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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 | | learn of the death of Sonya Audrea Fields Ph.D. of Chicago, who | 4 | | passed away on January 9, 2019; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Sonya Fields was born in Chicago to Clinton B. | 6 | | and Roberta Usher Fields on November 28, 1981; when she was ten | 7 | | years old, she committed to her faith and was baptized at | 8 | | Bellevue Baptist Church; she attended Morgan Park High School, | 9 | | where she ran track and played volleyball; like her brothers, | 10 | | she also trained in Kuk Sool martial arts; she earned her high | 11 | | school diploma at the age of 16; she received her Bachelor of | 12 | | Science in Education from Chicago State University in 2003; she | 13 | | then earned her Master of Science in Reading from Chicago State | 14 | | University in 2007; in 2010, she was awarded her Doctorate in | 15 | | Educational Leadership from National Louis University; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Sonya Fields taught at several Chicago Public | 17 | | Schools; she most recently taught second grade at Arthur Dixon | 18 | | Elementary School; she was a tireless advocate for her students | 19 | | and created a nurturing classroom community with high | 20 | | expectations, where students considered each other family; she | 21 | | encouraged her students to persevere and assured them they | 22 | | could succeed, no matter the odds; her students especially | 23 | | appreciated her ability to illustrate how classroom skills are |
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| 1 | | used by real people every day; she worked with other teachers | 2 | | to organize learning nights during the year to inform parents | 3 | | about the learning that was taking place inside the classroom; | 4 | | and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, In 2015, Dr. Sonya Fields received the Golden | 6 | | Apple Award for her efforts to build a stronger, | 7 | | better-educated society; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Sonya Fields was service minded and never | 9 | | hesitated to help others; she cherished close relationships | 10 | | with family members and longtime friends, and she valued her | 11 | | sisterhood with her Alpha Kappa Alpha sorors; she loved her | 12 | | daughter and guided her with wisdom and faith; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Sonya Fields was preceded in death by her | 14 | | father; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Sonya Fields is survived by her mother; her | 16 | | husband, Joran Banks; her daughter, Heather Taylor; her | 17 | | brothers, Clinton B. (Erica) Fields Jr. and Randall B. (Lenika) | 18 | | Fields; her nephews and nieces, Clinton III, Lauren, Olivia, | 19 | | Austin, and Bryce; her aunts and uncles; her many cousins; and | 20 | | her friends with whom she felt a spiritual kinship and | 21 | | considered family of the heart; therefore, be it
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL | 2 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 3 | | Sonya Audrea Fields Ph.D. and extend our sincere condolences to | 4 | | her family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it | 5 | | further
| 6 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 7 | | presented to the family of Dr. Sonya Fields as an expression of | 8 | | our deepest sympathy.
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