Full Text of HR1404 099th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to congratulate Dr. Conrad Walter Worrill | 4 | | on the occasion of his retirement after 40 years of employment | 5 | | at Northeastern Illinois University as Professor, Department | 6 | | Chair, and Academic Program Coordinator, and 12 years as the | 7 | | Director of the Jacob H. Carruthers Center for Inner City | 8 | | Studies; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Conrad Worrill, an internationally-acclaimed | 10 | | scholar, educator, and activist, received his bachelor's | 11 | | degree from George Williams College, his master's degree from | 12 | | the University of Chicago, and a Ph.D. from the University of | 13 | | Wisconsin; his major field of study has been black political | 14 | | and movement history, social theory, and curriculum and | 15 | | instruction, with emphasis on the delivery of social and | 16 | | educational services in the African American community; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, For over 50 years, Dr. Conrad Worrill has been an | 18 | | active participant in the black power, civil rights, and human | 19 | | rights movements; he has served as the chairman of the National | 20 | | Black United Front for 26 years and is now the group's chairman | 21 | | emeritus; he was also the special consultant for field | 22 | | operations for the historic Million Man March, a lifetime | 23 | | member for the National Coalition of Blacks for Reparations in |
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| 1 | | America, and a street organizer for Harold Washington's mayoral | 2 | | campaign; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Conrad Worrill is a member of the Kemetic | 4 | | Institute, the Association for the Study of Classical African | 5 | | Civilizations, the Communiversity, the Universal Negro | 6 | | Improvement Association-African Communities League, and the | 7 | | Association of African Historians; he also served as a board | 8 | | member of the Black United Fund of Illinois for 30 years; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Conrad Worrill's work has been nationally | 10 | | known since 1983 through a syndicated column in major African | 11 | | American newspapers around the country and his writings have | 12 | | appeared in numerous publications in the U.S.; he was a radio | 13 | | talk show host on Chicago's WVON Radio for over 10 years; he is | 14 | | also a knowledgeable and dynamic speaker and is constantly | 15 | | requested to lecture all over the world; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Conrad Worrill's activism has been | 17 | | distinguished by his leadership in organizations and | 18 | | activities that have been at the forefront of social and racial | 19 | | justice, African-centered education, African liberation, and | 20 | | self-determination for people of African descent; he has | 21 | | advanced causes such as educational restructuring, human | 22 | | rights, reparations, and political empowerment for the black | 23 | | community; his life's work has demonstrated his commitment to |
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| 1 | | "speaking truly and doing right"; therefore, be it
| 2 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 3 | | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 4 | | congratulate Dr. Conrad W. Worrill on the occasion of his | 5 | | retirement and thank him for his years of dedication and | 6 | | service to the communities he has helped throughout his career; | 7 | | and be it further
| 8 | | RESOLVED, That a copy of this resolution be presented to | 9 | | Dr. Conrad Worrill as a token of our respect and esteem.
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