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SENATE RESOLUTION 64
By Lamar
SR0064
006040
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A RESOLUTION to honor Tracey Morant Adams, Ph.D., Alpha
Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., South Eastern
Region Director.
WHEREAS, we are pleased to recognize the leaders of those estimable organizations
who, through their unflagging commitment and unwavering dedication to the highest tenets of
community service, enrich the lives of the citizens of this State; and
WHEREAS, one such individual is Dr. Tracey Morant Adams, who currently serves the
South Eastern Region of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., as Regional Director; and
WHEREAS, the South Eastern Region of Alpha Kappa Alpha includes the states of
Tennessee, Mississippi, and Alabama, with more than 118 undergraduate and graduate
chapters and over 14,000 active members who are dedicated to the mission of their illustrious
organization; and
WHEREAS, the Tennessee Cluster of the region has continued to grow and thrive over
the years; its current membership totals thirty-three chapters across the Volunteer State's three
Grand Divisions; and
WHEREAS, motivated by an altruistic concern for human welfare, Dr. Morant Adams
was initiated in the Mu Chapter in 1985 and has remained an active member since that time;
she has served at all levels of the sorority, most recently as Chairman of the International
Membership Committee, spearheading a campaign to reactivate more than 30,000 members;
and
WHEREAS, her impressive tenure of service also includes being a Representative to the
Membership, Standards Committees, and the I/E Investigations Team; at the regional level, she
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has served as Operations Chairman, Logistics Chairman, Secretary, and General Chairman of
the 79
th
South Eastern Regional Conference; and
WHEREAS, additionally, she is a Charter Member of the Upsilon Eta Omega Chapter
and a certified Parliamentarian, Graduate Advisor, and Financial Officer; and
WHEREAS, apart from her involvement with Alpha Kappa Alpha, Inc., Dr. Tracey Morant
Adams is Chief Community Development and Corporate Social Responsibility Officer for
Renasant Bank and serves as Executive Strategist for the bank's DEI framework; and
WHEREAS, her humanitarian efforts have been celebrated by many, including the
NAACP, Profiles in Diversity Journal, and Savoy magazine, which named her among the Most
Influential Black Executives in Corporate America; and
WHERES, Dr. Morant Adams's civic affiliations include serving on the Talladega College
Board of Trustees, the Birmingham Kiwanis Board, The Women's Foundation of Alabama,
Children's Hospital of Alabama, and The Links, Incorporated; she also serves on national
community development advocacy boards and was appointed to the Alabama Women's
Statutes Commission by the governor of Alabama in 2021; and
WHEREAS, her many accomplishments aside, she is most grateful for the love of her
husband, Jeffery J. Adams, Sr., a Life Member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., and proud to
be the bonus mother of J.J. Adams and the daughter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., Life
Member Callie W. Morant; her goddaughter, Trinity Odongo, is also a member of the sorority;
and
WHEREAS, Director Tracey Morant Adams has ably steered the South Eastern Region
toward continued, unparalleled success, ever furthering the mission of Alpha Kappa Alpha along
with her sorors from Tennessee, Mississippi, and Alabama; now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FOURTEENTH
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE, that we honor Alpha Kappa Alpha
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Sorority, Inc., South Eastern Region Director Tracey Morant Adams, Ph.D., extending our best
wishes for her continued success.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that an appropriate copy of this resolution be prepared
for presentation with this final clause omitted from such copy.