Full Text of HR0657 102nd General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The National Black McDonald's Operators | 3 | | Association is committed to helping African American | 4 | | communities by providing educational resources, promoting | 5 | | tolerance and acceptance, and empowering the people they serve | 6 | | through the state and local chapters of Black McDonald's | 7 | | Operator's Associations; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, The Black McDonald's Operators Association of | 9 | | Chicago and Northwest Indiana is a local chapter of the | 10 | | National Black McDonald's Operators Association; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, The Black McDonald's Operators Association of | 12 | | Chicago and Northwest Indiana participates actively in | 13 | | communities across Cook County, sponsoring back-to-school | 14 | | drives, the longstanding Bud Billiken Parade and Education | 15 | | Resource Scholarship Program, and the BMOA Scholarship for the | 16 | | United Negro College Fund; and | 17 | | WHEREAS, Members of the Black McDonald's Operators | 18 | | Association of Chicago and Northwest Indiana include Akins | 19 | | Akinnagbe, Doris Boulrece, Vincent Hale, Derrick Lott, Marvin | 20 | | Spence, Cheryl Taylor, Derrick Taylor, Yolanda Travis, and | 21 | | Tonnette Williams; and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, The National Black McDonald's Operators | 2 | | Association encompasses 200+ independent Black franchisees | 3 | | from around the country, many of whom own and operate within | 4 | | the State of Illinois; and | 5 | | WHEREAS, Some cities in Illinois do not have local | 6 | | chapters of the National Black McDonald's Operators | 7 | | Association; however, those cities have Black owner/operators | 8 | | who uplift their communities; and | 9 | | WHEREAS, McDonald's Owner/Operator Jimmy Williams, a | 10 | | native of East St. Louis, owns and operates over 20 McDonald's | 11 | | restaurants; through his entrepreneurship, he has consistently | 12 | | given back to the East St. Louis community by launching | 13 | | Archways to Opportunity, which provides financial academic | 14 | | assistance for McDonald's employees at all levels, by creating | 15 | | a mentorship program for young people, and by offering | 16 | | countless other donations of his time and talent to the East | 17 | | St. Louis community; and | 18 | | WHEREAS, The meaningful efforts of the Black McDonald's | 19 | | Operators throughout the State of Illinois engage our local | 20 | | neighborhoods and embody the true spirit of family and | 21 | | community; and | 22 | | WHEREAS, On December 21, 1968, Herman Petty of Chicago |
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| 1 | | opened his first restaurant on Chicago's South Side at 6500 | 2 | | South Stony Island Avenue, making him the first African | 3 | | American McDonald's franchisee; and | 4 | | WHEREAS, McDonald's partnership with Herman Petty opened | 5 | | the doors and gave hope to a generation of ambitious African | 6 | | American businessmen and women seeking a piece of the American | 7 | | Dream; by the end of 1969, there were 12 African American owned | 8 | | and operated McDonald's restaurants, mostly located in the | 9 | | Midwest; and | 10 | | WHEREAS, The sharing of ideas, problems, and concerns | 11 | | among owner/operators eventually led to the formation of the | 12 | | National Black McDonald's Operators Association in 1972; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, The founding members of the National Black | 14 | | McDonald's Operators Association who attended the first | 15 | | organized convention of the organization in May 1972 presided | 16 | | over by Herman Petty, who had the foresight to see the need for | 17 | | such an organization, were Sherman Claypool of Milwaukee, | 18 | | Wayne Embry of Milwaukee, Andrew Davis of Chicago, John Perry | 19 | | of Chicago, Mallory Jones of St. Louis, Noel White of Chicago, | 20 | | Lester Hairston of Chicago, Cloris Dale of Kansas City, Andrew | 21 | | Murrell of Kansas City, Walter Pitchford of Chicago, Benjamin | 22 | | Davis of St. Louis, and Edward Wimp of Chicago; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, The tenacity and courage of these African | 2 | | American entrepreneurs and pioneers laid the foundation for | 3 | | what has become the most successful group of African American | 4 | | entrepreneurs in the United States today and has paved the way | 5 | | for the National Black McDonald's Operators Association to be | 6 | | partners and leaders, dedicated to providing resources across | 7 | | their communities in an effort to help build stronger | 8 | | neighborhoods; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, In May of 2022, the National Black McDonald's | 10 | | Operators Association will celebrate its 50-year anniversary; | 11 | | therefore, be it
| 12 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 13 | | HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 14 | | we commend the Illinois operators that are members of the | 15 | | National Black McDonald's Operators Association for their | 16 | | continued service to Illinois' youth and communities; and be | 17 | | it further
| 18 | | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | 19 | | presented to the Illinois Operators that are members of the | 20 | | National Black McDonald's Operators Association as a symbol of | 21 | | our respect and esteem.
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