H.R. No. 202
 
 
 
R E S O L U T I O N
         WHEREAS, Proud members of the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority are
  gathering in Austin on March 7, 2023, 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 355,000 members in over 1,000
  chapters located in the United States, the U.S. Virgin Islands, the
  Bahamas, Bermuda, Canada, Germany, South Korea, Japan, Dubai,
  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 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 House of Representatives of the 88th Texas
  Legislature hereby recognize March 7, 2023, as Alpha Kappa Alpha
  Day at the State Capitol and extend a warm welcome to the sorority's
  visiting delegation.
 
  Allen
  Thompson of Harris
  Jones of Harris
 
 
Phelan Guerra Murr
 
Allen Guillen Neave Criado
 
Allison Harless Noble
 
Anchía Harris of Anderson Oliverson
 
Anderson Harris of Williamson Ordaz
 
Ashby Harrison Orr
 
Bailes Hayes Ortega
 
Bell of Kaufman Hefner Patterson
 
Bell of Montgomery Hernandez Paul
 
Bernal Herrero Perez
 
Bhojani Hinojosa Plesa
 
Bonnen Holland Price
 
Bowers Howard Ramos
 
Bryant Hull Raney
 
Buckley Hunter Raymond
 
Bucy Isaac Reynolds
 
Bumgarner Jetton Rogers
 
Burns Johnson of Dallas Romero, Jr.
 
Burrows A. Johnson of Harris Rose
 
Button J. Johnson of Harris Rosenthal
 
Cain Jones of Dallas Schaefer
 
Campos Jones of Harris Schatzline
 
Canales Kacal Schofield
 
Capriglione King of Hemphill Shaheen
 
Clardy King of Uvalde Sherman, Sr.
 
Cole Kitzman Shine
 
Collier Klick Slaton
 
Cook Kuempel Slawson
 
Cortez Lalani Smith
 
Craddick Lambert Smithee
 
Cunningham Landgraf Spiller
 
Darby Leach Stucky
 
Davis Leo-Wilson Swanson
 
Dean Longoria Talarico
 
DeAyala Lopez of Bexar Tepper
 
Dorazio Lopez of Cameron Thierry
 
Dutton Lozano Thimesch
 
Flores Lujan Thompson of Brazoria
 
Frank Manuel Thompson of Harris
 
Frazier Martinez Tinderholt
 
Gamez Martinez Fischer Toth
 
Garcia Metcalf Troxclair
 
Gates Meyer Turner
 
Gerdes Meza VanDeaver
 
Geren Moody Vasut
 
Gervin-Hawkins Morales of Harris Vo
 
Goldman Morales of Maverick Walle
 
González of Dallas Morales Shaw Wilson
 
González of El Paso Morrison Wu
 
Goodwin Muñoz, Jr. Zwiener
 
  ______________________________
  Speaker of the House     
 
         I certify that H.R. No. 202 was adopted by the House on March 7,
  2023, by a non-record vote.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House