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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3 Representatives are pleased to congratulate Reverend Janette
4 C. Wilson-Howard of Chicago on the occasion of her installation
5 as Assistant Pastor of Metropolitan Apostolic Community Church
6 in Chicago on January 31, 2010; and
 
7     WHEREAS, Rev. Wilson-Howard earned her bachelor's degree
8 in chemistry from MacMurray College in Jacksonville in 1971 and
9 her master's degree in environmental science/planning from
10 Governor's State University in Chicago in 1975; she earned her
11 Juris Doctor degree from John Marshall Law School in 1980; she
12 then earned her Doctor of Ministry degree from the United
13 Theological Seminary in Dayton, Ohio in 1998; and
 
14     WHEREAS, Rev. Wilson-Howard has had a long and
15 distinguished career in the ministry; she served as executive
16 producer/host of the International Sunday School Telecast in
17 Chicago from 1985 to the present; she served as director of the
18 Rainbow/PUSH Minister's Division from 1990 to 1999; she was an
19 associate minister at the Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church
20 in Chicago from 1995 to 1998; she was the director of the
21 Chicago Public Schools Interfaith Community Partnerships from
22 1996 to 2006; she was an associate pastor at the Cosmopolitan
23 Community Church in Chicago from 1999 to 2001; she served as

 

 

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1 Associate Pastor for Family Care at the First Baptist
2 Congregational UCC in Chicago from 2001 to 2006; from 2005 to
3 2006, she served as Dean of Doctoral Studies at the United
4 Theological Seminary in Dayton, Ohio; she has also served as a
5 Pastor for Leadership Development and Strategic Planning at the
6 Providence Missionary Baptist Church in Chicago since 2006; and
 
7     WHEREAS, Rev. Wilson-Howard is a member of the Illinois Bar
8 Association, the Trial Bar of the U.S. District Court, and the
9 General Bar of the U.S. District Court; she has also been
10 admitted to the U.S. Tax Court; and
 
11     WHEREAS, Rev. Wilson-Howard worked in private practice at
12 Wilson, Howard, P.C. from 1980 to 1996; from 1982 to 1986, she
13 served as legal counsel for Operation PUSH, Inc.; in 1989, she
14 served as Special Counsel to the Mayor of the City of Chicago;
15 she served as Interim General Counsel at Chicago State
16 University from 1994 to 1995; and
 
17     WHEREAS, Rev. Wilson-Howard has served in numerous
18 management positions; she was a business manager at Sidney
19 Hillman Health Centre at Chicago from 1975 to 1980; she was the
20 National Executive Director of the PUSH International Trade
21 Bureau in Chicago from 1986 to 1988; she was the National
22 Executive Director Operation PUSH in Chicago from 1991 to 1994;
23 she was the Director of Attendance Improvement, Truancy

 

 

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1 Intervention, and Human Relations for the Chicago Public School
2 system from 1999 to 2006; she has also served as Project
3 Manager for School Climate for the Chicago Public Schools
4 system since 2007; and
 
5     WHEREAS, Rev. Wilson-Howard's extensive experience and
6 impeccable reputation will ensure the continued growth and
7 prosperity of the Metropolitan Apostolic Community Church;
8 therefore, be it
 
9     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
10 NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
11 congratulate Reverend Janette C. Wilson-Howard on the occasion
12 of her new position and wish her continued success and
13 happiness in the future; and be it further
 
14     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
15 presented to Reverend Janette Wilson-Howard as a symbol of our
16 esteem and respect.