Illinois SR 437: MEMORIAL EARL H LONG

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SR0437LRB104 15579 ECR 28745 r

1SENATE RESOLUTION

2 WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened 

3to learn of the death of Lori F. Cannon of Chicago, who passed 

4away on August 3, 2025; and

5 WHEREAS, Lori Cannon dedicated her life to serving the 

6LGBTQ+ community and fighting against the HIV/AIDS epidemic; 

7she became one of the earliest volunteers for Chicago House, 

8the first local agency to provide housing for people with 

9HIV/AIDS; she attended the National March on Washington for 

10Lesbian and Gay Rights in 1987, where she encountered the 

11NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt and became involved with the 

12organization, helping launch the NAMES Project Chicago Chapter 

13and bringing the AIDS Memorial Quilt to Chicago in 1988, 1990, 

14and 1994; and

15 WHEREAS, Lori Cannon co-founded the AIDS Coalition to 

16Unleash Power (ACT UP) Chicago, a grassroots protest group 

17created to demand better care and treatment of HIV/AIDS 

18patients, in 1988; that same year, she utilized her 

19professional driving expertise as a founding board member for 

20Open Hand Chicago, a meals-on-wheels program for people with 

21HIV/AIDS, which later developed into the Groceryland pantry 

22network; she also founded the Chicago-based Legacy Project, 

23honoring LGBTQ+ contributions to world history and culture, in 

SR0437- 2 -LRB104 15579 ECR 28745 r

12010; she further served the community as a volunteer with 

2AIDS Legal Counsel of Chicago, STOP AIDS Chicago, Howard Brown 

3Health, AIDS Walk Chicago, and the AIDS care unit at Advocate 

4Illinois Masonic Medical Center; and

5 WHEREAS, Lori Cannon's efforts to establish the Open Hand 

6Meals-on-Wheels program and the GroceryLand network of food 

7pan