File #: 19-3739    Version: 1 Name: HONORING DR. ELIZABETH KELLY FOR HER MANY YEARS OF ACADEMIC WORK AND ACTIVISM
Type: Consent Calendar Resolution Status: Approved
File created: 5/21/2019 In control: Board of Commissioners
On agenda: 5/22/2019 Final action: 5/22/2019
Title: PROPOSED RESOLUTION HONORING DR. ELIZABETH KELLY FOR HER MANY YEARS OF ACADEMIC WORK AND ACTIVISM WHEREAS, Dr. Elizabeth "Beth" Kelly has taught at DePaul University since 1992; and WHEREAS, Beth Kelly is a professor of Women's and Gender Studies and a founding member of DePaul University's interdisciplinary program in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Studies; and WHEREAS, Dr. Kelly served as Director of Women's and Gender Studies at DePaul University for six years; and, WHEREAS, Beth Kelly has taught no fewer than ten different courses to numerous students in her time at DePaul University; and WHEREAS, Dr. Kelly has authored several major publications, including co-authoring the book Telling Our Lives in 2005; and WHEREAS, Beth Kelly has been an activist for the LGBTQ community for many decades and contributed greatly to various LGBTQ organizations; and WHEREAS, Beth Kelly was the chairperson of Mayor Richard M. Daley's Advisory Council on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Tr...
Sponsors: KEVIN B. MORRISON, TONI PRECKWINKLE (President), ALMA E. ANAYA, LUIS ARROYO JR, SCOTT R. BRITTON, JOHN P. DALEY, DENNIS DEER, BRIDGET DEGNEN, BRIDGET GAINER, BRANDON JOHNSON, BILL LOWRY, DONNA MILLER, STANLEY MOORE, SEAN M. MORRISON, PETER N. SILVESTRI, DEBORAH SIMS, LARRY SUFFREDIN, JEFFREY R. TOBOLSKI
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PROPOSED RESOLUTION

HONORING DR. ELIZABETH KELLY FOR HER MANY YEARS OF ACADEMIC WORK AND ACTIVISM

WHEREAS, Dr. Elizabeth "Beth" Kelly has taught at DePaul University since 1992; and

WHEREAS, Beth Kelly is a professor of Women's and Gender Studies and a founding member of DePaul University's interdisciplinary program in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Studies; and

WHEREAS, Dr. Kelly served as Director of Women's and Gender Studies at DePaul University for six years; and,

WHEREAS, Beth Kelly has taught no fewer than ten different courses to numerous students in her time at DePaul University; and

WHEREAS, Dr. Kelly has authored several major publications, including co-authoring the book Telling Our Lives in 2005; and

WHEREAS, Beth Kelly has been an activist for the LGBTQ community for many decades and contributed greatly to various LGBTQ organizations; and

WHEREAS, Beth Kelly was the chairperson of Mayor Richard M. Daley's Advisory Council on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Issues; and

WHEREAS, her role as chairperson of the Advisory Council led her to serve as an advisor to both the Commission on Human Relations for the City of Chicago and the Commission of Human Relations Board of Commissioners; and

WHEREAS, Beth Kelly helped to establish the Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders (GLAD) in 1978 and began her work there are as office manager; and

WHEREAS, Beth Kelly was a co-founder of the Gay People's Union, the first LGBT organization on campus, at Stockton State College, with her good friends Kevin Cathcart, who went on to establish Lambda Legal, and Laurel Hester, who played a critical role in domestic partner benefits in Ocean County, New Jersey; and

WHEREAS, She received her master's in education from Harvard University; and

WHEREAS, She received her doctorate in political philosophy from Rutgers University; and

WHEREAS, Dr. Kelly has inspired many students into activism and public service throughout her career; and

THEREFORE...

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