Full Text of SR0352 100th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 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
| 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
| 13 | | WHEREAS, The 2014-2018 Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. | 14 | | administration, under the dynamic and creative leadership of | 15 | | International President Dorothy Buckhanan Wilson,
continues to | 16 | | fulfill the service imperative of the organization's
founders | 17 | | with the international program "Launching New Dimensions of | 18 | | Service", which focuses on educational enrichment, health | 19 | | promotion, family strengthening, environmental ownership, and | 20 | | global impact; and | 21 | | WHEREAS, The 2017 Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. Day at | 22 | | the Capitol, nationally and internationally, will focus on |
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| 1 | | three issues for each state; in Illinois, the focus will be on
| 2 | | funding for elementary, secondary, and higher education, | 3 | | health care, and immigration; this parallels the
international | 4 | | program, "Launching New Dimensions of Service"; the second part | 5 | | of the program will concentrate on civil
rights and social | 6 | | justice while; part three of the program will be a dialogue and | 7 | | discussion concerning the "Be
The Voice Campaign"; and | 8 | | WHEREAS, Many prominent women have been or are members of | 9 | | Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., including the late First Lady
| 10 | | Eleanor Roosevelt, the late civil rights leaders Coretta Scott
| 11 | | King and Rosa Parks, actress Phylicia Rashad, the late poet | 12 | | Maya
Angelou, writer Toni Morrison, singer Alicia Keys, | 13 | | attorney
Star Jones, financial expert Mellody Hobson, | 14 | | comedian/actress
Wanda Sykes, actress Jada Pinkett-Smith, Cook | 15 | | County Recorder of Deeds
Karen Yarbrough, Cook County Board | 16 | | President Toni Preckwinkle, and the President of Liberia, Ellen | 17 | | Johnson Sirleaf; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, Many members of the General Assembly and | 19 | | legislative staff are members of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, | 20 | | Inc., including Senate Majority Whip Mattie Hunter, Senator Toi | 21 | | Hutchinson, India Hammons, and Nia Odeoti-Hassan, who has | 22 | | served since 2010 as the Illinois State Connection Coordinator | 23 | | and the chairwoman of the Illinois State Connection Committee | 24 | | in the Central Region under the leadership of Regional Director |
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| 1 | | Kathy Walker Steele; and
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Alpha Kappa Alpha's storied history of proven | 3 | | leadership and extensive involvement in the world community | 4 | | through strategic partnerships evidence the sorority's | 5 | | potential to significantly contribute to the world community; | 6 | | and | 7 | | WHEREAS, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated made | 8 | | history and expanded its international presence when it | 9 | | chartered its first chapter, Omega Theta Omega, in the Middle | 10 | | East; the chapter's 37 women, located in Abu Dhabi, Dubai and | 11 | | throughout the United Arab Emirates, are business executives, | 12 | | attorneys, educators, and physicians, among other accomplished | 13 | | professionals; and | 14 | | WHEREAS, Leadership development is essential to the | 15 | | vitality of the organization, and the sorority's continuing | 16 | | requirements of academic excellence, shared values, and | 17 | | dedication to the mission of Alpha Kappa Alpha ensure a | 18 | | continuous wellspring of quality leaders; therefore, be it
| 19 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL | 20 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we designate the date | 21 | | of May 10, 2017 as Alpha Kappa Alpha Day in the State of | 22 | | Illinois in honor of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, |
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| 1 | | and its work; and be it further
| 2 | | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be
| 3 | | provided to Kathy Walker Steele, Central Regional Director; | 4 | | Dorothy Buckhanan Wilson, International President; Sylvia | 5 | | Blackmon-Roberts, International Connection Committee Chairman; | 6 | | and Bakahia Reed Madison, Central Regional Representative to | 7 | | the International Connection Committee.
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