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2015 Regular Session
HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 12
BY REPRESENTATIVE BARROW
A RESOLUTION
To recognize Tuesday, May 19, 2015, as the thirty-first annual Red and White Day at the
Louisiana Legislature.
WHEREAS, it is appropriate to commend Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated,
for its outstanding achievements and generous community service for one hundred two years
and to recognize Tuesday, May 19, 2015, as Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated's Red
and White Day at the Louisiana Legislature; and
WHEREAS, the Louisiana Social Action Committee of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority,
Incorporated, would like to acknowledge the vision of Red and White Day at the Louisiana
Legislature that began in 1985 and has resulted in Red and White Day growing from a
Louisiana tradition, to one observed by many of the sorority's thousands of chapters
throughout the country and held annually at the nation's capital in Washington D.C.; and
WHEREAS, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority was founded on January 13, 1913, by
twenty-two collegiate women at Howard University who were eager to use their collective
strength to promote academic excellence, to provide scholarships and support to those in
need, to educate and stimulate participation in the establishment of positive public policy,
and to highlight issues and find solutions to problems in their communities; and
WHEREAS, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority exercises its collective strength to promote
academic excellence and to provide assistance to the community; and
WHEREAS, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority was incorporated in 1930 and is a private,
nonprofit organization that provides assistance and support through established programs
in local communities and throughout the world; and
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WHEREAS, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated, is the largest African
American Greek letter sorority, a sisterhood of more than two hundred thousand
predominately African American college educated women, comprised of more than nine
hundred chapters located in the United States, England, Japan, Germany, the Virgin Islands,
Bermuda, Haiti, the Bahamas, and the Republic of Korea; and
WHEREAS, the members of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated, stand on the
shoulders of giants such as former state representatives Renee Gill Pratt, Rosalind Peychaud,
Jalila Jefferson Bullock, and the late Pinkie Carolyn Wilkerson, Senator Karen Carter
Peterson, and former state senators Diana E. Bajoie and Cheryl Gray Evans who have left
an incredible imprint on this state's history; and
WHEREAS, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated, uses its Five-Point Program;
Thrust of Economic Development, Educational Development, International Awareness and
Involvement, Physical and Mental Health, and Political Awareness and Involvement to
uplift, encourage, and develop the global community; and
WHEREAS, the organizational structure and governance of Delta Sigma Theta
Sorority, Incorporated, is invested in the Grand Chapter, which meets at a biennial national
convention, and regional conferences are held in the seven geographic regions of the
organization during nonconvention years; and
WHEREAS, the success of the public service programs of Delta Sigma Theta
Sorority, Incorporated, has depended upon its commitment to community service and
academic achievement as well as its quest for excellence in all endeavors.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the House of Representatives of the
Legislature of Louisiana does hereby recognize Tuesday, May 19, 2015, as Delta Sigma
Theta Sorority, Incorporated's thirty-first annual Red and White Day at the Louisiana
Legislature; does hereby commend the women of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated,
for their exceptional achievements and manifold contributions; and does hereby extend
enduring appreciation to the organization and its members for the tremendous pride and
honor that they bring to their local communities, the state of Louisiana, and the United States
of America.
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a suitable copy of this Resolution be transmitted
to the president of the Grand Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated, and to
the regional director for the Southwest Region of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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