Illinois SR 730: MEMORIAL-OLGHA S. SANDMAN

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SR0730LRB104 20800 ECR 34318 r

1SENATE RESOLUTION

2 WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened 

3to learn of the death of Olgha Sierra Sandman, who passed away 

4on January 27, 2026; and

5 WHEREAS, Olgha Sandman, the daughter of Reverend Daniel 

6Sierra Barocio and Luz Ramos Sierra, was born in Linares, 

7Nuevo Leon, Mexico in 1927; she enrolled at the Baptist 

8Missionary Training School in Chicago in 1950; she married J. 

9Robert (Bob) Sandman in 1955; and

10 WHEREAS, Olgha Sandman initially worked as a teacher in 

11Monterrey, and she also worked with children in Migrant 

12Ministry in the summer of 1951; and

13 WHEREAS, Olgha Sandman dedicated her career to supporting 

14immigrant farmworkers, starting with her participation in the 

15Delano Grape Boycott in 1970; she was a supporter and 

16colleague of Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta, and she was 

17active with the Coalition of Immokalee Workers, the Farm Labor 

18Organizing Committee (FLOC), the United Farm Workers, and 

19other organizations; and

20 WHEREAS, Olgha Sandman served as the founding director of 

21the Illinois Farm Worker Ministry from 1974 to 1992, on the 

SR0730- 2 -LRB104 20800 ECR 34318 r

1board of directors of the National Farm Workers Ministry since 

2its founding in 1970, and as interim president and director of 

3the National Farm Worker Ministry in the late 1990s; she 

4launched the Illinois Farm Worker Service Center in 1981, and 

5she co-founded the Farmworker and Landscaper Advocacy Project 

6(FLAP) in 1999; she was also instrumental in advocating for 

7passage of the Illinois Field Sanitation Law and the 

8legalization of undocumented workers under the Immigration 

9Reform and Control Act; and

10 WHEREAS,