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1 HOUSE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, Professional social workers have a century of
3 experience helping individuals and effecting social change
4 that benefits everyone; and
5 WHEREAS, Social work developed in the last century in
6 response to poverty, homelessness, mistreatment of prisoners
7 and persons with mental illness, and the plight of widows and
8 orphans; and
9 WHEREAS, The first training classes for social workers
10 began in 1898; and
11 WHEREAS, Social workers have played key roles in every
12 major social reform movement, from settlement houses to labor
13 reform, from the New Deal to civil rights; and
14 WHEREAS, Many things we take for granted today, Social
15 Security, child labor laws, the minimum wage, the 40-hour
16 work week, Medicare, unemployment insurance, humane treatment
17 of persons with mental illness, came about because social
18 workers saw injustice, acted and inspired others; and
19 WHEREAS, Professional social workers continue to provide
20 valuable services in health and mental health, child welfare,
21 aging, and other areas; continue to increase opportunities
22 for all members of society; and continue to speak out on
23 behalf of the poor, the vulnerable, and the voiceless; and
24 WHEREAS, Professional social workers daily help alleviate
25 society's most intractable problems, working one-on-one with
26 troubled children and families, organizing communities for
27 change, performing cutting edge research, and administering
28 social programs; therefore, be it
29 RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
30 NINETIETH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that in
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1 recognition of professional social workers and all that they
2 do to increase the well-being of individuals and society, we
3 recognize 1998 as Professional Social Work Centennial Year,
4 and call upon members of the community to join with the
5 social work profession in support of appropriate programs,
6 ceremonies, and activities honoring social workers, America's
7 real heroes, celebrating 100 years of professional social
8 work.