Full Text of HR0360 101st General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to congratulate Kenyatta Jackson and | 4 | | Jonathan Riley on graduating from Chicago State University and | 5 | | being selected as Ms. and Mr. Chicago State University; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, In order to qualify for Mr. and Ms. Chicago State | 7 | | University, students have to have a minimum GPA of 2.75, | 8 | | complete an application, and write a personal statement | 9 | | detailing their intended platform; after applications have | 10 | | been reviewed, students must participate in practice for the | 11 | | Mr./Ms. Chicago State University Pageant, which has several | 12 | | different categories, including opening introductions and | 13 | | platform speeches, school spirit, talent, and, career | 14 | | inspiration, and is judged by the campus community; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Kenyatta Jackson, Ms. Chicago State University, | 16 | | is a junior majoring in criminal justice and minoring in | 17 | | Spanish; she graduated from Evanston Township High School; she | 18 | | recently won a $5,000 Thurgood Marshall College Fund | 19 | | scholarship through Wells Fargo; she currently serves as a | 20 | | Resident Assistant and has a GPA of 3.25; and
| 21 | | WHEREAS, Jonathan Riley, Mr. Chicago State University, is | 22 | | completing his final year as a collegiate undergraduate, |
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| 1 | | studying sociology, and minoring in media and television | 2 | | production; he graduated from Walther Lutheran High School and | 3 | | then attended Hampton University, where he excelled in dancing | 4 | | and performance arts; he left Hampton to enter the workforce in | 5 | | 2001; he later joined Pastor Corey Brooks and Project HOOD, and | 6 | | they walked across the country for four months to bring | 7 | | awareness to gun violence in Chicago and inner cities | 8 | | throughout the nation; he then served as outreach coordinator | 9 | | for an incarceration alternative program for youth males ages | 10 | | 13-18; after two years in that role, he transitioned to the | 11 | | Geneva Foundation, where he did similar work; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Jonathan Riley enrolled at Chicago State | 13 | | University in the fall of 2016; he served in leadership roles | 14 | | with Word Up!, TEMBO, Chicago State University's Upward Bound | 15 | | Program, WCSU radio, the first-year experience, and Greek life | 16 | | on campus; he is a member of the first class of Chicago State | 17 | | University Student Ambassadors and is President of the Theta | 18 | | Zeta of Kappa Alpha Psi; therefore, be it
| 19 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 20 | | HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 21 | | we congratulate Kenyatta Jackson and Jonathan Riley on their | 22 | | graduation from Chicago State University and on being selected | 23 | | as Ms. and Mr. Chicago State University and commend their hard | 24 | | work and dedication in pursuing their education; and be it |
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| 2 | | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | 3 | | presented to Kenyatta Jackson and Jonathan Riley as an | 4 | | expression of our esteem and respect.
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