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1		-	SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 16
	1	+	89R10698 JRI-D
	2	+	By: Miles, et al. S.R. No. 16
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	7	+	R E S O L U T I O N
2	8		WHEREAS, Proud members of the South Central Region of Alpha
3		-	Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., are gathering in Austin on
4		-	January 29, 2025, to celebrate Alpha Kappa Alpha Day at the State
5		-	Capitol; and
	9	+	Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., are gathering in Austin on January 29,
	10	+	2025, to celebrate Alpha Kappa Alpha Day at the State Capitol; and
6	11		WHEREAS, The nation's first Greek sorority for African
7	12		American women, Alpha Kappa Alpha was founded as a social and
8	13		service organization on January 15, 1908, by Howard University
9	14		undergraduate Ethel Hedgeman Lyle and 19 other students; these
10	15		inspiring women are today known as "the Twenty Pearls"; and
11		-	WHEREAS, The sorority seeks to cultivate and encourage
12		-	high scholastic and ethical standards, to promote unity and
13		-	friendship among college women, to improve the social stature of
14		-	women of all ages, and to be of service to all mankind; a member
15		-	of the National Pan-Hellenic Council, Alpha Kappa Alpha serves
16		-	people around the world through the efforts of more than 360,000
17		-	members in over 1,000 chapters located in the United States, the
18		-	U.S. Virgin Islands, the Bahamas, Bermuda, Canada, Germany,
19		-	South Korea, Japan, the United Arab Emirates, Liberia, Nigeria,
20		-	and South Africa; and
	16	+	WHEREAS, The sorority seeks to cultivate and encourage high
	17	+	scholastic and ethical standards, to promote unity and friendship
	18	+	among college women, to improve the social stature of women of all
	19	+	ages, and to be of service to all mankind; a member of the National
	20	+	Pan-Hellenic Council, Alpha Kappa Alpha serves people around the
	21	+	world through the efforts of more than 360,000 members in over 1,000
	22	+	chapters located in the United States, the U.S. Virgin Islands, the
	23	+	Bahamas, Bermuda, Canada, Germany, South Korea, Japan, the United
	24	+	Arab Emirates, Liberia, Nigeria, and South Africa; and
21	25		WHEREAS, For more than a century, the group has made a
22		-	positive difference with its important work in the areas of
23		-	civil rights, education, economic empowerment, and health
24		-	care; under the leadership of the sorority's 31st
25		-	international president, Danette Anthony Reed, Alpha Kappa
26		-	Alpha continues to focus on the personal and professional
27		-	development of its members, on the bonds of sisterhood, and on
28		-	its domestic and international servant leadership; and
29		-	WHEREAS, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., has long
30		-	remained at the forefront of effective advocacy and social
31		-	change, and its members' efforts have made an important
32		-	contribution to the goals of equality and equity for all citizens
33		-	of the world; now, therefore, be it
34		-	RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 89th
35		-	Legislature, hereby recognize January 29, 2025, as Alpha Kappa
36		-	Alpha Day at the State Capitol and extend a warm welcome to the
37		-	sorority's visiting delegation.
38		-	Miles, Alvarado, Cook, West
39		-	________________________________
40		-	President of the Senate
41		-	I hereby certify that the
42		-	above Resolution was adopted by
43		-	the Senate on January 29, 2025.
44		-	________________________________
45		-	Secretary of the Senate
46		-	________________________________
47		-	Member, Texas Senate
48		-	________________________________
49		-	Member, Texas Senate
50		-	________________________________
51		-	Member, Texas Senate
52		-	________________________________
53		-	Member, Texas Senate
	26	+	positive difference with its important work in the areas of civil
	27	+	rights, education, economic empowerment, and health care; under the
	28	+	leadership of the sorority's 31st international president, Danette
	29	+	Anthony Reed, Alpha Kappa Alpha continues to focus on the personal
	30	+	and professional development of its members, on the bonds of
	31	+	sisterhood, and on its domestic and international servant
	32	+	leadership; and
	33	+	WHEREAS, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., has long remained
	34	+	at the forefront of effective advocacy and social change, and its
	35	+	members' efforts have made an important contribution to the goals
	36	+	of equality and equity for all citizens of the world; now,
	37	+	therefore, be it
	38	+	RESOLVED, That the Senate of the 89th Texas Legislature
	39	+	hereby recognize January 29, 2025, as Alpha Kappa Alpha Day at the
	40	+	State Capitol and extend a warm welcome to the sorority's visiting
	41	+	delegation.