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This resolution congratulates Alan Mills on his retirement as executive director of the Uptown People's Law Center (UPLC), a nonprofit legal organization, after an impressive 45-year career. The resolution highlights Mills' extensive contributions to the organization, noting that he began as a volunteer law student in 1979 and progressively advanced to become executive director in 2014, during which time he expanded the organization's staff from four to 20 people and increased its annual budget to over $2 million. Throughout his tenure, Mills was instrumental in developing UPLC's national reputation for prisoners' rights, leading significant civil rights litigation, and fighting against practices like solitary confinement. The resolution also recognizes his work in tenant rights, community organizing, and his ongoing role as an adjunct professor at Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law, where he teaches a seminar on prisons and prisoners' rights. Additionally, the resolution notes that Mills plans to continue supporting UPLC as a part-time staff attorney after his retirement. The document formally congratulates Mills, wishes him well in his future endeavors, and resolves to present him with a copy of the resolution as an expression of esteem and respect.

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