Office of the City Clerk - Record #: R2018-151

• Record #: R2018-151
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Adopted
• Intro date: 2/28/2018
• Final action: 2/28/2018
• Title: Gratitude extended to Elizabeth Wright for contributions to City of Chicago
• Sponsors: Curtis, Derrick G.

Date	Journal Page Number	Action By	Action	Result
2/28/2018		City Council	Introduced (Agreed Calendar)
2/28/2018	71809	City Council	Adopted	Pass

RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, Elizabeth "Maria" Wright has made significant contributions in the City of Chicago; and

WHEREAS, This esteemed body has been informed about Maria Wright's accomplishments by the Honorable Derrick Curtis, Alderman of the 18^m|ward; and

WHEREAS, Maria worked for the Internal Revenue Service as a Human Resources Assistant.

i i In 1998, she began her career with the City of Chicago as a Seasonal Driver. She currently is a

Motor Truck Driver Foreman; and

WHEREAS, Maria is the incredibly proud mother} of Shane'a Brown. When Shane'a attended Gwendolyn Brooks High School, Maria was President of the Local School Council. Shane'a elated her mother when she graduated from Hampton University on Mother's Day in 2014; and

WHEREAS, Maria is very involved in civic affairs. She has been active in the Wrightwood Improvement Association and the 18^th Ward Dem'ocratic Organization. She is President of the Zeta Amicae Auxiliary of Alsip. Maria is also a mefnber of the Women of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Tau Psi Zeta; now, therefore,

BE IT RESOLVED, That we, the Mayor and Members of the City Council of the City of Chicago, assembled this twenty-eighth day of February, 2018, do hereby express our gratitude to Elizabeth "Maria" Wright; and

| i BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be presented to Elizabeth "Maria) Wright.

DERRICK CURTIS

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