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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
| 3 | Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Tameka | ||||||
| 4 | Marie Moore, who passed away on June 27, 2017; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Tameka Moore was born in Chicago to Patricia and | ||||||
| 6 | Alexander Moore on April 29, 1985; she attended the Jesse Owens | ||||||
| 7 | Community Academy and the Gompers Elementary Fine
Arts Option | ||||||
| 8 | School; she graduated from Morgan Park High School in 2003; she | ||||||
| 9 | was baptized at Pleasant Green Missionary Baptist Church in | ||||||
| 10 | Chicago, and in 2010, she
became a member of Salem Baptist | ||||||
| 11 | Church of Chicago; she graduated from Southern Illinois | ||||||
| 12 | University in Carbondale in 2008 with a Bachelor of Science in | ||||||
| 13 | Marketing; she was affectionately
known as "Meechy"; and
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| 14 | WHEREAS, After graduating from college, Tameka Moore
began | ||||||
| 15 | a successful career in sales and marketing with corporations | ||||||
| 16 | such as PLS and Careerbuilder; in 2010,
she made the decision | ||||||
| 17 | to "go natural" by cutting off her chemically relaxed hair; she | ||||||
| 18 | begin documenting her natural hair journey by launching a | ||||||
| 19 | YouTube channel known as
"Meechy Monroe";
her channel quickly | ||||||
| 20 | grew viral as tens of thousands of African American women from | ||||||
| 21 | all over flocked
to her channel to learn her methods of styling | ||||||
| 22 | and maintaining natural hair; and | ||||||
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| 1 | WHEREAS, Tameka Moore was joined by her older sister and | ||||||
| 2 | they became known as "The Monroe Sisters"; the sisters went on | ||||||
| 3 | to become
YouTube sensations with a combined following of | ||||||
| 4 | 200,000 subscribers and over 13 million videos
views; the duo | ||||||
| 5 | traveled throughout the United States and parts of Europe | ||||||
| 6 | sharing their expertise, tactics,
and enthusiasm for embracing | ||||||
| 7 | natural hair; and | ||||||
| 8 | WHEREAS, Tameka Moore's selfless commitment led to major | ||||||
| 9 | partnerships
with some of the largest beauty brands in the | ||||||
| 10 | world to make natural hair care education, products, and
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| 11 | resources available to African American women; and
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| 12 | WHEREAS, Tameka Moore will be remembered for her heart of | ||||||
| 13 | gold and strong compassion for others; she played an active | ||||||
| 14 | role in all the lives she touched and was always willing to go
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| 15 | the extra mile to inspire and encourage those who need it most; | ||||||
| 16 | and
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| 17 | WHEREAS, Tameka Moore is survived by her parents; her
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| 18 | sisters, Latina Moore, Katara Giles (Richard), Vaughn Colquitt | ||||||
| 19 | (Anthony), and Alexandria Moore; her
nieces, Isha Wilkins, | ||||||
| 20 | Laylah Giles, and Anne Marie Colquitt; her nephew, Cameron | ||||||
| 21 | Colquitt; her great-niece
and nephew, Armone Wilkins Moore and | ||||||
| 22 | Jeremiah Alex King; her beloved dog, Armani, and an endless
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| 23 | amount of family, friends, and fans; therefore, be it
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| 1 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
| 2 | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | ||||||
| 3 | mourn the passing of Tameka Marie Moore, and extend our sincere | ||||||
| 4 | condolences to her family, friends, and all who knew and loved | ||||||
| 5 | her; and be it further
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| 6 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 7 | presented to the family of Tameka Moore as an expression of our | ||||||
| 8 | deepest sympathy.
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