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HR0561
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HOUSE RESOLUTION

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WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
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Representatives wish to congratulate Kim Villanueva of
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Springfield on the occasion of her election as national
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president of the National Organization of Women (NOW); and

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WHEREAS, NOW, founded in 1966, is a grassroots
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organization dedicated to women's rights with 37 state
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chapters and local chapters in every state; its six core
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issues are reproductive rights and justice, ending violence
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against women, economic justice, LGBTQIA+ rights, racial
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justice, and constitutional equality; and

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WHEREAS, Kim Villanueva has been a member since joining
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the NOW Springfield Chapter in 1987; as her first action, she
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organized a Take Back the Night rally at the Old State Capitol
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to raise funds for local domestic violence and sexual assault
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agencies; at the age of 25, she became one of the youngest
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state presidents in the organization's herstory, serving as
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state president of Illinois NOW from 1989 to 1991, where she
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recruited members, spoke at rallies and legislative hearings,
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and helped build bipartisan coalitions on sexual harassment
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and family medical leave, leading to Illinois NOW's
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recognition by Illinois Times readers as the "Most Effective
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Advocacy Group" in 1990; and

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WHEREAS, Kim Villanueva has further served Illinois NOW
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through chairing the Illinois NOW Political Action Committee
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(PAC) from 1989 to 1994 and 1999 to 2001, during which she
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registered voters and organized phone banks to elect Carol
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Moseley Braun as the first African American woman in the
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United States Senate in 1992; she was also the downstate
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organizer for the 2013 March on Springfield for Marriage
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Equality and the 2018 campaign to ratify the ERA in Illinois,
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and she served on the Illinois NOW committee that drafted a
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proposed Freedom of Choice Act that became the precursor to
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the Illinois Reproductive Health Act adopted in 2019; and

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WHEREAS, Kim Villanueva has served NOW on the national
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level through numerous roles, including as a board member of
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the NOW PAC and the NOW Equality PAC from 1995 to 1998 and 2013
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to 2016, as a member of the NOW Board of Directors from 2016 to
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2018, and as chair of the NOW Elections Committee from 2017 to
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2022, where she partnered with a team of state presidents to
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revolutionize NOW's election procedures, implement hybrid
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voting, and boost member involvement during the COVID-19
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pandemic; she proceeded to serve on the NOW Board of Directors
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for a second time from 2022 to 2024; she also co-founded NOW's
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Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) Caucus, and she has
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served on several other national NOW boards and committees;
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and

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WHEREAS, Outside of NOW, Kim Villanueva has nearly 40
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years of experience in legislative advocacy, member relations,
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fund development, and board governance through her previous
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role as communications director for the Illinois Community
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College Trustees Association (ICCTA), advocating for the
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nation's third largest community college system; during her
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tenure, she helped raise the visibility of community colleges
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as important educational institutions and twice served as
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acting executive director of ICCTA; and

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WHEREAS, Kim Villanueva has contributed to the community
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through leading a number of organizations, including as
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founding co-chair of the Central Illinois Gay and Lesbian Task
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Force, president of the YWCA of Springfield, chair of the
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University of Illinois Springfield's Intercollegiate Athletics
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and Recreation Committee, treasurer of the Illinois Women's
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Political Caucus and the Springfield Women's Political Caucus,
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president of the Springfield Area Arts Council, and president
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of the Abraham Lincoln Unitarian Universalist Congregation;
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and

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WHEREAS, Kim Villanueva, as national president of NOW,
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will serve at the NOW Washington, D.C. Chapter for a four-year
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term until 2029; therefore, be it

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RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE
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HUNDRED FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
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we congratulate Kim Villanueva on being elected national
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president of the National Organization of Women (NOW), and we
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wish her success in her new role; and be it further

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RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
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presented to Kim Villanueva as an expression of our esteem and
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respect.

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