SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 317
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
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President of the Senate
I hereby certify that the
above Resolution was adopted by
the Senate on May 14, 2019.
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Secretary of the Senate
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Member, Texas Senate