https://cook-county.legistar.com/Gateway.aspx?M=LD&From=RSS&ID=2478446&GUID=F050497A-D30E-4181-A53F-CD70D265C525Legistar15https://cook-county.legistar.com/Gateway.aspx?M=LD&From=RSS&ID=2478446&GUID=F050497A-D30E-4181-A53F-CD70D265C525F050497A-D30E-4181-A53F-CD70D265C525-2015-10-08-14-23-57Title: PROPOSED RESOLUTION HONORING THOUSAND WAVES MARTIAL ARTS AND SELF DEFENSE CENTER, NFP ON THEIR 30TH YEAR ANNIVERSARY WHEREAS, Thousand Waves’ co-directors Nancy Lanoue and Sarah Ludden have continued to build an organization and community dedicated to fostering fitness, healing, empowerment and peacemaking by promoting healthy minds and bodies through violence prevention, self-defense and traditional martial arts programs for adults and children of all ages; and WHEREAS, Thousand Waves is the realization of founders, Nancy Lanoue & Jeannette Pappas’, dreams to create a safe and beautiful place and to set waves of self-empowerment and violence prevention in motion; and WHEREAS, since its foundation in 1985, a martial arts school made up of 50 women has evolved into a vital and vibrant institution in Cook County made up of more than 450 active members; and WHEREAS, the founders’ efforts have resulted in the expansion of anti-violence and empowerment programs that reach throughout the greater Chicago area; and WHEREAS, Thousand Waves continues to foster diversity andThu, 08 Oct 2015 14:23:57 GMT