Illinois SR 594: MEMORIAL-HAROLD B. DAWSON JR.

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SR0594LRB104 20497 RMO 33970 r

1SENATE RESOLUTION

2 WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened 

3to learn of the death of Rick Garcia of the Edgewater 

4neighborhood of Chicago, who passed away on January 12, 2026; 

5and

6 WHEREAS, Rick Garcia was a longtime Chicago LGBTQ activist 

7and fierce organizer who spent decades fighting for equality, 

8justice, and dignity in Illinois and beyond; known for a 

9direct approach to activism and a focus on strategy, he played 

10a key role in translating grassroots power into legislative 

11wins and was at the forefront of many civil rights victories; 

12he was inducted into the Chicago LGBT Hall of Fame in 1999; and

13 WHEREAS, Rick Garcia was born on September 15, 1956 in St. 

14Louis, Missouri, where he was involved in organizing for the 

15United Farm Workers as a young man; while attending St. Louis 

16University, he found his voice as a gay rights advocate and 

17joined the gay Catholic group Dignity in St. Louis; he had a 

18deep love for the Catholic Church and worked throughout his 

19life to make it a spiritual home for LGBTQ people; and

20 WHEREAS, Rick Garcia worked for the liberal gay Catholic 

21group New Ways Ministry in Washington, D.C. before moving to 

22Chicago in 1986; he joined the effort to pass the city's Human 

SR0594- 2 -LRB104 20497 RMO 33970 r

1Rights Ordinance, which was enacted in 1988, and was a leading 

2advocate for passage of the Cook County Human Rights Ordinance 

3of 1993 and the expanded Illinois Human Rights Act of 2005; he 

4was a leader in lobbying for gay marriage in Illinois, which 

5became law in 2013; and

6 WHEREAS, Rick Garcia was a principal founder of the 

7Illinois Federation for Human Rights, later rena