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
   
   
   
    ________________________________ 
        President of the Senate
     
        I hereby certify that the
    above Resolution was adopted by
    the Senate on January 29, 2025.
   
   
   
    ________________________________ 
        Secretary of the Senate
   
   
   
    ________________________________ 
         Member, Texas Senate
   
   
   
    ________________________________ 
         Member, Texas Senate
   
   
   
    ________________________________ 
         Member, Texas Senate
   
   
   
    ________________________________ 
         Member, Texas Senate