Bill Text: IL HR0038 | 2025-2026 | 104th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Congratulates the Mu Alpha Lambda Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. for their continuous commitment to our youth and contributions to the success and prosperity of our great state on the occasion of the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Scholarship initiative's 21st anniversary. Urges January 18, 2025 to be recognized as a day to honor the past, embrace the present, and envision a promising future for the Mu Alpha Lambda Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. and the people of Illinois.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2025-01-29 - Resolution Adopted [HR0038 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2025-HR0038-Introduced.html
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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION | ||||||
| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
| 3 | Representatives wish to congratulate the Mu Alpha Lambda | ||||||
| 4 | Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. on the 21st | ||||||
| 5 | anniversary of the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Scholarship | ||||||
| 6 | initiative, which will be celebrated on January 18, 2025; and
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| 7 | WHEREAS, Mu Alpha Lambda Chapter (546) is the alumni | ||||||
| 8 | chapter of Northern Illinois University and was chartered on | ||||||
| 9 | February 7, 1975 by nine former members of the Epsilon Phi | ||||||
| 10 | Chapter; and
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| 11 | WHEREAS, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. has prominent, | ||||||
| 12 | community-focused membership and includes three members of the | ||||||
| 13 | Illinois House of Representatives, Speaker Emanuel "Chris" | ||||||
| 14 | Welch, State Representative Justin Slaughter, and State | ||||||
| 15 | Representative Maurice West; and
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| 16 | WHEREAS, For the past 21 years, the Mu Alpha Lambda | ||||||
| 17 | Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. has uplifted young | ||||||
| 18 | people and celebrated Alpha Phi Alpha member Rev. Dr. Martin | ||||||
| 19 | Luther King through the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Scholarship | ||||||
| 20 | initiative; and
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| 21 | WHEREAS, Throughout the last 21 years, the Mu Alpha Lambda | ||||||
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| 1 | Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. has demonstrated | ||||||
| 2 | resilience, ingenuity, and a steadfast commitment to progress; | ||||||
| 3 | and
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| 4 | WHEREAS, The members of Mu Alpha Lambda Chapter of Alpha | ||||||
| 5 | Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. have mentored more than 150 young | ||||||
| 6 | men from the Rockford region and have donated over $325,000 in | ||||||
| 7 | scholarships to support young men of color attending college | ||||||
| 8 | or a university; and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, The Mu Alpha Lambda Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha | ||||||
| 10 | Fraternity, Inc. has thrived with its character shaped by the | ||||||
| 11 | collective efforts of its organization and members; therefore, | ||||||
| 12 | be it
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| 13 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
| 14 | HUNDRED FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 15 | we congratulate the Mu Alpha Lambda Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha | ||||||
| 16 | Fraternity, Inc. for their continuous commitment to our youth | ||||||
| 17 | and contributions to the success and prosperity of our great | ||||||
| 18 | state on the occasion of the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. | ||||||
| 19 | Scholarship initiative's 21st anniversary; and be it further
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| 20 | RESOLVED, That we urge January 18, 2025 be celebrated as a | ||||||
| 21 | day to honor the past, embrace the present, and envision a | ||||||
| 22 | promising future for the Mu Alpha Lambda Chapter of Alpha Phi | ||||||
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| 1 | Alpha Fraternity, Inc. and the people of Illinois; and be it | ||||||
| 2 | further
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| 3 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 4 | presented to the Mu Alpha Lambda Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha | ||||||
| 5 | Fraternity, Inc. as an expression of our esteem and respect. | ||||||