Bill Text: TX SR317 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Recognizing May 14, 2019, as Alpha Kappa Alpha Day.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-05-14 - Reported enrolled [SR317 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SR317-Enrolled.html
|
|
||
| WHEREAS, Proud members of the South Central Region of Alpha | ||
| Kappa Alpha Sorority are gathering in Austin on May 14, 2019, to | ||
| celebrate Alpha Kappa Alpha Day at the State Capitol; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The nation's first Greek sorority for African | ||
| American women, Alpha Kappa Alpha was founded as a social and | ||
| service organization on January 15, 1908, by Howard University | ||
| undergraduate Ethel Hedgeman Lyle and 19 other students; these | ||
| inspiring women are today known as "the Twenty Pearls"; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The sorority seeks to cultivate and encourage | ||
| high scholastic and ethical standards, to promote unity and | ||
| friendship among college women, to improve the social stature of | ||
| women of all ages, and to be of service to all mankind; a member | ||
| of the National Pan-Hellenic Council, Alpha Kappa Alpha serves | ||
| people around the world through the efforts of nearly 300,000 | ||
| members in over 1,000 chapters located in the United States, the | ||
| United States Virgin Islands, the Bahamas, Bermuda, Canada, | ||
| Germany, South Korea, Japan, Dubai, and Liberia; and | ||
| WHEREAS, For more than a century, the group has made a | ||
| positive difference with its important work in the areas of civil | ||
| rights, education, economic empowerment, and health care; under | ||
| the leadership of the sorority's 30th international president, | ||
| Dr. Glenda Baskin Glover, Alpha Kappa Alpha continues to focus on | ||
| the personal and professional development of its members, on the | ||
| bonds of sisterhood, and on its domestic and international | ||
| servant leadership; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Alpha Kappa Alpha has long remained at the | ||
| forefront of effective advocacy and social change, and its | ||
| members' efforts have made an important contribution to the goals | ||
| of equality and equity for all citizens of the world; now, | ||
| therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 86th | ||
| Legislature, hereby recognize May 14, 2019, as Alpha Kappa Alpha | ||
| Day at the State Capitol and extend a warm welcome to the | ||
| sorority's visiting delegation. | ||
| Miles | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| President of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that the | ||
| above Resolution was adopted by | ||
| the Senate on May 14, 2019. | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| Member, Texas Senate | ||
