Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House Bill HR194 Compare Versions

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5	5	By Representatives Boyd, McClammy, Hollis, Givan
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7	7	First Read: 03-Apr-25
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15	15	HR___ CELEBRATING ALPHA KAPPA ALPHA DAY ON APRIL 3, 2025.
16	16	WHEREAS, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, is
17	17	the first intercollegiate historically African American
18	18	sorority; it was founded on January 15, 1908, at Howard
19	19	University in Washington, D.C., by a group of 16 students
20	20	led by Ethel Hedgemon Lyle; the sorority was incorporated on
21	21	January 29, 1913; and
22	22	WHEREAS, the sorority is one of the nation's largest
23	23	Greek Letter Organizations, having more than 350,000 members
24	24	in 1,024 chapters in the United States of America and
25	25	several other countries; the members share the bonds of
26	26	sisterhood and are committed to servant-leadership; and
27	27	WHEREAS, the Omicron Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa
28	28	Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, received its charter on
29	29	October 24, 1924, in Birmingham, Alabama, becoming the 15th
30	30	chapter of the sorority and the first graduate chapter to be
31	31	chartered in the Southeastern Region; the eight charter
32	32	members, Hilda Evans, Vivian F. Bell, Jessie Coleman, Wilma
33	33	Davis, Mabel Harris, Eunice Hudson, Thelma Kingsley, and
34	34	Vernona Pierce, became the first African American members of
35	35	a sorority in the State of Alabama; and
36	36	WHEREAS, the chapter's membership has included
37	37	thousands of professional women who are dedicated public
38	38	servants and graduates from universities throughout the
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68	68	servants and graduates from universities throughout the
69	69	United States; today, the chapter membership stands at 385,
70	70	the largest in the chapter's history; and
71	71	WHEREAS, in the early 1950s, under the leadership of
72	72	A. Lucile Brewer, the Omicron Omega Chapter experienced
73	73	another milestone by becoming the first Black Greek Letter
74	74	Organization to purchase a chapter house in the State of
75	75	Alabama; additionally, in this same timeframe, they were
76	76	instrumental in establishing the Birmingham Chapter of the
77	77	Panhellenic Council; and
78	78	WHEREAS, over the course of the last century, the
79	79	Omicron Omega Chapter has had a profound philanthropic
80	80	impact on the greater Birmingham community, having donated
81	81	over $1.5 million in charitable contributions to
82	82	organizations such as the United Negro College Fund,
83	83	National Association for the Advancement of Colored People,
84	84	Miles College, The Sickle Cell Foundation of Central
85	85	Alabama, March of Dimes, Dance Across Birmingham, and the
86	86	American Heart Association; and
87	87	WHEREAS, additionally, the 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, the 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, the Omicron Omega Chapter
131	131	established its philanthropic arm, the Cultural and
132	132	Educational Advancement Foundation (CEAF), to further its
133	133	philanthropic impact on the Birmingham community; in 2022,
134	134	CEAF opened The Pearl Center, a $1.6 million facility in the
135	135	Bush Hills neighborhood designed as a space to facilitate
136	136	charitable endeavors for the larger Birmingham community;
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138	138	BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
139	139	LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA, That on Thursday, April 3, 2025, we
140	140	celebrate Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Day at the Capitol, and
141	141	we express sincere appreciation to the Omicron Omega Chapter
142	142	for their continuing dedication to service to the community
143	143	and to the great State of Alabama; we wish Alpha Kappa Alpha
144	144	Sorority, Incorporated, continued success in all future
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