SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 16
WHEREAS, Proud members of the South Central Region of Alpha
Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., are gathering in Austin on
January 29, 2025, 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 360,000
members in over 1,000 chapters located in the United States, the
U.S. Virgin Islands, the Bahamas, Bermuda, Canada, Germany,
South Korea, Japan, the United Arab Emirates, 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 Sorority, Inc., 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, 89th
Legislature, hereby recognize January 29, 2025, as Alpha Kappa
Alpha Day at the State Capitol and extend a warm welcome to the
sorority's visiting delegation.
Miles, Alvarado, Cook, West
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President of the Senate
I hereby certify that the
above Resolution was adopted by
the Senate on January 29, 2025.
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Secretary of the Senate
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Member, Texas Senate
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Member, Texas Senate
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Member, Texas Senate
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Member, Texas Senate