Who Are We?

Illinois Prevent School Violence Act:
Legislative Sponsors and
Members of the Prevent School Violence Illinois Coalition

Legislative Sponsors of SB 3266:
Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford (Lead Sponsor)
Sen. David Koehler (Lead Co-Sponsor)
Sen. Mattie Hunter
Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
Sen. Antonio Muñoz
Sen. Emil Jones, III
Rep. Karen A. Yarbrough (Lead Sponsor)
Rep. William Davis
Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie
Rep. Lou Lang
Rep. Eddie Lee Jackson, Sr.
Rep. Fred Crespo
Rep. Jack D. Franks
Rep. Monique D. Davis
Rep. Cynthia Soto
Rep. Elizabeth Hernandez
Rep. Al Riley
Rep. Jehan A. Gordon

Organizational Members of Prevent School Violence Illinois:
21st Judicial Circuit Family Violence Coordinating Council
ACLU of Illinois
Abraham Low Self-Help Systems
Advanced Youth Leadership Power
Advocacy Council for Human Rights
Affinity Community Services
Allied for Equality
Bloomington Human Relations Commission
Center on Halsted
Central Illinois Chapter of ACLU
Chicago Academy High School Gay-Straight Alliance
Chicago Coalition for the Homeless
Chicago Foundation for Women
Chicago Lakeshore Hospital
Equality Illinois
Evanston Township High School Gay-Straight Alliance
First Congregational United Church of Christ
Hancock High School Gay-Straight Alliance
Health & Disability Advocates
Health & Medicine Policy Research Group
Illinois African American Coalition for Prevention
Illinois Caucus for Adolescent Health
Illinois Center for Violence Prevention
Illinois Collaboration on Youth
Illinois Counseling Association
Illinois Department of Human Rights
Illinois Department of Public Health
Illinois Education Association
Illinois Parent Teacher Association (PTA)
Illinois Psychiatric Society
Illinois Psychological Association
Illinois Safe Schools Alliance
Illinois Schools Counselors Association
Illinois School Health Association
Illinois Violence Prevention Authority
Iroquois-Kankakee Regional Office of Education #32
Inter-American Magnet School
Lear Management, Inc./John Matthew Rodriguez
Lincoln Park High School S.U.D.S.
Lyons Township High School PRISM
Maine South High School Gay-Straight Alliance
Mental Health America of Illinois
National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Illinois
North Shore Unitarian Church
Oak Grove School (K-8), District 68
Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG), Kankakee
PFLAG, Northern IL Council
PFLAG, Woodstock
Prosser High School Gay-Straight Alliance
Quad Citians Affirming Diversity
Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice Roots
This Is ME, Inc.
Umoja Student Development Corporation
Voices for Illinois Children
Walter Payton College Prep Queer-Straight Alliance
Wings Early Education Center
YWCA Evanston-North Shore

Individual Members of Prevent School Violence Illinois:
Avis Shapiro (member, PFLAG)
Cristen Adams (member, Salem Baptist Church)
Caitlin Bergh (member, PFLAG)
Sylvia Bridges (member, Salem Baptist Church)
Steph Churchill (employee, District 150, Peoria Public Schools)
Tiera Claudin (graduate of Peoria Public Schools, District 150)
Emily Gill (professor, Bradley University)
Lisa Jaburek (member, PFLAG)
Samantha Martin (High School Student)
Jeffrey Norby (member, PFLAG)
Tea Sefer (High School Student)
Jill Weber (parent)