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| 1 | SENATE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened | ||||||
| 3 | to learn of the death of Malik Alim, a 28 year old father, | ||||||
| 4 | friend, community leader, activist, and organizer, who passed | ||||||
| 5 | away tragically on August 20, 2021; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, Malik Alim's work included community organizing, | ||||||
| 7 | storytelling, podcast production, and writing; and
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| 8 | WHEREAS, Malik Alim cultivated and nurtured community | ||||||
| 9 | wherever he went; he encouraged people to envision a better | ||||||
| 10 | world and to unite together to make it possible; and
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| 11 | WHEREAS, Malik Alim loved his children, his partner, his | ||||||
| 12 | family, and his friends; he loved to help his community and | ||||||
| 13 | worked to organize, inspire, and provide guidance; he was a | ||||||
| 14 | proud father and constantly made everyone in every room he | ||||||
| 15 | entered feel safe and supported; and
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| 16 | WHEREAS, Malik Alim understood how people, regardless of | ||||||
| 17 | identity or political affiliation, were connected and impacted | ||||||
| 18 | by social injustices; he encouraged and welcomed collaboration | ||||||
| 19 | and taught and learned from anyone fortunate enough to cross | ||||||
| 20 | his path; and
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| 1 | WHEREAS, Malik Alim was deeply committed to his work and | ||||||
| 2 | was pivotal in creating a safer Illinois for all through his | ||||||
| 3 | work on the SAFE-T Act and the Pre-Trial Fairness Act; he | ||||||
| 4 | worked tirelessly for liberation, voting rights, freedom, and | ||||||
| 5 | love; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, Malik Alim valued public education and took any | ||||||
| 7 | opportunity to shed light on social injustices and the | ||||||
| 8 | importance of liberation; he spoke on panels, visited | ||||||
| 9 | classrooms from primary schools to universities, created | ||||||
| 10 | original media, and produced events; and
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| 11 | WHEREAS, Malik Alim centered his humanity and the humanity | ||||||
| 12 | of all those around him in whatever he did; he approached his | ||||||
| 13 | work with brilliance, grace, kindness, and dignity and created | ||||||
| 14 | a beloved community in every space through which he passed; | ||||||
| 15 | and | ||||||
| 16 | WHEREAS, Malik Alim's work will live and be shared through | ||||||
| 17 | generations, and his children will be able to understand the | ||||||
| 18 | impact their father made on this world; therefore, be it
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| 19 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL | ||||||
| 20 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | ||||||
| 21 | Malik Alim and extend our sincere condolences to his family, | ||||||
| 22 | friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it further
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| 1 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 2 | presented to the family of Malik Alim as an expression of our | ||||||
| 3 | deepest sympathy.
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