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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, The Eta Chapter of Eta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc., is |
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hosting its annual Founders Day celebration on June 13, 2009; and |
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WHEREAS, Created as a venue for African American business and |
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professional women, Eta Phi Beta seeks to promote high scholastic |
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standards, personal growth, career awareness, and community |
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involvement; guided by the motto "Not For Ourselves But For |
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Others," the group operates a nonprofit foundation, and it awards |
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scholarships to high school students with business aspirations; in |
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addition, Eta Phi Beta sponsors professional seminars and works to |
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create fellowship among businesswomen, and it supports local and |
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national charities, as well as programs that improve the quality of |
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life of the developmentally disabled; and |
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WHEREAS, One of more than 90 chapters throughout the United |
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States and the U.S. Virgin Islands, the Eta Chapter dates back to |
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1960, when Dorothy Logan saw the growing need to form a network of |
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women in the Dallas-Fort Worth area; by December of that year, the |
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chapter was officially established, and along with Ms. Logan, the |
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charter members included: Selena Bennett, Vera Berry, Ella Buard, |
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Aretta Davis, Marie D. Micheaux, Constance Feaster, Maxine Friday, |
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Johnnye Hughes, Mae Fretwell Mason, Patricia Osborne, Francis |
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Washington, and Bethesda Sutto; and |
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WHEREAS, For nearly a half-century, the Eta Chapter has |
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remained committed to its ideals of sisterhood, leadership, and |
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community service, and its members may indeed reflect with pride on |
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the remarkable legacy they share; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 81st Texas |
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Legislature hereby commemorate the 2009 Founders Day observance of |
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the Eta Chapter of Eta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc., and extend to all |
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those associated with this notable organization sincere best wishes |
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for a memorable and enjoyable event; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for the Eta Chapter as an expression of high regard by the |
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Texas House of Representatives. |