Full Text of SR0309 102nd General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened | 3 | | to learn of the death of Marcos Muñoz, who passed away on May | 4 | | 15, 2021; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Marcos Muñoz was born in Cuidad Acuña, Coahuila, | 6 | | Mexico on April 25, 1941; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Marcos Muñoz crossed the border at the age of 13 | 8 | | to look for work to help feed his family; he was hired to feed | 9 | | farm animals and had to sleep in a barn; after six months, when | 10 | | he tried to obtain his $3 a day salary, he was instead | 11 | | deported; as an adult, he worked the migrant trail from Texas, | 12 | | to Colorado, to Arizona, to California, and to Washington | 13 | | State; after his time working with the United Farm Workers, he | 14 | | became a Steel Worker for 11 years; he then worked at Cook | 15 | | County Hospital as manager of supplies and linen before his | 16 | | retirement; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, In 1965, Marcos Muñoz met Cesar Chavez and went | 18 | | on strike with the United Farm Workers; he successfully led | 19 | | the grape boycott in Boston from 1968 to 1971; he helped | 20 | | establish the ranch committees in Arvin/Lemont after the first | 21 | | contracts were signed in 1970; he was the East Coast Boycott | 22 | | Coordinator from 1971 to 1972 and then was sent to Chicago as |
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| 1 | | the Midwest Boycott Coordinator from 1972 to 1975; and
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Since settling in the Little Village community of | 3 | | Chicago, Marcos Muñoz has been an important activist; he | 4 | | helped to organize block clubs throughout the neighborhood, | 5 | | worked to elect representatives from the community, fought | 6 | | alongside his neighbors to build strong neighborhood schools, | 7 | | and worked to establish a family medicine primary care clinic | 8 | | that provides care, including dental, to all without regard to | 9 | | insurance coverage; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Marcos Muñoz is survived by his wife, Andrea | 11 | | O'Malley Muñoz; his daughter, Maria; his grandson, Anthony | 12 | | Thompson (Montenay Thomas); and his great-grandson, Zion Omega | 13 | | Thompson; therefore, be it
| 14 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL | 15 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 16 | | Marcos Muñoz and extend our sincere condolences to his family, | 17 | | friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it further
| 18 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 19 | | presented to the family of Marcos Muñoz as an expression of our | 20 | | deepest sympathy.
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