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1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, founded | ||||||
3 | on the campus of Howard University in 1908 and incorporated in | ||||||
4 | 1913, has established a mandate for carrying out the vision of | ||||||
5 | a new day of excellence and performance; and
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6 | WHEREAS, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority is the nation's oldest | ||||||
7 | African-American sorority; the Sorority has never changed its | ||||||
8 | mission to cultivate and encourage high scholastic and ethical | ||||||
9 | standards, promote unity and friendship among college women, | ||||||
10 | help alleviate problems concerning girls and women in order to | ||||||
11 | improve their social status, maintain a progressive interest in | ||||||
12 | college life, and to be of "Service to All Mankind"; and
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13 | WHEREAS, The 2018-2022 Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. | ||||||
14 | administration, under the dynamic and creative leadership of | ||||||
15 | International President Dr. Glenda Glover, who also serves as | ||||||
16 | the first female President of her alma mater Tennessee State | ||||||
17 | University in Nashville, Tennessee, continues to fulfill the | ||||||
18 | service imperative of the organization's founders with the | ||||||
19 | International Program "Exemplifying Excellence Through | ||||||
20 | Sustainable Service"; this program concentrates on: Target | ||||||
21 | #1-Historically Black Colleges and Universities-A Call for | ||||||
22 | Action, Target #2-Women's Health and Wellness, Target | ||||||
23 | #3-Building Your Economic Legacy, Target #4-The Arts, and |
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1 | Target #5-Global Impact; and | ||||||
2 | WHEREAS, Many prominent women have been or are members of | ||||||
3 | Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., including the late First Lady
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4 | Eleanor Roosevelt, the late civil rights leaders Coretta Scott
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5 | King and Rosa Parks, actress Phylicia Rashad, the late poet | ||||||
6 | Maya
Angelou, writer Toni Morrison, singer Alicia Keys, | ||||||
7 | attorney
Star Jones, financial expert Mellody Hobson, | ||||||
8 | comedian/actress
Wanda Sykes, actress Jada Pinkett-Smith, Cook | ||||||
9 | County Recorder of Deeds
Karen Yarbrough, Cook County Board | ||||||
10 | President Toni Preckwinkle, U.S. Senator Kamala Harris, and the | ||||||
11 | former President of Liberia, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf; and
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12 | WHEREAS, Lt. Governor Julianna Stratton and Representative | ||||||
13 | LaToya Greenwood are the newest members of Alpha Kappa Alpha | ||||||
14 | Sorority, Inc.; seasoned members of the sorority include | ||||||
15 | Assistant Majority Leader Mattie Hunter and Senator Toi | ||||||
16 | Hutchinson; and
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17 | WHEREAS, Alpha Kappa Alpha's storied history of proven | ||||||
18 | leadership and extensive involvement in the world community | ||||||
19 | through strategic partnerships evidence the sorority's | ||||||
20 | potential to significantly contribute to the world community; | ||||||
21 | and | ||||||
22 | WHEREAS, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated made |
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1 | history and expanded its international presence when it | ||||||
2 | chartered its first chapter, Omega Theta Omega, in the Middle | ||||||
3 | East; the chapter's 37 women, located in Abu Dhabi, Dubai and | ||||||
4 | throughout the United Arab Emirates, are business executives, | ||||||
5 | attorneys, educators, and physicians, among other accomplished | ||||||
6 | professionals; and | ||||||
7 | WHEREAS, Leadership development is essential to the | ||||||
8 | vitality of the organization, and the sorority's continuing | ||||||
9 | requirements of academic excellence, shared values, and | ||||||
10 | dedication to the mission of Alpha Kappa Alpha ensure a | ||||||
11 | continuous wellspring of quality leaders; therefore, be it
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12 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
13 | HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
14 | we declare the date of May 8, 2019 as Alpha Kappa Alpha Day in | ||||||
15 | the State of Illinois in honor of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, | ||||||
16 | Incorporated, and its work; and be it further
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17 | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | ||||||
18 | presented to Central Regional Director Sonya L. Bowen, | ||||||
19 | International President Dr. Glenda Glover, Illinois State | ||||||
20 | Connection Coordinator Kimberly Irene Egonmwan, and Illinois | ||||||
21 | State Connection Chair Nia Odeoti-Hassan.
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