Full Text of HR0692 100th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to congratulate William "Bill" Yoshino on | 4 | | 38 years of service as the Midwest Regional Director of the | 5 | | Japanese American Citizens League (JACL), a position he | 6 | | accepted in 1978; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, In his work with the JACL, Bill assisted in | 8 | | organizing outreach to the members of Congress in the Midwest | 9 | | for legislation to establish the Commission on Wartime | 10 | | Relocation and Internment of Civilians, as well as for the | 11 | | Civil Liberties Act of 1988; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, In the 1990s, Bill worked with the Office of | 13 | | Redress Administration to assist in contacting individuals who | 14 | | were eligible to receive redress payments; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Bill is a respected leader in JACL's effort to | 16 | | combat anti-Asian sentiment through stronger hate crime | 17 | | legislation and anti-defamation initiatives; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, Bill testified before the United States Senate on | 19 | | the Hate Crimes Statistics Act of 1988, has produced a | 20 | | semi-annual newsletter on hate crimes and hate incidents, and | 21 | | has conducted hate crime workshops at college conferences; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Bill has represented the Asian American community | 2 | | on the Illinois Asian American Advisory Council to the | 3 | | Governor, the Chicago Asian American Advisory Committee, the | 4 | | Chicago Commission on Human Relations, and the Illinois | 5 | | Commission on Discrimination and Hate Crimes; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Bill supported the growth of young leaders by | 7 | | organizing teacher training workshops through grants from the | 8 | | National Park Service and the National Endowment for the | 9 | | Humanities, revising and updating the JACL curriculum guide, | 10 | | and producing educational materials on Japanese American | 11 | | internment and Asian Pacific Islander history; he also | 12 | | established the JACL Collegiate Washington, D.C. Leadership | 13 | | Program and has provided fellowship opportunities to college | 14 | | graduates; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Bill has ensured the continued success of the | 16 | | Japanese American Citizens League through his dedicated work to | 17 | | develop young leaders; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, Bill's commitment to honor and address history and | 19 | | his work to educate the public on hate crimes to prevent future | 20 | | injustices has made a major impact on generations of citizens; | 21 | | therefore, be it
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 2 | | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 3 | | congratulate William "Bill" Yoshino on 38 years of service as | 4 | | the Midwest Regional Director of the Japanese American Citizens | 5 | | League, and we wish him the best in all of his future | 6 | | endeavors; and be it further
| 7 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 8 | | presented to William Yoshino as an expression of our esteem and | 9 | | respect.
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