Bill Text: IL HR0545 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Commends the efforts of Melissa Boratyn through her film, Ginger, to help other young people battling breast cancer and to inspire all audience members with a message of hope.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-10-28 - Resolution Adopted [HR0545 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-HR0545-Introduced.html
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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, Melissa Boratyn, a Chicago resident, was | ||||||
| 3 | diagnosed with breast cancer at
the age of 23, and now, eight | ||||||
| 4 | years later, continues her battle; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Melissa Boratyn met her husband, Jimmy Boratyn, | ||||||
| 6 | while they were undergraduate students
at Loyola University | ||||||
| 7 | Chicago; and
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| 8 | WHEREAS, Melissa Boratyn and her husband directed and
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| 9 | produced the film Ginger as a graduate school thesis project at | ||||||
| 10 | DePaul University in
Chicago; and
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| 11 | WHEREAS, At its premier in November of 2018, Ginger won | ||||||
| 12 | Best of the Festival at the 10th Annual
Lady Filmmakers | ||||||
| 13 | Festival in Beverly Hills, California; and
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| 14 | WHEREAS, Ginger was also awarded the World Humanitarian | ||||||
| 15 | Award at the
2018 Queens World Film Festival; and
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| 16 | WHEREAS, After a year of winning numerous awards at various | ||||||
| 17 | film festivals, Ginger will be released to the public to | ||||||
| 18 | achieve its intended goal of helping others; therefore, be it
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| 19 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
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| 1 | HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 2 | during the month of October 2019, National Breast Cancer | ||||||
| 3 | Awareness Month, we commend the efforts of Melissa Boratyn, | ||||||
| 4 | through her film Ginger, to help other young people battling | ||||||
| 5 | breast cancer and to inspire all audience members with a | ||||||
| 6 | message of hope, and we encourage all to promote awareness of, | ||||||
| 7 | and to advocate for, women who are battling breast cancer; and | ||||||
| 8 | be it further
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| 9 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 10 | presented to Melissa Boratyn as a symbol of our respect and | ||||||
| 11 | esteem.
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