SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 281
         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 Senate of the State of Texas, 88th
  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.
 
  Miles, Alvarado, Perry, West
   
   
   
    ________________________________ 
        President of the Senate
     
        I hereby certify that the
    above Resolution was adopted by
    the Senate on March 7, 2023.
   
   
   
    ________________________________ 
        Secretary of the Senate
   
   
   
    ________________________________ 
         Member, Texas Senate
   
   
   
    ________________________________ 
         Member, Texas Senate
   
   
   
    ________________________________ 
         Member, Texas Senate
   
   
   
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         Member, Texas Senate