lena kim creating custom jewelry in evanston or leif anderson still using his grandfather's original recipes to make and sell candy in ichmond. that is the illinois i see, one of possibilities. when your faith in our future flags i urge you to remember reverend collier and his ruined church. how he was the vessel for his parishioners' burnt hopes. how he saw the natural beauty of illinois and knew that nothing could steal that from them. i see the natural beauty of illinois in our people. more than anything else, i see it in our capacity to be kind. consider the story a few weeks and f casey handel -- who e who feehlau to moved and proudly flew a rainbow flag behind their home. someone snuck in and stole it and replaced it with the american flag. the thief didn't understand that you rob the american flag of meaning when you steal a person's symbol of self-expression. [applause] now, that could have been the end of that story but casey and zedette's neighbor kim wouldn't let it be. she paut pride flag in her yard in solidarity. then she kept buying them because her neighbors kept aski

jamie glatfelter quitting a software development incubator, jeremy draper chapin glass in peoria, lena kim creating custom jewelry in evanston or leif erickson still using his grandfather's original rep as he to make and sell candy in richmond. that is the illinois that i see, one of possibility and promise. that is the illinois that i know. one whose people are fillers and audacious, and that's the division i have for this state. another century of boundless opportunity. when your faith in this future flags, i urge you to remember reverend collier and his ruined church. how he was the vessel for his parishioners' birdhouse. how he saw the natural beauty of illinois and knew that nothing could sealed steel that from them. i see the natural unity of illinois and our people. more than anything else i see it in our capacity to be kind. consider the story a few weeks ago of casey handle and jeanette rosado. casey and rosette moved to barrington last may and they proudly flew a rainbow flag behind their home. and then, someone snuck into their backyard and stole it, replacing it with an america