88R11649 CJM-D
By: Allen H.R. No. 202
R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, Proud members of the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority are
gathering in Austin on March 7, 2023, 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 more than 355,000 members in over 1,000
chapters located in the United States, the U.S. Virgin Islands, the
Bahamas, Bermuda, Canada, Germany, South Korea, Japan, Dubai,
Liberia, Nigeria, and South Africa; 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 31st international president, Danette
Anthony Reed, 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 House of Representatives of the 88th Texas
Legislature hereby recognize March 7, 2023, as Alpha Kappa Alpha
Day at the State Capitol and extend a warm welcome to the sorority's
visiting delegation.