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File #: 21-0794    Version: 1
Type: Resolution Status: Adopted
File created: 8/27/2021 In control: Miscellaneous & New Business
On agenda: 9/2/2021 Final action: 9/2/2021
Title: RESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners recognizing Asian American youth trailblazer Mehtab Singh

RESOLUTION FOR BOARD MEETING OF SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

 

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RESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners recognizing Asian American youth trailblazer Mehtab Singh

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WHEREAS, Mehtab Singh is a Sikh American student, Science Olympiad champion, mock trial participant and leader at Warren Township High School in Gurnee, IL; and

 

WHEREAS, Mr. Singh proudly serves as a diversity speaker and assists with the education of staff and students on Sikh culture; and

 

WHEREAS, Mr. Singh works at a camp where he teaches Sikh youth about their religion and history; and

 

WHEREAS, Mr. Singh was a 2021 Summer Fellow for the Illinois Asian American Caucus, where he performed community outreach; and

 

WHEREAS, Mr. Singh has worked on civil rights and social action projects as a SikhLEAD intern at the Sikh American Legal Defense and Education Fund.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that we, the Board of Commissioners of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago, on behalf of ourselves and our staff, do hereby recognize Mehtab Singh as a youth trailblazer; and

 

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that this Resolution be spread upon the permanent Record of Proceedings of the Board of Commissioners of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago.

 

Dated: September 2, 2021