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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to |
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| learn of the death of
Barbara Jones Green; 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; she earned her Master of Science degree in
Social |
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| Work from Spertus College in 1999; and
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| WHEREAS, Barbara Jones Green founded the
Lakeside |
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| Community Committee, a
licensed child welfare authority which
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| provides for the social and recreational needs of at-risk |
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| children and teens, in 1964; under her leadership, the |
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| organization grew to administer a variety of programs and |
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| services, including Substance Abuse Awareness, Teen Pregnancy |
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| Prevention, Unwed Mothers Parenting, Literacy Enhancement, |
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| Reading and Math Clinics with tutoring, Referral Services, Teen |
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| Reach, Foster Parent Recruitment, Visitation Programs, |
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| Employment Assistance Counseling, and Welfare-to-Work |
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| Programs; she also joined forces with the Illinois Department |
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| of Children and Family Services and the Illinois Department of |
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| Human Services to expand her company's outreach; and
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| WHEREAS, Barbara Jones Green was the founder of Jonette |
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| Products Enterprise, Ltd., a diverse
concession management and |
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| management systems corporation; 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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| she was also
involved in fundraising efforts to benefit United |
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| Way, AfriCare,
Vision of Freedom at Southern University, Xavier |
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| University, and
Haven House; and
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| WHEREAS, Barbara Jones Green was an active presence in her |
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| community; she was a tireless worker on the Illinois Public Aid |
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| Advisory Council; she served as the chairperson of the Mayor's |
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| Blue Ribbon Committee for Historic Preservation of |
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| Bronzeville; she served on the Board of Directors of the |
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| Halfway House for Girls of Crestwood, Illinois; she served as |
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| Vice Chairman of the Chicago Board of Appeals from 1983 until |
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| 1990; she was also a member in The Links, Incorporated, the |
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| Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Moles, Incorporated, Carousels, |
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| Incorporated, and Metropolitan Clusters; and
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| WHEREAS, Barbara Jones Green was the recipient of many |
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| awards in honor of her many accomplishments, including a 2006 |
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| ETA Theatre Outstanding Business Woman award, a 2005 T.W.O. |
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| Business Leader Award, a 2005 Phenomenal Woman Award, a 2003 |
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| HANS Foundation Award, a 1998 Cook County Women's Commission |
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| Unsung Heroine Award, a nomination for a 1992 Dollars and Sense |
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| Magazine's America's Best and Brightest Award, a 1992 Illinois |
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| DCFS Clara Muhammad Foundation Award, a Chicago Housing |
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| Authority Central Advisory Council's Meritorious Service Award |
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| in 1992, a Woodson North and South Schools Partnership with |
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| Youth Outstanding Leadership Award in 1992, a Beasley Academic |
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| Center's Commitment to Education Award in 1991, and a National |
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| Council of Negro Women Lena Walker Outstanding Businessman's |
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| Award in 1984; and
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| WHEREAS, Barbara Jones Green was preceded in death by her |
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| parents and her brother; and
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| WHEREAS, Barbara Jones Green is survived by her sisters, |
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| Gertha Estill (John) and Betty Robertson (Cleveland); her |
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| sister-in-law, Rosalyn Jones; her nieces, Ruby Boatner |
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| (Ronnie), Jan Blair (Ray), Gwen Holt (Will), Cassandra Shead |
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| (Ken), Vanessa Adkins Ed.D. (Floyd), Nedra Patterson (Lew), |
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| Carolyn Burkes (Michael), and Nicole Patterson Eades (Joseph); |
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| her nephews, Charlie Gatson, Michael Williams, Jerry Wheeler, |
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| Robert (Scoop) Jackson, Randall (Jack) Jackson, Anthony Jones |
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| (Morticia), and Frederick Jones; her godmother, Gloria Bynum; |
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| her loving friend, Joe Chu; her special friends, Illinois |
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| Senate President Emil Jones, Jr., and Lula Ford; and her many |
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| other relatives and extended families she claimed, as well as |
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| her many friends throughout the City of Chicago, the United |
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| States, and abroad; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL |
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| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with |
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| her family and friends, the passing of Barbara Jones Green; and |
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| 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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