Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session

Illinois Senate Bill SR1033 Compare Versions

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3	3	1 SENATE RESOLUTION
4	4	2 WHEREAS, The 7th Senate District is one of the most
5	5	3 ethnically diverse districts in the State of Illinois; and
6	6	4 WHEREAS, The district has long been and increasingly is
7	7	5 home to Black people from every corner of the vast and
8	8	6 beautiful Black diaspora; and
9	9	7 WHEREAS, The Black and African American communities of the
10	10	8 district have a rich history of achievements, culture,
11	11	9 activism, and countless other contributions to the vibrancy
12	12	10 and uniqueness of the district; and
13	13	11 WHEREAS, Graceland Cemetery, located in the district in
14	14	12 Lakeview, is the permanent resting place for 29 leaders of the
15	15	13 Underground Railroad network that helped many thousands of
16	16	14 enslaved African American people find freedom; and
17	17	15 WHEREAS, Uptown was one of the first places African
18	18	16 Americans could live on the north side outside the Black Belt,
19	19	17 despite experiencing intense racism and discrimination once
20	20	18 they moved there; and
21	21	19 WHEREAS, Black elders currently residing in the 7th
22	22	20 District as longtime residents were some of the first Black
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31	31	1 people decades ago to move into communities such as Buena
32	32	2 Park, Rogers Park, Lincoln Square, Andersonville, Budlong
33	33	3 Woods, Uptown, Edgewater, Lakeview, West Ridge, and other
34	34	4 areas of the district; and
35	35	5 WHEREAS, Black elders have left a rich legacy in the
36	36	6 district by creating safe spaces and being role models for
37	37	7 youth of all races and ethnicities; and
38	38	8 WHEREAS, The Black Panther Party established a legacy of
39	39	9 mutual aid and humanity across racial lines, which continues
40	40	10 to shape the community-led mutual aid efforts in Uptown, on
41	41	11 Argyle Street, in Rogers Park, along the Winthrop and Kenmore
42	42	12 corridors, and in other 7th District areas; and
43	43	13 WHEREAS, The 7th District is home to the historic Winthrop
44	44	14 Family Garden, which honors the legacy of African American
45	45	15 families who made the historic move during the Great Migration
46	46	16 and began building a Black residential community along the
47	47	17 4600 North block of Winthrop Avenue as early as the year 1910;
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49	49	19 WHEREAS, Winthrop Avenue was the only block on which Black
50	50	20 families could live because of segregation, with scores of
51	51	21 racial covenants hindering them from moving onto other blocks
52	52	22 in Uptown; with only 18 families living on 4600 North Winthrop
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63	63	1 Avenue, they formed a community that supported each other and
64	64	2 became one family despite the restrictive covenants intended
65	65	3 to keep Uptown segregated; the Winthrop Family Garden stands
66	66	4 as a place of remembrance and celebrates what it took to make
67	67	5 Uptown what it is today; and
68	68	6 WHEREAS, Many Black residents, including whole villages
69	69	7 and communities, have been displaced from the far north side
70	70	8 over the decades, including from parts of neighborhoods within
71	71	9 the 7th District; and
72	72	10 WHEREAS, Those same Black residents left their mark on
73	73	11 nearly every neighborhood in the north lake front district;
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75	75	13 WHEREAS, The future of the 7th District is as bright as the
76	76	14 past, as Black people continue to run small businesses of
77	77	15 every type, continue to graduate from schools, and assume
78	78	16 leadership roles in their communities, in the region, and in
79	79	17 our state in every imaginable way; and
80	80	18 WHEREAS, Uptown features small businesses from West and
81	81	19 Central Africa, such as Osas African Kitchen, the Nigerian
82	82	20 Kitchen Restaurant, the Mukase African Restaurant, the Makola
83	83	21 African Supermarket, Amen African Braiding, the Iyanze Bar &
84	84	22 Cafe, The Good Shepherd Enterprise, B&Q Afro Root Cuisine, the
