Alabama 2024 Regular Session

Alabama House Bill HR52 Compare Versions

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5	5	By Representative Givan
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7	7	First Read: 21-Feb-24
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15	15	HR___ CELEBRATING ALPHA KAPPA ALPHA SORORITY DAY AT THE
16	16	CAPITOL ON TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2024.
17	17	WHEREAS, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, is
18	18	the first intercollegiate historically African American
19	19	sorority; it was founded on January 15, 1908, at Howard
20	20	University in Washington D.C., by a group of 16 students led
21	21	by Ethel Hedgemon Lyle; the sorority was incorporated on
22	22	January 29, 1913; and
23	23	WHEREAS, the sorority is one of the nation's largest
24	24	Greek Letter Organizations, having more than 350,000 members
25	25	in 1,024 chapters in the United States of America and
26	26	several other countries; the members share the bonds of
27	27	sisterhood and are committed to servant-leadership; and
28	28	WHEREAS, Omicron Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha
29	29	Sorority, Incorporated, received its charter on October 24,
30	30	1924, in Birmingham, Alabama, becoming the 15th chapter of
31	31	the sorority and the first graduate chapter to be chartered
32	32	in the Southeastern Region; the eight charter members, Hilda
33	33	Evans, Vivan F. Bell, Jessie Coleman, Wilma Davis, Mabel
34	34	Harris, Eunice Hudson, Thelma Kingsley, and Veronica Pierce,
35	35	became the first African American members of a sorority in
36	36	the State of Alabama; and
37	37	WHEREAS, the chapter's membership has included
38	38	thousands of professional women who are dedicated public
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68	68	thousands of professional women who are dedicated public
69	69	servants and graduates from universities throughout the
70	70	United States; today, chapter membership stands at 385, the
71	71	largest in the chapter's history; and
72	72	WHEREAS, in the early 1950s, under the leadership of
73	73	A. Lucile Brewer, Omicron Omega Chapter experienced another
74	74	milestone by becoming the first Black Greek Letter
75	75	Organization to purchase a chapter house in the State of
76	76	Alabama; additionally, in this same timeframe, they were
77	77	instrumental in establishing the Birmingham Chapter of the
78	78	Panhellenic Council; and
79	79	WHEREAS, over the course of the last century, Omicron
80	80	Omega Chapter has had a profound philanthropic impact on the
81	81	greater Birmingham community, having donated over $1.5
82	82	million in charitable contributions to organizations such as
83	83	the United Negro College Fund, National Association for the
84	84	Advancement of Colored People, Miles College, The Sickle
85	85	Cell Foundation of Central Alabama, March of Dimes, Dance
86	86	Across Birmingham, and the American Heart Association; and
87	87	WHEREAS, additionally, Omicron Omega Chapter has
88	88	invested time and financial support to Birmingham children
89	89	and their education; the members have spent thousands of
90	90	hours volunteering in local schools, and the Chapter has
91	91	distributed over $500,000 in college scholarships to
92	92	Birmingham-area students; and
93	93	Whereas, Omicron Omega Chapter has overseen the
94	94	establishment of five undergraduate chapters on college
95	95	campuses in the greater Birmingham area: Gamma Pi at Miles
96	96	College in 1970; Iota Phi at The University of Alabama at
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126	126	College in 1970; Iota Phi at The University of Alabama at
127	127	Birmingham in 1975; Mu Mu at the University of Montevallo in
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129	129	Omicron Mu at Samford University in 1988; and
130	130	WHEREAS, in 2001, Omicron Omega Chapter established
131	131	its philanthropic arm, the Cultural and Educational
132	132	Advancement Foundation, to further its philanthropic impact
133	133	on the Birmingham community; in 2022, CEAF opened The Pearl
134	134	Center, a $1.6 million facility in the Bush Hills
135	135	neighborhood designed as a space to facilitate charitable
136	136	endeavors for the larger Birmingham community; now
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138	138	BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
139	139	LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA, That on Tuesday, February 27, 2024,
140	140	we celebrate Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Day at the Capitol,
141	141	and we express sincere appreciation to the Omicron Omega
142	142	Chapter for their continuing dedication to service to the
143	143	community and to the great State of Alabama; we wish Alpha
144	144	Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, continued success in all
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