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PROPOSED RESOLUTION
HONORING THE SERVICE OF INHE CHOI ON HER FAREWELL FROM THE HANA CENTER
WHEREAS, Inhe Choi is a nationally recognized Korean American leader who has been an Asian American trailblazer who has dedicated her life's work to building strong communities and coalitions across boundaries of race, gender, class, immigration status, and more in Cook County and beyond. Inhe has
WHEREAS, Inhe immigrated to the U.S. from Seoul, Korea at the age of 12 and grew up in Rogers Park, Chicago; and
WHEREAS, Inhe started as a community organizer with Metropolitan Tenants Organization (MTO) and served in Mayor Harold Washington's administration as the Resource Specialist for the Commission on Asian American Affairs; and
WHEREAS, Inhe co-found Kan-Win, that supports Asian American and immigrant survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault in 1990; and
WHEREAS, Inhe served as Program Director at Crossroads Fund, a public foundation that funds organizations working on social justice issues in the Chicago area, for ten years, and worked as an independent consultant for nine years assisting community-based organizations and progressive foundations; and
WHEREAS, Inhe joined the Korean American Resource and Cultural Center in 2014 and guided its transition into the HANA Center, Chicago's leading immigrant justice organization that provides critical services and builds power for Korean, Asian American, and multi-ethnic immigrant communities; and
WHEREAS, under Inhe's leadership, HANA Center helped pass the Welcoming City Ordinance and the Trust Act to keep ICE out of Chicago and Illinois and won historic systemic changes including healthcare for undocumented immigrants, in-state scholarships for undocumented students, and one driver's license for all. HANA Center also helped lead the effort to pass the TEAACH Act, making Illinois the first state in the nation to mandate all IL K-12 public schools to teach a unit of Asian American history; and
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