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PROPOSED RESOLUTION
HONORING DR. MARILYN PAG?N-BANKS FOR HER TWENTY YEARS OF SERVICE TO A JUST HARVEST
WHEREAS, Reverend Dr. Marilyn Pag?n-Banks has served as Executive Director of A Just Harvest since October, 2002. Rev. Pag?n-Banks was instrumental in leading A Just Harvest through a growth period during which the organization added advocacy and economic development programming targeting the root causes of hunger; and
WHEREAS, Rev. Dr. Marilyn Pag?n-Banks is an ordained minister with the United Church of Christ. In addition to serving as executive director of A Just Harvest, she is a local pastor in Chicago. She is a graduate of McCormick Theological Seminary and Chicago Theological Seminary. Rev. Pag?n-Banks also serves as an Adjunct Professor with McCormick Theological Seminary and Garrett Theological Seminary and is a joyful contributor of Words of Her Mouth: Psalms for the Struggle; and
WHEREAS, Pag?n-Banks is committed to the liberation of oppressed peoples, building power and creating community. She is being honored by A Just Harvest on October 26, 2022 to acknowledge her twenty years of service and leadership to A Just Harvest in recognition of her strength and vision for liberating oppressed and colonized peoples, building power and creating community; and
WHEREAS, A Just Harvest is a community-based organization that has addressed hunger for over 39 years. Their mission is to fight poverty and hunger in the Rogers Park and greater Chicago community by providing nutritious meals daily while cultivating community and economic development and organizing across racial, cultural and socioeconomic lines in order to create a more just society; and
WHEREAS, A Just Harvest serves its mission through three main programs: The Community Kitchen - serving over 55,000 hot, nutritious meals each year and distributing several thousand pounds of fresh produce each month to individuals and families in need Community Education & Economic Development Programs...
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