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PROPOSED RESOLUTION
HONORING DR. BAMBADE SHAKOOR- ABDULLAH, IN MEMORIAM
WHEREAS, Dr. Bambade Shakoor-Abdullah was a Cook County resident who selflessly made extraordinary contributions to improve the quality of civic life, education, social conditions, and health for marginalized citizens; and
WHEREAS, she served for four years as a chaplain and mentor for Class X felons in the Cook County Department of Corrections, and
WHEREAS, she was a pioneer and a leader in efforts to combat the epidemic of violence and violent extremism; and
WHEREAS, these efforts included serving on the Chicago Countering Violent Extremism Planning Committee with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and FBI; and
WHEREAS, she authored a resolution and bill that became state legislation allowing the development of Regional Juvenile Justice Councils in the State of Illinois; and
WHEREAS, she authored the Illinois House Resolution for a Public Health Approach to Faith Based Violence Prevention; and
WHEREAS, Dr. Bambade Shakoor-Abdullah founded the Leadership Development Institute D/B/A Chicago Metropolitan Educational Center for Community Advancement, a faith based elementary school in South Suburban Cook County; and
WHEREAS, she partnered with U.S.D.A. and I.S.B.E. to provide meals to over 1,000 Cook County children a day through Free Meal and Summer Jobs program; and
WHEREAS, she recently conceived and started the Dreams and Visions Youth Outreach Program providing mentoring, life skills and job readiness training, college preparation, drug prevention and rites of passage to youth in South Suburban Cook County; and
WHEREAS, she was appointed by Governor Pat Quinn to the first Governors Muslim American Advisory Committee; and
WHEREAS, she served as a Director-at-large on the Council of Islamic Organizations of Greater Chicago; and
WHEREAS, Dr. Bambade Shakoor-Abdullah passed away on December 8, 2017; and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the President and the Cook County Board of Commissioners, on behalf of the residents of Cook County, hereby offer its deepest condolences and most heartfelt sympathy to the family of Dr. Bambade Shakoor-Abdullah and honor the life and memory of this outstanding Cook County resident by adopting this resolution; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that this text be spread upon the official proceeding of this Honorable Body, and a suitable copy of the same be tendered to the immediate family and to the board of Leadership Development Institute, the organization that Dr. Bambade Shakoor-Abdullah founded and served as Executive Director.
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