SR16 - Recognizing January 29, 2025, as Alpha Kappa Alpha Day.

          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