Full Text of HR0652 99th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, State Representative Monique D. Davis and the | 3 | | members of the Illinois House of Representatives are saddened | 4 | | to learn of the death of Joyce Ann "Aisha" Ingram, who passed | 5 | | away on July 8, 2015; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Aisha Ingram was born in Chicago on March 4, 1957 | 7 | | to Eugene and Viola Handley; she attended Fernwood Elementary | 8 | | and graduated from Harlan High School in 1975; she married | 9 | | Walter "Mahir" Ingram on July 20, 1975; she earned her | 10 | | bachelor's degree in business education in May of 1990 and her | 11 | | master's degree in special education and teaching from Chicago | 12 | | State University in 1997; in August of 2004, she received her
| 13 | | second master's degree in educational administration and her | 14 | | Type 75-Certification from Governors State
University; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Aisha Ingram worked as a work study coordinator | 16 | | developing one of the largest
work study programs in Chicago | 17 | | Public Schools; as a business finance educator and accounting | 18 | | teacher for over 20
years, she fostered relationships with | 19 | | businesses that offered employment opportunities to students | 20 | | who in
turn loved her; she taught at Harlan High School, Simeon | 21 | | High School, Fenger High School, and Julian
High School; she | 22 | | worked in and always served in leadership
roles, including | 23 | | Department Chair of the Education to Career Department of Percy |
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| 1 | | L. Julian High School,
the Instructional Leadership Team for | 2 | | staff and curriculum development, teacher advocate of the | 3 | | Chicago
Teachers Union, the Professional Personnel Leadership | 4 | | Committee, the National Foundation for Teaching
| 5 | | Entrepreneurship, and the local school council; she sponsored | 6 | | annual business entrepreneurship
student selling events, | 7 | | annual business employee-employer banquets, career technical | 8 | | education cooperative
education luncheons, field trips, job | 9 | | shadowing, and internships; and | 10 | | WHEREAS, Aisha Ingram fell in love with dance while in high | 11 | | school and started taking African dance classes; she later
| 12 | | became a member of Muntu Dance Theater, performing with Muntu | 13 | | for over 20 years all over the world; she danced with Muntu in | 14 | | the 90s at the PanaFest in
Ghana along with Public Enemy, Isaac | 15 | | Hayes, and Jermaine Jackson; she was also featured in the
| 16 | | February of 1993 issue of Ebony Magazine in an article entitled | 17 | | "Professionals Who Moonlight as
Entertainers"; she recently | 18 | | returned to Ghana in 2014 and was called to dance at the Cape | 19 | | Coast/Elmina
Slave Castle; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, Aisha Ingram was extremely creative and a master | 21 | | braider; she started her own hair braiding business to
| 22 | | supplement her income; and
| 23 | | WHEREAS, Aisha Ingram was preceded in death by her mother, |
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| 1 | | Viola Handley; and
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Aisha Ingram is survived by her father, Eugene | 3 | | Handley; her husband, Walter; her children, Tovis Ingram, Ari
| 4 | | Ingram, and Micha'el Ingram; her brothers, Larry (Deborah) | 5 | | Handley and Kenneth (Angelia) Handley; her sister,
"Khadeshah" | 6 | | Marianne Gray; her nephews, Rosh and Khalil Handley, Anthony | 7 | | and Christopher Peterson,
Devoy Boyd, and Malawchee, Yosawn, | 8 | | Emawnuayl, and Ruvayn Gray; her nieces, Kinah Handley, La Dena
| 9 | | Ingram, Karimiah (Awri) Mckee, and Y'Neekaw Gray; her | 10 | | granddaughter, Amariyah Ingram (Ari Ingram
and Tangie Brooks); | 11 | | and a host of aunts, uncles, cousins, and friends; therefore, | 12 | | be it
| 13 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 14 | | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 15 | | mourn the passing of Joyce Ann "Aisha" Ingram, and extend our | 16 | | sincere condolences to her family, friends, and all who knew | 17 | | and loved her; and be it further
| 18 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 19 | | presented to the family of Aisha Ingram as an expression of our | 20 | | deepest sympathy.
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