IL HR0932

Honors Heather Marie McMeekan of Peoria Heights, formerly of Macomb, who died on October 6, 2024

Recognizes her career as Emergency Medical Technicians (EMT) program coordinator at Western Illinois University, where she taught hundreds of students and founded the student-run Western EMS service

Acknowledges her service as lead instructor for EMTv, a television series providing continuing education for Illinois EMT-Basics

Commemorates her community activism as co-president of the Peoria Chapter of the National Organization of Women, founder of Democratic Women of McDonough County, and founding member of Indivisible West Central Illinois and the Racial Justice Coalition of West Central Illinois

Recognizes her founding of the Macomb Kite Festival and Macomb Community Drum Circle, and her passions for kites, drumming, painting, sculpting, and scrapbooking