Archive for the Friend of the Community Category

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FRIEND OF THE COMMUNITY | Inducted 2015 Camilla B. Taylor, 44, attorney, for her successful prosecution of Lambda Legal’s marriage […]

Photo by: Dean La Prairie

FRIEND OF THE COMMUNITY | Inducted 2015 Jan Schakowsky, 71, U.S. Representative, for being a leading advocate on issues of […]

Photo by: Chris Dilts

FRIEND OF THE COMMUNITY | Inducted 2016 Patrick Quinn, 68 | Governor of Illinois from 2009-2015. Quinn is a longtime […]

Photo by: Israel Wright

FRIEND OF THE COMMUNITY | Inducted 2014 Clarence N. Wood, 74, a veteran human-rights advocate and former Chicago Commission on Human […]

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FRIEND OF THE COMMUNITY | Inducted 2014 Heather A. Steans, 51, an Illinois state senator, for six years of legislative […]

Photo by: Israel Wright

FRIEND OF THE COMMUNITY | Inducted 2014 Lucretia Clay-Ward, 49, an HIV/AIDS survivor, counselor, and advocate, for 13 years of HIV […]

Photo by: Israel Wright

FRIEND OF THE COMMUNITY | Inducted 2013 Brenda Webb, 60, executive director of Chicago Filmmakers, for her 32 years of perseverance […]

FRIEND OF THE COMMUNITY | Inducted 2013 Neil Steinberg, 53, for 26 years as a Chicago Sun-Times writer or columnist who […]

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FRIEND OF THE COMMUNITY | Inducted 2012 Laura S. Washington, 57, for her 29 years of supporting LGBT communities as a […]

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County Clerk's Office

FRIEND OF THE COMMUNITY | Inducted 2012 David Orr, 67, for his 38 years of outspoken support for LGBT communities as […]