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HOUSE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of 
3Representatives wish to congratulate Suzan Nash on her 
4retirement from Community Action after 38 years of service; and
  
 
5    WHEREAS, Suzan Nash  started with the Western Illinois 
6Regional Council as an intern in 1978 and has dedicated her 
7life to fighting the war on poverty and meeting the
needs of 
8the less fortunate; and
  
 
9    WHEREAS, Suzan Nash became the first female director of a 
10regional planning agency in Illinois in
1981 when she assumed 
11the leadership of the Western Illinois Regional Council; and
 
12    WHEREAS, Suzan Nash established the Western Illinois 
13Regional Council as a Community Action
Agency in 1982; and
 
14    WHEREAS, Under the leadership of Suzan Nash, the Western 
15Illinois Regional Council established the
Victim Services 
16Program, providing free and confidential services in a safe 
17environment for survivors of domestic violence and sexual 
18assault in Hancock, Henderson, McDonough, and Warren Counties; 
19and
 
20    WHEREAS, Suzan Nash has served on the boards of the 
 
 
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1Illinois Association of Regional Councils and the National 
2Association of Development Organizations Midwest Region; she 
3served on the Board of the Illinois
Association of Community 
4Action Agencies for over 10 years, most recently
serving as 
5vice-chair; and
  
 
6    WHEREAS, Suzan Nash has been an active member of her 
7community; she served as a Radio
Information Services reader, a 
8Youth Assistance Program founding board member, a Quality of 
9Life
committee member, YMCA president and board member, a 
10McDonough County United Way
volunteer and campaign chair, and 
11as the finance chair at St. Paul Parish; and
  
 
  
12    WHEREAS, Suzan Nash has received the Macomb Feminists 
13Network "Writing Women into
History Award", and the Western 
14Illinois University Department of Parks, Recreation and 
15Tourism
Distinguished Alumni Award in 1990; therefore, be it
  
 
16    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE 
17HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we 
18congratulate Suzan Nash on her retirement from Community Action 
19after 38 years of service and we wish her well in her 
20retirement and with all future endeavors; and be it further
  
 
21    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
22presented to Suzan Nash as an expression of our esteem and 
 
 
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1respect.