HR0128 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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HOUSE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, The annual University of Illinois-Chicago Gender and Women's Studies Program's Women's History Month Reception honors Civic Engagement, Community Service, and Community Organizing (CECSCO) Award recipients; and

WHEREAS, Tania Unzueta is the co-founder of the Immigrant Youth Justice League; and

WHEREAS, She is a graduate student in Latin American and Latino Studies at the University of Illinois at Chicago; and

WHEREAS, She is a nationally recognized leader and organizer in the undocumented youth movement for immigrant rights; until May of 2010 she was the Assistant General Manager of 90.5 FM WRTE Radio Arte Chicago, a bilingual public radio station; and

WHEREAS, She currently freelances as an immigration reporter for Radio Bilingue News Network; she was a Media Strategist for "The DREAM is Coming" project and participated in advocating for the DREAM Act in Arizona and Washington D.C.; and

WHEREAS, She continues to teach journalism and broadcasting classes and mentors young radio producers; she was born in Mexico City and emigrated to the United States with her parents when she was 10 years old; she holds a B.A. in Sociology and Gender Studies from the University of Illinois-Chicago; and

WHEREAS, She will receive the Civic Engagement, Community Service, and Community Organizing (CECSCO) Award during the annual University of Illinois-Chicago Gender and Women's Studies Program's Women's History Month Reception on March 4, 2011; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we congratulate Tania Unzueta on receiving this award and wish her continued success for years to come; and be it further

RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to Tania Unzueta as a symbol of our respect and esteem.