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1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, State Representative Monique D. Davis and the | ||||||
3 | members of the Illinois House of Representatives wish to | ||||||
4 | congratulate the staff and administration of Chicago State | ||||||
5 | University for the establishment and ribbon-cutting of the | ||||||
6 | Global Institute of Sustainable Development and for the | ||||||
7 | inauguration of the Institute's Africa Center, microfinance | ||||||
8 | initiative, and Global Africa Partnership Forum; and
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9 | WHEREAS, The Global Institute of Sustainable Development | ||||||
10 | was established as an ambitious problem-solving innovation to | ||||||
11 | further the university's global citizenship mission, with | ||||||
12 | particular interest in utilizing sustainability principles to | ||||||
13 | stimulate university/community partnerships for cross-cultural | ||||||
14 | exchange; the Institute also utilizes faculty/student | ||||||
15 | interaction outside the classroom in order to promote community | ||||||
16 | engagement in research and service learning in the age of | ||||||
17 | globalization; and
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18 | WHEREAS, In an intellectually-charged and research-driven | ||||||
19 | setting, the Global Institute of Sustainable Development | ||||||
20 | challenges students to achieve academic excellence and | ||||||
21 | innovation, promotes international cooperation for sustainable | ||||||
22 | development of humans and environments through global social | ||||||
23 | justice, leadership, and entrepreneurship, and strives to |
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1 | produce informed and effective global citizens; and
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2 | WHEREAS, The Global Institute of Sustainable Development | ||||||
3 | has established the Africa Center to enhance | ||||||
4 | geographically-targeted and thematic research in Africa, | ||||||
5 | stimulate professional development, highlight the contribution | ||||||
6 | of Africans and the African diaspora to global development, | ||||||
7 | inspire mutually beneficial cross-cultural exchange, and | ||||||
8 | promote service learning; and | ||||||
9 | WHEREAS, The Microfinance Center, an initiative of the | ||||||
10 | Global Institute of Sustainable Development supported by PNC | ||||||
11 | Bank, aims to stimulate leadership skills, financial | ||||||
12 | education, and entrepreneurship in a practical learning | ||||||
13 | approach that breaks generational dependency while also | ||||||
14 | alleviating poverty among Chicago State University students | ||||||
15 | and surrounding communities; the program seeks to empower | ||||||
16 | future leaders to take control of their economic conditions by | ||||||
17 | starting actions that would reshape and transform their | ||||||
18 | financial future and break the cycle of poverty for future | ||||||
19 | generations; by building a solid financial future, prospective | ||||||
20 | student entrepreneurs build self-confidence and become | ||||||
21 | responsible economic citizens that change adversarial history | ||||||
22 | to chart a successful course for their communities and the | ||||||
23 | global society at large; and
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1 | WHEREAS, The timely inauguration of the "Global Africa | ||||||
2 | Partnership Forum", with the theme "Building Global | ||||||
3 | Partnership for African Leadership and Sustainable | ||||||
4 | Development", represents a step in the right direction to | ||||||
5 | further discussions to enhance capacity-building for United | ||||||
6 | States-Africa partnerships; the forum seeks to address | ||||||
7 | pertinent issues of how to leverage international resources for | ||||||
8 | leadership and development in Africa and engages the | ||||||
9 | University's internal and external stakeholders, including, | ||||||
10 | but not limited to, faculty, students, entrepreneurs, | ||||||
11 | corporations, faith-based and community organizations, | ||||||
12 | policymakers, researchers, public intellectuals, and the | ||||||
13 | general citizenry in a dynamic discourse and debate about the | ||||||
14 | broad issues surrounding the role of university-community | ||||||
15 | partnerships and the wider African diaspora can play in | ||||||
16 | building strong leadership and sustainable development for | ||||||
17 | Africa; the forum goes beyond talk to match resources to | ||||||
18 | identified needs and expose African resources to potential | ||||||
19 | foreign investors; therefore, be it
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20 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
21 | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
22 | we congratulate the staff and administration of Chicago State | ||||||
23 | University for the establishment and ribbon-cutting of the | ||||||
24 | Global Institute of Sustainable Development and for the | ||||||
25 | inauguration of the Institute's Africa Center, microfinance |
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1 | initiative, and Global Africa Partnership Forum and wish them | ||||||
2 | continued success in the future; and be it further
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3 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
4 | presented to the Global Institute of Sustainable Development as | ||||||
5 | a symbol of our esteem and respect.
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