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IL HR0864
Resolution
Status
Passed
1/8/2021
Primary Sponsor
Kambium Buckner
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AI Summary
- Mourns the death of Conrad Walter Worrill, Ph.D., who passed away on June 3, 2020
- Recognizes his 40-year tenure at Northeastern Illinois University's Department of Inner City Studies (later Urban Community Studies) beginning in 1976, where he served as department chair and director of the Jacob H. Carruthers Center for Inner City Studies
- Honors his activism and leadership roles, including co-founding the Task Force for Black Political Empowerment, involvement with the National Black United Front, Black United Fund of Illinois, and leading a 400-member delegation to the U.N. World Conference Against Racism in Durban, South Africa in 2001
- Acknowledges his work as a radio host on WVON's "On Target," syndicated columnist for "Worrill's World," and his 35-year advocacy for the Gately Park Indoor Track and Field Facility on Chicago's South Side
- Extends condolences to his surviving family: wife Arlina Worrill and daughters Femi Skanes, Sobenna Worrill, Michelle Worrill, and Kimberley Aisha King
Legislative Description
MEMORIAL-CONRAD WORRILL, PH.D.
Last Action
Resolution Adopted
1/8/2021
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