in Illinois to record the race of all | ||||||
16 | people subjected to traffic stops to prevent racial profiling; | ||||||
17 | in 2004, she sponsored a bill to limit low-income household | ||||||
18 | electricity or natural gas bills to no more than 6% of the | ||||||
19 | household income; she later passed legislation that allowed | ||||||
20 | individual public schools in Illinois to decide if their | ||||||
21 | students should wear uniforms; in 2014, she co-sponsored | ||||||
22 | legislation requiring training for law enforcement officers | ||||||
23 | use of Tasers; and | ||||||
24 | WHEREAS, Rep. Davis has served on numerous committees |
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1 | including, Insurance (Chairperson); Financial Institutions; | ||||||
2 | Elementary & Secondary Education (Vice-Chairperson); State | ||||||
3 | Government Administration; Appropriations - General Service | ||||||
4 | (Chairperson); Gaming; Juvenile Justice Reform; Appropriations - | ||||||
5 | Higher Education; Disparities in Educational Achievement; | ||||||
6 | Special Investigative Committee; Community College Access & | ||||||
7 | Affordability; Museum, Arts & Cultural Enhancements; and | ||||||
8 | Restorative Justice; she also co-chaired the Commission to End | ||||||
9 | Disparities Facing the African American Community (2011 to | ||||||
10 | 2013); and
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11 | WHEREAS, Rep. Davis is a member of Trinity United Church of | ||||||
12 | Christ, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc., the NAACP, and | ||||||
13 | Operation PUSH; she is a mother of two, Robert Davis and | ||||||
14 | Monique "Twinkle" (Julius) Conway; grandmother of four, Jules | ||||||
15 | (Alonya) Conway, Yaasiel (Sunserai) Davis, Akinjobi (Toni) | ||||||
16 | Davis, and D'Javan Conway; and great-grandmother of seven, | ||||||
17 | Samara Davis, Symone Conway, Asar Davis, Layla Conway, Dior | ||||||
18 | Davis, Mila Conway, and Quari Davis; therefore, be it
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19 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
20 | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | ||||||
21 | congratulate Monique D. Davis on her retirement as State | ||||||
22 | Representative for the 27th District, and we wish her the best | ||||||
23 | in all her future endeavors; and be it further
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1 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
2 | presented to Rep. Davis as a symbol of our respect and esteem.
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