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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, Indigency has been a persistent social problem
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| throughout history and has reached an intolerable level
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| throughout our country; and |
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| WHEREAS, People in urban, suburban, and rural areas of
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| Illinois experience indigency, proving that it is not just a
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| big city problem; and |
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| WHEREAS, Each year sees an increase in the number of
deaths |
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| among those who lack funds to provide the barest
essentials of |
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| life; and |
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| WHEREAS, Bitter cold winters and extremely hot summers
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| cost the lives of those individuals who simply could not afford |
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| heating or air coolants and died from exposure; and |
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WHEREAS, In remembering those who have died, we must
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| out to help those in need; the extent to which our
society can |
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| counter the effects of indigency is a good
measure of its |
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| humaneness; and |
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| WHEREAS, W. Earl Lewis served as Director of the Memorial |
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| Ministry of Indigent Persons until his death and in his |
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| capacity as Director, advocated for recognition of a day of |
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| remembrance for indigent persons; and |
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| WHEREAS, On May 25, 2005, the people of Chicago will gather |
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| for the 20th Annual Interfaith Memorial Service for Indigent |
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| People at the Chicago Temple/First United Methodist Church; |
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| therefore, be it |
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |
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| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that |
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| we proclaim Wednesday, May, 25, 2005, as "We Remember, We Care |