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HOUSE RESOLUTION


 
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    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of 
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Representatives are saddened to  learn of the death of
Angela 
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Perez Miller of Chicago, who passed away on May 26, 2007; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Angela Perez Miller's family came to Chicago in 
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the 1920s from Mexico; her parents were the late Jesse and 
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Emilia Perez; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Angela Perez Miller attended the University of 
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Illinois at Chicago, where she acquired two master's degrees 
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and a Ph.D in public policy analysis; she was a former Chicago 
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public school elementary school teacher and administrator; her 
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last job with the district was director of staff training and 
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development in the Department of Special Education; as an 
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educator, she focused much of her professional life pushing for 
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bilingual education and helping Hispanic children, 
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specifically those with special education needs; after her 
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departure from the Chicago public schools she taught bilingual 
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education and educational policy at DePaul University and the 
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University of Illinois at Chicago; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Angela Perez Miller was a past board president of 
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the Latino Institute, a civil rights think tank that addressed 
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Latino concerns in Chicago; at one time, it was noted as one of 
 


 






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the largest and most influential Hispanic think tanks in 
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Chicago; she was a member of Senator Miguel Del Valle's 
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education committee and a founding member of the Alivio Medical 
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Center, which opened in 1989 to provide access to primary 
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health care services to predominately Latino communities; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Angela Perez Miller was an avid traveler and opera 
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lover; she frequently traveled to Mexico and other places with 
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her girlfriends, a group of Latina women who called themselves 
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"Las Viejas", a term used to refer to respected female elders; 
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and
 
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    WHEREAS, Angela Perez Miller will be remembered by all who 
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knew her as a passionate, compassionate, and fearless woman who 
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focused herself fully on the success of Latino schoolchildren 
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in the city of Chicago; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Angela Perez Miller was the loving mother of Dion 
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Miller (Susan Mullen) Perez; the proud grandmother of Donovan, 
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Manuel, and Antonio; and the  dear cousin of the late Manuel 
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Perez Jr.; therefore, be it

 
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    RESOLVED, BY THE  HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 
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NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we 
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mourn, along with her family and friends, the passing of Angela 
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Perez Miller; and be it further

 
 


 






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    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
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presented to the family of Angela Perez Miller as an expression 
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of our sympathy.