| 1 | 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 281 |
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| 2 | 2 | | WHEREAS, Proud members of the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority |
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| 3 | 3 | | are gathering in Austin on March 7, 2023, to celebrate Alpha |
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| 4 | 4 | | Kappa Alpha Day at the State Capitol; and |
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| 5 | 5 | | WHEREAS, The nation's first Greek sorority for African |
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| 6 | 6 | | American women, Alpha Kappa Alpha was founded as a social and |
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| 7 | 7 | | service organization on January 15, 1908, by Howard University |
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| 8 | 8 | | undergraduate Ethel Hedgeman Lyle and 19 other students; these |
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| 9 | 9 | | inspiring women are today known as "the Twenty Pearls"; and |
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| 10 | 10 | | WHEREAS, The sorority seeks to cultivate and encourage |
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| 11 | 11 | | high scholastic and ethical standards, to promote unity and |
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| 12 | 12 | | friendship among college women, to improve the social stature |
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| 13 | 13 | | of women of all ages, and to be of service to all mankind; a |
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| 14 | 14 | | member of the National Pan-Hellenic Council, Alpha Kappa Alpha |
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| 15 | 15 | | serves people around the world through the efforts of more than |
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| 16 | 16 | | 355,000 members in over 1,000 chapters located in the United |
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| 17 | 17 | | States, the U.S. Virgin Islands, the Bahamas, Bermuda, Canada, |
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| 18 | 18 | | Germany, South Korea, Japan, Dubai, Liberia, Nigeria, and |
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| 19 | 19 | | South Africa; and |
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| 20 | 20 | | WHEREAS, For more than a century, the group has made a |
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| 21 | 21 | | positive difference with its important work in the areas of civil |
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| 22 | 22 | | rights, education, economic empowerment, and health care; under |
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| 23 | 23 | | the leadership of the sorority's 31st international president, |
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| 24 | 24 | | Danette Anthony Reed, Alpha Kappa Alpha continues to focus on the |
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| 25 | 25 | | personal and professional development of its members, on the |
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| 26 | 26 | | bonds of sisterhood, and on its domestic and international |
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| 27 | 27 | | servant leadership; and |
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| 28 | 28 | | WHEREAS, Alpha Kappa Alpha has long remained at the |
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| 29 | 29 | | forefront of effective advocacy and social change, and its |
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| 30 | 30 | | members' efforts have made an important contribution to the goals |
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| 31 | 31 | | of equality and equity for all citizens of the world; now, |
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| 32 | 32 | | therefore, be it |
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| 33 | 33 | | RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 88th |
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| 34 | 34 | | Legislature, hereby recognize March 7, 2023, as Alpha Kappa Alpha |
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| 35 | 35 | | Day at the State Capitol and extend a warm welcome to the |
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| 36 | 36 | | sorority's visiting delegation. |
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| 37 | 37 | | Miles, Alvarado, Perry, West |
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| 38 | 38 | | ________________________________ |
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| 39 | 39 | | President of the Senate |
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| 40 | 40 | | I hereby certify that the |
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| 41 | 41 | | above Resolution was adopted by |
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| 42 | 42 | | the Senate on March 7, 2023. |
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| 43 | 43 | | ________________________________ |
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| 44 | 44 | | Secretary of the Senate |
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| 45 | 45 | | ________________________________ |
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| 46 | 46 | | Member, Texas Senate |
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| 47 | 47 | | ________________________________ |
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| 48 | 48 | | Member, Texas Senate |
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| 49 | 49 | | ________________________________ |
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| 50 | 50 | | Member, Texas Senate |
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| 51 | 51 | | ________________________________ |
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| 52 | 52 | | Member, Texas Senate |
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