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PROPOSED RESOLUTION
HONORING DR. CAROL L. ADAMS
“You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.”
Maya Angelou
WHEREAS, Dr. Carol L. Adams is founder and CEO of Urban Prescriptives, Inc., a consulting firm that specializes in program and organizational development for enterprises engaged in educational, social, political, and cultural practice. This venture merges the diverse experiences that comprise her remarkable career and her commitment to asset-based, culture-centered models for social change; and
WHEREAS, Dr. Carol L. Adams was a high school civil rights activist who became President of CORE in Louisville, Kentucky at the age of 16. She was a founding member of The Catalyst, the Association of Black Sociologists, the Ujima Learning Center, the Illinois Council on Black Studies, and a driving force behind many other organizations and movements. Past positions include: Executive Director of Northeastern Illinois University’s Center for Inner City Studies, Director of African American Studies at Loyola University and President and CEO of the DuSable Museum of African American History; and
WHEREAS, Dr. Carol L. Adams, has astutely moved from theory to action in several key positions, implementing evidence-based practice and informing practice-based evidence in everyone. Among them: President and CEO of the DuSable Museum of African American History, Secretary of the Department of Human Services for the state of Illinois, Director of Executive Director of the House of Blues Foundation, Director of Resident Services and Programs for the Chicago Housing Authority, Director of Northeastern Illinois University’s Center for Inner City Studies; and Director of African American Studies at Loyola University; and
WHEREAS, Dr. Carol L. Adams branding campaigns are ubiquitous and include: “Du Something” for the DuSable Museum, “Bring It on Home” for the University of Chicago Obama Library campaign, “I’ve Got Next” for Next Level Health, “Don’t Shoot, I Wanna Grow Up” for Ceasefire; and “Be The Change” for the Chicago Police Department: and
NOW, THEREFORE, I, BILL LOWRY, COOK COUNTY COMMISSIONER of the 3rd DISTRICT, do hereby stand, and salute the effectual, powerful and tireless work Dr. Carol L. Adams.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that a suitable copy of this Resolution will be presented to Dr. Carol L. Adams.
BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED: That a copy of this Resolution will be filed within the Office of Cook County Commissioner Bill Lowry 3rd District.
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