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PROPOSED RESOLUTION
HONORING THE LIFE AND WORK OF DR. MARJORIE RUTH FUJARA
WHEREAS, Marjorie Ruth Fujara, MD, FAAP passed peacefully from life alongside family at Evanston Hospital, Evanston, Illinois on October 19, 2021; and
WHEREAS, a graduate of St Juliana's and Resurrection High School in Chicago, she received her BA from the University of Illinois in Champaign, her MD from University of Illinois in Chicago in 1992, and completed her Pediatric residency at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis; and
WHEREAS, Marjorie became board certified in both Pediatric and Child Abuse Pediatrics and was assigned to the Division of Child and Family Wellness at Cook County Health. As part of the pediatric unit, she began to specialize in child-abuse cases. She became a passionate, compassionate, and tireless advocate for children and was recognized with many awards and accolades for her work with victims of child abuse and family violence. But she also recognized and advocated for helping the families who were caught up in the system, from problems of poverty, lack of education, and lack of access to appropriate resources. She was a role model for many on how to advocate for children and families; and
WHEREAS, she served as acting Director of the Division of Child and Family Wellness for a period of time and was the Medical Director for Chicago Children's Advocacy Center (CAC) from October 2001 to October 2020. CAC is a unique collaboration that brings child protection, law enforcement, and healing services together to respond to, treat, and ultimately prevent child abuse; and
WHEREAS, she also served as the Project Director of Project CHILD, US DOJ's Child Safety Forward from October 2019 until her death. As project director, she managed a three-year $750,000 grant from the Department of Justice to reduce child fatalities and recurring injuries from abuse and neglect in Cook, Peoria, and Vermillion Counties in Illinois; and
WHEREAS, Marjorie was an activis...
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