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95	95	1 Queen African Hair Braiding Salon, and Chem's African Hair
96	96	2 Braiding, among others; and
97	97	3 WHEREAS, Edgewater, Uptown, and Rogers Park are home to an
98	98	4 extensive Eritrean and Ethiopian population spread along
99	99	5 Broadway and Clark Street with family-run businesses such as
100	100	6 the Axum Ethiopian Restaurant, the Ethiopian Diamond, the
101	101	7 Awash Ethiopian Restaurant, Tesfa Ethiopian Cuisine, the Selam
102	102	8 Ethiopian Kitchen, Queen Sheba, the Ethio Mart, the Mella
103	103	9 Cafe, the Demera Restaurant, the Kukulu Market, the Ethio
104	104	10 Mart, the Denden Restaurant, and Meron Injera; and
105	105	11 WHEREAS, Howard Avenue in Rogers Park is home to many
106	106	12 Black-owned Caribbean small businesses, such as the Kizin
107	107	13 Creole Restaurant, Caribbean Cuts, the Good To Go Restaurant,
108	108	14 the Caribbean American Baking Co., and Ashley Beauty Supply;
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110	110	16 WHEREAS, The 7th District is home to many Black Americans
111	111	17 and African Americans and is comprised of a glorious multitude
112	112	18 of ethnic groups from all over Africa, including those from
113	113	19 Ghana, Nigeria, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Somalia, Senegal, Mali,
114	114	20 Togo, Congo, Cameroon, Sudan, the Caribbean, and South
115	115	21 America, many of whom found refuge along Broadway and Sheridan
116	116	22 in Uptown and along Howard Avenue in Rogers Park and built a
117	117	23 community; and
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128	128	1 WHEREAS, The Bryn Mawr Historic District in Edgewater is
129	129	2 home to a growing number of new African American and Black and
130	130	3 LGBTQ+-owned small businesses that bring vibrancy to this
131	131	4 historic corridor; and
132	132	5 WHEREAS, Ebony DeBerry, a Black woman and lifelong
133	133	6 resident of Rogers Park, wanted to build a community of people
134	134	7 who lifted each other and gave back to the community she had
135	135	8 growing up; she helped develop ONE Northside, which is a mixed
136	136	9 income, multi-ethnic, intergenerational community-based
137	137	10 organization that brings together the diverse communities of
138	138	11 Chicago's far north side and uses collective power to address
139	139	12 injustice and advance the community's interests; she has
140	140	13 created safe spaces for women of color to come together, share
141	141	14 resources, and encourage each other; and
142	142	15 WHEREAS, Jackie Taylor, a Black woman and longtime
143	143	16 resident of Uptown, founded the Black Ensemble Theater in
144	144	17 1976, which is the first cultural center in the nation
145	145	18 dedicated to eradicating racism through the arts; the Black
146	146	19 Ensemble Theater is a crown jewel of the 7th District,
147	147	20 bringing together not only Black residents but people from all
148	148	21 racial and ethnic backgrounds to celebrate through free
149	149	22 outdoor concerts for the community on the 4400 block of North
150	150	23 Clark Street, unique plays, and other programming that
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161	161	1 celebrates the arts in the district; and
162	162	2 WHEREAS, Dr. Ana Vicky Castillo, an advocate for the
163	163	3 education of the Latin and African diaspora, created the Afro
164	164	4 Latino Historical Society and the African Diaspora Museum; she
165	165	5 has worked tirelessly to reclaim the legacy of the forgotten
166	166	6 history of the African American and Latin community; she has
167	167	7 helped inform the public of the great achievements of the
168	168	8 Afro-Latino and African immigrant communities; therefore, be
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170	170	10 RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL
171	171	11 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we recognize the Black
172	172	12 and African American communities of the 7th Senate District
173	173	13 and express our deep appreciation and respect for the myriad
174	174	14 of Black communities that currently reside in and have lived
175	175	15 in the 7th District; and be it further
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