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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the House of Representatives of the
3 State of Illinois are pleased to congratulate the Developing
4 Communities Project on the occasion of the organization's
5 Annual Victory Convention and 20th Year Anniversary
6 Celebration; and
 
7     WHEREAS, Developing Communities Project (DCP) is a
8 faith-based grassroots group organizing and advocating for
9 social change in the Greater Roseland Community; its Board of
10 Directors is comprised of nine pastors and eighteen lay leaders
11 from the Greater Roseland Community; and
 
12     WHEREAS, DCP exists for the purpose of effective
13 church-based grassroots organizing; its mission continues to
14 be the development of indigenous community residents and
15 institutions for the purpose of solving urban neighborhood
16 problems; and
 
17     WHEREAS, The Annual Victory Convention and 20th Year
18 Anniversary Celebration is scheduled for Friday, September 22,
19 2006, at Lilydale First Baptist Church in Chicago; Mr. Phillip
20 Thomas, Senior Program Officer at the Chicago Community Trust,
21 is the keynote speaker for the event; therefore, be it
 
22     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
23 NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
24 we congratulate the Developing Communities Project on the
25 occasion of the organization's Annual Victory Convention and
26 20th Year Anniversary Celebration; and be it further
 
27     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
28 presented to the DCP as an expression of our esteem.