California 2019-2020 Regular Session

California Assembly Bill ACR5 Compare Versions

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1	1	CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20192020 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 5Introduced by Assembly Member Quirk-SilvaDecember 10, 2018 Relative to Dosan Ahn Chang Ho Day. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTACR 5, as introduced, Quirk-Silva. Dosan Ahn Chang Ho Day.This measure would declare November 9, 2019, and each November 9 thereafter, as Dosan Ahn Chang Ho Day.Digest Key Fiscal Committee: NO Bill TextWHEREAS, Dosan Ahn Chang Ho is regarded as one of the most significant patriotic figures by Koreans at home and abroad; andWHEREAS, Korean independence leader Dosan Ahn Chang Ho was born on November 9, 1878, in Korea. He is to the Korean and Korean American community as Mahatma Gandhi is seen to the people of India, for he is held in highest esteem; andWHEREAS, As a teenager, Dosan Ahn Chang Hos desire for a modern education led him to enroll in an American missionary-run school, the Miller Academy, in Seoul, Korea, where he became a Christian and graduated at 18 years of age in 1897, and to establish the Jeom Jin School, which was the first modern school in the country, in 1899; andWHEREAS, American missionary educated, Dosan Ahn Chang Ho wished to know more about America, especially its educational system. This desire led him to come to America, where he arrived in San Francisco on October 14, 1902; andWHEREAS, Dosan Ahn Chang Ho spent thirteen years of his life in the United States, primarily in California. This experience led him to many observations of American life, including politics, economics, and education; andWHEREAS, Dosan Ahn Chang Ho helped and organized the early Korean immigrants who came to the United States to work on Hawaiian sugar plantations into a self-help community. He established the first organized Korean American settlement, Korean National Association, and a labor agency. Dosan Ahn Chang Hos organizational leadership helped lead to the success of the Korean American community within California; andWHEREAS, When Korea was annexed and occupied by Japan from 1910 to 1945, Dosan Ahn Chang Ho spearheaded the Korean independence movement. His goal was for Koreans to promote and adopt democracy. His influence and actions helped Koreans understand the importance of a free nation and today democracy is firmly rooted in South Korea; andWHEREAS, Dosan Ahn Chang Ho founded the Young Korean Academy, also known as the Heungsadahn, in San Francisco in 1913. It is still a robust organization dedicated to training and educating Koreans to cultivate morals and ethics that help build inner strength, community consciousness, and good citizenship; andWHEREAS, The Korean American immigrant experience was, then, vastly enhanced by Dosan Ahn Chang Hos leadership, and even today his pioneering and patriotic spirit still lives on in the minds of Korean immigrants; now, therefore, be itResolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate thereof concurring, That the Legislature of the State of California adopts and declares November 9, 2019, and each November 9 thereafter, as Dosan Ahn Chang Ho Day.
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3	3	CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20192020 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 5Introduced by Assembly Member Quirk-SilvaDecember 10, 2018 Relative to Dosan Ahn Chang Ho Day. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTACR 5, as introduced, Quirk-Silva. Dosan Ahn Chang Ho Day.This measure would declare November 9, 2019, and each November 9 thereafter, as Dosan Ahn Chang Ho Day.Digest Key Fiscal Committee: NO
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9	9	CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20192020 REGULAR SESSION
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11	11	Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 5
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13	13	Introduced by Assembly Member Quirk-SilvaDecember 10, 2018
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24	24	ACR 5, as introduced, Quirk-Silva. Dosan Ahn Chang Ho Day.
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26	26	This measure would declare November 9, 2019, and each November 9 thereafter, as Dosan Ahn Chang Ho Day.
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28	28	This measure would declare November 9, 2019, and each November 9 thereafter, as Dosan Ahn Chang Ho Day.
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34	34	WHEREAS, Dosan Ahn Chang Ho is regarded as one of the most significant patriotic figures by Koreans at home and abroad; and
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36	36	WHEREAS, Korean independence leader Dosan Ahn Chang Ho was born on November 9, 1878, in Korea. He is to the Korean and Korean American community as Mahatma Gandhi is seen to the people of India, for he is held in highest esteem; and
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38	38	WHEREAS, As a teenager, Dosan Ahn Chang Hos desire for a modern education led him to enroll in an American missionary-run school, the Miller Academy, in Seoul, Korea, where he became a Christian and graduated at 18 years of age in 1897, and to establish the Jeom Jin School, which was the first modern school in the country, in 1899; and
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40	40	WHEREAS, American missionary educated, Dosan Ahn Chang Ho wished to know more about America, especially its educational system. This desire led him to come to America, where he arrived in San Francisco on October 14, 1902; and
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42	42	WHEREAS, Dosan Ahn Chang Ho spent thirteen years of his life in the United States, primarily in California. This experience led him to many observations of American life, including politics, economics, and education; and
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44	44	WHEREAS, Dosan Ahn Chang Ho helped and organized the early Korean immigrants who came to the United States to work on Hawaiian sugar plantations into a self-help community. He established the first organized Korean American settlement, Korean National Association, and a labor agency. Dosan Ahn Chang Hos organizational leadership helped lead to the success of the Korean American community within California; and
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46	46	WHEREAS, When Korea was annexed and occupied by Japan from 1910 to 1945, Dosan Ahn Chang Ho spearheaded the Korean independence movement. His goal was for Koreans to promote and adopt democracy. His influence and actions helped Koreans understand the importance of a free nation and today democracy is firmly rooted in South Korea; and
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48	48	WHEREAS, Dosan Ahn Chang Ho founded the Young Korean Academy, also known as the Heungsadahn, in San Francisco in 1913. It is still a robust organization dedicated to training and educating Koreans to cultivate morals and ethics that help build inner strength, community consciousness, and good citizenship; and
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50	50	WHEREAS, The Korean American immigrant experience was, then, vastly enhanced by Dosan Ahn Chang Hos leadership, and even today his pioneering and patriotic spirit still lives on in the minds of Korean immigrants; now, therefore, be it
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52	52	Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate thereof concurring, That the Legislature of the State of California adopts and declares November 9, 2019, and each November 9 thereafter, as Dosan Ahn Chang Ho Day.