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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3 Representatives are pleased to recognize milestones in the
4 State of Illinois; and
 
5     WHEREAS, On Friday, August 15, 2008, the Urban Health
6 Program will host a dinner to launch the 30th Anniversary
7 Campaign of the Urban Health Program (UHP) which will be held
8 at the Oak Brook Hills, Marriott Resort in Oak Brook; and
 
9     WHEREAS, In 1978, the Illinois State Legislature
10 recommended that the University of Illinois at Chicago, College
11 of Medicine design a program tailored to recruit
12 underrepresented populations to the world of medicine; and
 
13     WHEREAS, House Resolution 944 expanded educational
14 opportunities in the health professions which provided access
15 and support for 100 physicians seeking students per year; the
16 goal of HR944 was to provide recruitment priorities to
17 low-income, inner city minority students; and
 
18     WHEREAS, Thirty years later the Urban Health Program has
19 graduated thousands of Medical Doctors and national statistics
20 note that the program at UIC graduates more Black, Latino, and
21 Native American health professionals than any other

 

 

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1 institutions in the country, other than a few select,
2 historically Black universities; and
 
3     WHEREAS, This event is just the starting point to recognize
4 the 30 years of service that UHP has provided to students of
5 color in the health professions; the campaign theme,
6 "Developing Our Future, Connecting our Past: Improving Life One
7 Person at a Time", will resonate throughout all of the
8 program's activities during the 2009 calendar year; therefore,
9 be it
 
10     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
11 NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
12 congratulate all the people who have been involved over the
13 years with the Urban Health Program and wish them the best as
14 they celebrate this special anniversary; and be it further
 
15     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
16 presented to the 30th Anniversary Committee for the Urban
17 Health Program as a symbol of our respect.