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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, Founded in 1985, The Austin Voice has
the largest | ||||||
| 3 | circulation, is the most widely read weekly community | ||||||
| 4 | newspaper, and is the largest
African-American owned | ||||||
| 5 | publication serving Chicago's largest
neighborhood; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, The philosophy of the newspaper is to serve as an | ||||||
| 7 | open
forum for community dialogue and free exchange of ideas; | ||||||
| 8 | it built its reputation as an advocate for
readers against drug | ||||||
| 9 | dealers and street gangs; and
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| 10 | WHEREAS, The newspaper served
as a conduit to law | ||||||
| 11 | enforcement agencies for information from
Chicago residents | ||||||
| 12 | regarding criminal activity; these agencies praise
the | ||||||
| 13 | newspaper for its vital assistance in facilitating the arrests | ||||||
| 14 | of
dangerous felons and credit the paper with breaking a major
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| 15 | international narcotics conspiracy centered on Chicago's West | ||||||
| 16 | Side; and
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| 17 | WHEREAS, The Austin Voice is the only newspaper to receive | ||||||
| 18 | the prestigious Dr.
Martin Luther King, Jr. Drum Major For | ||||||
| 19 | Justice Award from
the Southern Christian Leadership | ||||||
| 20 | Conference; it is also recipient of
the highest honor from the | ||||||
| 21 | League of Black Women and was also selected by the Society of | ||||||
| 22 | Professional Journalists to
receive the Ethics in Journalism | ||||||
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| 1 | Award from the Headline Club
of Chicago; and
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The Austin Voice and the Chicago Civic Media | ||||||
| 3 | Project
implemented a unique Citizen/Police/Media partnership | ||||||
| 4 | called the
West Side Drug Area Shut-Down Project for | ||||||
| 5 | successfully fighting
crime; the newspaper and Chicago Civic | ||||||
| 6 | Media Project teamed up
again to work with students at Marshall | ||||||
| 7 | High School in publishing a
newspaper that resulted in more | ||||||
| 8 | freshman applications to the school
than for any other high | ||||||
| 9 | school on the West Side; and
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| 10 | WHEREAS, In January of 2004, The Austin Voice launched a | ||||||
| 11 | sister
publication, The Garfield-Lawndale Voice; The | ||||||
| 12 | Garfield-Lawndale Voice has been
telling West Side stories for | ||||||
| 13 | 5 years; therefore, be it
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| 14 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
| 15 | NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | ||||||
| 16 | congratulate the staff of both The Austin Voice and The | ||||||
| 17 | Garfield-Lawndale Voice for their anniversary year of | ||||||
| 18 | publication and wish them continued success in the future; and | ||||||
| 19 | be it further
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| 20 | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | ||||||
| 21 | presented to the staff of The Austin Voice and The | ||||||
| 22 | Garfield-Lawndale Voice as symbols of our respect and esteem.
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