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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
Barbara |
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| Jones Green of Chicago; and
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| WHEREAS, Barbara Jones Green earned her Bachelor of Science |
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| degree in business administration from Tennessee State |
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| University in 1965; she earned her Master of Science degree in |
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| Social Work from Spertus College in 1999; and
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| WHEREAS, Barbara Jones Green served with distinction as the |
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| Executive Director of the Lakeside Community Committee, a |
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| multi-faceted, nationally accredited child welfare, youth |
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| delinquency prevention, and family stabilization agency which |
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| provides a variety of services to at-risk teens and needy |
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| adults of all ages in the Greater Grand Boulevard and other |
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| Southside communities of Chicago; and
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| WHEREAS, Barbara Jones Green was the founder and |
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| President/CEO of Jonette Products Enterprise, Ltd., a diverse |
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| concession management and management systems corporation that |
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| has provided its services for many local and State |
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| organizations; and
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| WHEREAS, Barbara Jones Green was the founder of the Golfing |
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| Friends of Chicago, a charitable organization that has provided |
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| over $400,000 in educational scholarships to needy students |
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| throughout the Chicago area in a single year; she was also |
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| involved with such worthy causes as United Way, AfriCare, |
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| Vision of Freedom, Southern University, Xavier University, and |
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| Haven House; and
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| WHEREAS, Barbara Jones Green was an active member in her |
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| community; she served as the chairperson of the Mayor's Blue |
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| Ribbon Committee for Historic Preservation of Bronzeville; she |
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| served on the Board of Directors of the Halfway House for Girls |
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| of Crestwood, Illinois; she served as Vice Chairman of the |
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| Chicago Board of Appeals from 1983 until 1990; she was also |
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| involved in the Illinois Public Aid Advisory Council, The |
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| Links, Incorporated, the Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, The Moles, |
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| Incorporated, and The Carousels, Incorporated; and
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| WHEREAS, Barbara Jones Green was the recipient of many |
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| awards in honor of her civic accomplishments, including a 2005 |
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| T.W.O. Business Leader Award, a 2005 Phenomenal Woman Award, a |
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| 2003 HANS Foundation Award, a 1998 Cook County Women's |
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| Commission Unsung Heroine Award, a nomination for a 1992 |
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| Dollars and Sense Magazine's America's Best and Brightest |
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| Award, a 1992 Illinois DCFS Clara Muhammad Foundation Award, a |
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| Chicago Housing Authority Central Advisory Council's |
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| Meritorious Service Award in 1992, a Woodson North and South |
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| Schools Partnership with Youth Outstanding Leadership Award in |
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| 1992, a Beasley Academic Center's Commitment to Education Award |
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| in 1991, and a National Council of Negro Women Lena Walker |
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| Outstanding Businessman's Award in 1984; and
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| WHEREAS, Barbara Jones Green's love of life and ability to |
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| live it to the fullest endeared her to her family members, |
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| friends, and all who knew her, and enabled her to enrich their |
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| lives in ways they will never forget; 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 |
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| Barbara Jones Green; 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 Barbara Jones Green as an expression |
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| of our sympathy.
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