https://cook-county.legistar.com/Gateway.aspx?M=LD&From=RSS&ID=7427484&GUID=0949BB09-7469-4E24-8D83-A44A00770C2ELegistar15https://cook-county.legistar.com/Gateway.aspx?M=LD&From=RSS&ID=7427484&GUID=0949BB09-7469-4E24-8D83-A44A00770C2E0949BB09-7469-4E24-8D83-A44A00770C2E-2025-06-12-17-47-55Title: PROPOSED RESOLUTION RESOLUTION CELEBRATING THE LEAGUERS 70TH ANNIVERSARY AND DECLARING MAY 30, 2025, THROUGH JUNE 2, 2025, “LEAGUERS’ WEEKEND” WHEREAS, the Chicago Urban League was founded in 1916 and is an affiliate of one of the largest civil rights organizations in the country; and WHEREAS, for seven decades, the Leaguers, an auxiliary organization of the Chicago Urban League, centered community voices in cultural consciousness; and WHEREAS, upon Muriel Ibom receiving her master’s degree from Atlanta University (no Clark-Atlanta University), the legendary Whitney M. Young, Jr. recommended Muriel Ibom for a position with the Chicago Urban League (CUL). The Chicago Urban League hired Muriel Ibom as a community representative, responsible for attending various community meetings to raise awareness about the League and to communicate the organization’s positions to people in the community; and WHEREAS, Muriel Ibom quickly realized the League also needed fundraising support which prompted her to pull together about thirty (30) of their women friends in their twenties (Thu, 12 Jun 2025 17:47:55 GMT