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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | | WHEREAS, Abigail and Sophia O'Quin are nine-year-old, |
| 3 | | third-grade students from Churchill School in Homewood; and
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| 4 | | WHEREAS, Abigail and Sophia O'Quin have been dedicated |
| 5 | | Brownies in Girl Scout Troop #65113; and
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| 6 | | WHEREAS, Abigail and Sophia O'Quin have been socially |
| 7 | | conscious from the time they could talk; they have taken up the |
| 8 | | cause of struggling people whenever they can; and
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| 9 | | WHEREAS, Abigail and Sophia O'Quin lent their voices to |
| 10 | | issues affecting marginalized citizens who have had encounters |
| 11 | | with law enforcement at some point in their past; and
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| 12 | | WHEREAS, Abigail and Sophia O'Quin boldly stood before the |
| 13 | | Cook County Commissioners and testified about the effects that |
| 14 | | their family feels from mistakes their father made long before |
| 15 | | they were born; and
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| 16 | | WHEREAS, Sophia O'Quin delivered a speech to the Cook |
| 17 | | County Commissioners encouraging them to "look past the |
| 18 | | surface, dig deeper, and see what lies beneath," stressing the |
| 19 | | importance of looking beyond the outer factors of a person; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, In remarks prepared for the Cook County Board |
| 2 | | President's press conference, Abigail O'Quin shared her |
| 3 | | perspective that "shelter is your home, and your home is where |
| 4 | | your kids will grow, and if you have kids you would know that |
| 5 | | you want what's best for your kids"; and
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| 6 | | WHEREAS, In remarks prepared for the same press conference, |
| 7 | | Sophia O'Quin said that "Cook County is already a safe place, |
| 8 | | and a place that shows an astounding amount of pulchritude, but |
| 9 | | you just made a decision that just made Cook County much more |
| 10 | | of a refuge"; and
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| 11 | | WHEREAS, As possibly the youngest registered speakers to |
| 12 | | speak on a proposed amendment, Abigail and Sophia O'Quin stood |
| 13 | | with bold determination and poise, delivered their official |
| 14 | | remarks, and possibly swayed some last-minute decisions with |
| 15 | | their passion and determination; therefore, be it
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| 16 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE |
| 17 | | HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that |
| 18 | | we commend Abigail and Sophia O'Quin on their courage in |
| 19 | | speaking up for the marginalized people across Cook County; and |
| 20 | | be it further
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| 21 | | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be |
| 22 | | presented to Abigail and Sophia O'Quin as an expression of our |