Hispanopedia WikiJanaye Michelle Ingram is a political organizer from Cherry Hill, New Jersey.
Biography
Ingram was crowned Miss New Jersey USA 2004 in Jersey City, New Jersey in late 2003. She later represented New Jersey in the Miss USA 2004 pageant held in Los Angeles, California in April 2004 where she went unplaced.[1]
She is originally from Camden, New Jersey, but later moved to Cherry Hill.[2] Ingram's family is well known in Camden. Her father and his siblings are musicians who worked closely with The Sound of Philadelphia. Her paternal aunt is Barbara Ingram.
She graduated from Clark Atlanta University with a B.A. in Psychology where she was initiated into the Alpha Pi chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority.[3] Ingram later went on to pursue a Master's of Science in Nonprofit Management at The New School's Milano School of International Affairs, Management, and Urban Policy.
Ingram's career took an unexpected transition when she began to write about various topics online specifically focusing on motherhood as a woman of color. In 2020, Ingram became unexpectedly pregnant with her daughter and carried to full term birthing her first child as a single mother in the middle of a pandemic.
Ingram has worked with organizations across the country to empower underserved populations and has received numerous awards and recognition for her efforts. In 2013, Ingram was promoted from her position as Washington, D.C. bureau chief to be national executive director of National Action Network, founded and led by Rev. Al Sharpton.[4][5] She is also board member for the Women in Entertainment Empowerment Network (WEEN) and started a scholarship campaign for children and youth in impoverished communities called Ambassadors of Hope. In 2017, she became known as Head of Logistics for the Women's March, which was the largest single-day protest in U.S. history.[6][7][8]
References
- ^ "Concurso Janaye Ingram-Miss Estados Unidos" . IMDB . Consultado el 30 de marzo de 2017 .
- ^ Goodman-Hughey, Ericka N. (20 de enero de 2017). "Janaye Ingram, gurú de la logística de la Marcha de las Mujeres, habla sobre cómo seguir adelante" . ESPNW . Recuperado el 30 de marzo de 2017 .
- ^ Montgomery, Sonsyrea Tate (20 de enero de 2012). "Éxito en medio de la pérdida de empleos, despidos y recesión" . Blog del Washington Post-The Root DC . Consultado el 30 de marzo de 2017 .
- ^ Feeney, Michael (15 de septiembre de 2013). "La exreina de belleza Janaye Ingram es nombrada directora ejecutiva interina de la National Action Network" . NY Daily News .
- ^ Williams, Lauren (8 de abril de 2014). "La Red Nacional de Acción aumenta su enfoque en las mujeres" . Essence .
- ^ "Organizadora de la Marcha de las Mujeres: 'Estamos comprometidas' a luchar por el cambio" . NPR. 23 de enero de 2017.
- ^ Felsenthal, Julia (10 de enero de 2017). "Estas son las mujeres que organizaron la Marcha de las Mujeres en Washington" . Vogue . Consultado el 7 de octubre de 2017 .
- ^ Waddell, Kavel (23 de enero de 2017). "El agotador trabajo de contabilizar la mayor protesta de Estados Unidos" . The Atlantic (edición en línea) . Recuperado el 7 de octubre de 2017 .
Publicaciones seleccionadas
- Ingram, Janaye (2016). "Profesores: Seamos honestos por un momento" . News One . Interactive One, LLC . Recuperado el 30 de marzo de 2017 .
- Ingram, Janaye (2015). "#SayHerName: Olvidadas e ignoradas" . News One . Interactive One, LLC . Recuperado el 30 de marzo de 2017 .
Video
Apariciones en C-SPAN
Enlaces externos
- Sitio web oficial de Miss Nueva Jersey USA. Archivado el 16 de agosto de 2015 en Wayback Machine.
- Sitio web oficial de Miss USA
- El Grio
- Sitio web oficial de Janaye Ingram
- Nacimientos de 1978
- Personas vivas
- Gente de Cherry Hill, Nueva Jersey
- Gente de Camden, Nueva Jersey
- Delegadas de Miss USA 2004
- feministas afroamericanas
- feministas estadounidenses
- activistas afroamericanos
- mujeres afroamericanas del siglo XXI
- afroamericanos del siglo XX