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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the House of Representatives were
3 saddened to learn of the death of Georgie "Gigi" Nicks of
4 Maywood on August 19, 2004; and
 
5     WHEREAS, Ms. Nicks, who was diagnosed with HIV in 1990 and
6 with AIDS four years later, selflessly devoted the last 13
7 years of her life to educating, empowering, and advocating on
8 behalf of people living with HIV/AIDS, both locally and
9 nationally; and
 
10     WHEREAS, She was the Consumer Advocacy Director for the
11 CORE Center of the Cook County Bureau of Health Services; she
12 served on the boards of the Family and Children's AIDS Network
13 in Chicago, the AIDS Alliance for Children, Youth & Families,
14 and the National Women's AIDS Project in Washington, D.C.; she
15 was also Vice President of the HIV Positive Action Coalition in
16 Chicago and a member of the Illinois HIV Prevention Community
17 Planning Group, the Chicago Area Title I Planning Council, and
18 numerous other advisory and planning bodies, both locally and
19 nationally; and
 
20     WHEREAS, Ms. Nicks contributed to several publications
21 relating to AIDS; she was a national trainer for consumers of
22 HIV services; and she was a nationally known speaker on women's
23 health issues, especially women living with HIV/AIDS; and
 
24     WHEREAS, Ms. Nicks viewed her activism as a journey and not
25 as a job, because she thought the purpose of life was to be
26 useful, to be responsible, to be honorable, and to be
27 compassionate; and
 
28     WHEREAS, Her passing will be deeply felt by her family and
29 friends, especially her daughter, Sophia; her son, Jabari
30 Nicks; her three sisters, Irene Gandy, Juanita Tipton, and

 

 

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1 Debra Porter; and her four brothers, George Whitehead, Dean
2 Whitehead, Tommie Jones, and LeMar Jones; therefore, be it
 
3     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
4 NINETY-THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
5 mourn the death of Georgie "Gigi" Nicks along with all who knew
6 and loved her, and extend our sincere condolences to her family
7 and friends; and be it further
 
8     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
9 presented to the family of Georgie "Gigi" Nicks.