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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.