Full Text of HR0212 98th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are pleased to recognize Delta Sigma Theta | 4 | | Sorority Incorporated on the occasion of its 100th anniversary; | 5 | | and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Incorporated is the | 7 | | single-largest predominantly African-American women's | 8 | | organization in the nation and the only African-American | 9 | | women's
organization to participate in the Women's Suffrage | 10 | | March of 1913; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, The sorority was founded on January 13, 1913, on | 12 | | the Howard University campus by 22
young women hoping to make | 13 | | strides in community service and education; Delta Sigma
Theta | 14 | | Sorority has amassed a membership of over 250,000 | 15 | | college-educated, esteemed and
accomplished women, and has 900 | 16 | | chapters both in the U.S. and around the world; many of
these | 17 | | women are distinguished trailblazers in their industry and | 18 | | well-known famous faces
in education, television, film, | 19 | | politics, public service, civic engagement, medicine, science,
| 20 | | entrepreneurship, and more; Delta women have marched for | 21 | | women's suffrage and participated
on the public policy stage in | 22 | | state legislatures across the country and at the nation's | 23 | | capital; they have hosted countless mentorship and service |
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| 1 | | programs in an effort to create
change in their community; and
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Members have included activists Mary McLeod | 3 | | Bethune and Dorothy Height and congresswomen Shirley Chisholm | 4 | | and Barbara Jordan; other notable members include poet
Nikki | 5 | | Giovanni, Marian Wright Edelman, journalists Gwen Ifill and | 6 | | Soledad 0'Brien, singers
Aretha Franklin, Lena Horne, Leontyne | 7 | | Price, and Roberta Flack, and actresses Cicely Tyson
and Ruby | 8 | | Dee, and others including Alexis Herman, Camille Cosby, Betty | 9 | | Shabzz, and many
other notable women's history makers and | 10 | | household names; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Over the past 100 years, Delta Chapter's across | 12 | | the globe have developed rich programs that
initiate social | 13 | | change and advocacy, encourage academic excellence, and | 14 | | elevate cultural
awareness, based on the organization's Five | 15 | | Point Programmatic Thrust: Economic
Development, International | 16 | | Awareness and Involvement, Physical and Mental Health, and | 17 | | Political
Awareness and Involvement; the impressive efforts of | 18 | | the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority founders
can be seen and felt | 19 | | across the country and the world; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, A year-long celebration, 22-city tour of the Delta | 21 | | Torch, which symbolizes the "passion
and commitment to the | 22 | | organization's global reach", which kicked off in Los Angeles | 23 | | with
Delta's historic participation in the 2013 Tournament of |
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| 1 | | Roses Parade and will continue
through Seattle, Dallas, Little | 2 | | Rock, Chicago, Detroit, Atlanta, Charlotte, New York City, and
| 3 | | Baltimore; and | 4 | | WHEREAS, The tour will culminate in Washington, D.C. at the | 5 | | 51st national convention which is
scheduled for July 11-17, | 6 | | 2013, when the torch is passed to the national president, | 7 | | signifying the start
of the organizations national convention; | 8 | | therefore, be it
| 9 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 10 | | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 11 | | we recognize the 100th anniversary of the founding of Delta | 12 | | Sigma Theta Sorority and we pay honor to those women who have | 13 | | blazed the trail and led us to this
exciting point in history; | 14 | | and be it further
| 15 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 16 | | presented to Delta Sigma Theta Sorority as an expression of our | 17 | | esteem and respect.
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