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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Proud members of the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority are |
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gathering in Austin on March 7, 2023, to celebrate Alpha Kappa Alpha |
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Day at the State Capitol; and |
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WHEREAS, The nation's first Greek sorority for African |
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American women, Alpha Kappa Alpha was founded as a social and |
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service organization on January 15, 1908, by Howard University |
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undergraduate Ethel Hedgeman Lyle and 19 other students; these |
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inspiring women are today known as "the Twenty Pearls"; and |
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WHEREAS, The sorority seeks to cultivate and encourage high |
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scholastic and ethical standards, to promote unity and friendship |
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among college women, to improve the social stature of women of all |
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ages, and to be of service to all mankind; a member of the National |
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Pan-Hellenic Council, Alpha Kappa Alpha serves people around the |
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world through the efforts of more than 355,000 members in over 1,000 |
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chapters located in the United States, the U.S. Virgin Islands, the |
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Bahamas, Bermuda, Canada, Germany, South Korea, Japan, Dubai, |
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Liberia, Nigeria, and South Africa; and |
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WHEREAS, For more than a century, the group has made a |
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positive difference with its important work in the areas of civil |
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rights, education, economic empowerment, and health care; under the |
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leadership of the sorority's 31st international president, Danette |
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Anthony Reed, Alpha Kappa Alpha continues to focus on the personal |
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and professional development of its members, on the bonds of |
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sisterhood, and on its domestic and international servant |
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leadership; and |
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WHEREAS, Alpha Kappa Alpha has long remained at the forefront |
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of effective advocacy and social change, and its members' efforts |
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have made an important contribution to the goals of equality and |
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equity for all citizens of the world; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the Senate of the 88th Texas Legislature |
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hereby recognize March 7, 2023, as Alpha Kappa Alpha Day at the |
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State Capitol and extend a warm welcome to the sorority's visiting |
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delegation. |