Full Text of HR0765 102nd General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to recognize Mary E. Robinson on the | 4 | | occasion of being named a Golden Soror of Alpha Kappa Alpha | 5 | | Sorority, Incorporated (AKA); and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. is an | 7 | | international service organization that was founded on the | 8 | | campus of Howard University in 1908 and incorporated in
1913; | 9 | | and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. is the nation's | 11 | | oldest African-American Greek letter organization for | 12 | | college-educated women who have committed themselves to | 13 | | providing extraordinary "Service to All Mankind" for the past | 14 | | 114 years; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. is comprised of | 16 | | nearly 300,000 members in approximately 1,018 graduate and | 17 | | undergraduate chapters in the United States, the U.S. Virgin | 18 | | Islands, the Bahamas, Bermuda, Canada, Dubai, Germany, Japan, | 19 | | Liberia, and South Korea; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, Many prominent Illinois women have been or are | 21 | | members of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., including Lt. |
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| 1 | | Governor Julianna Stratton, Senator and Majority Caucus Chair | 2 | | Mattie Hunter, and Representative LaToya Greenwood; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, Mary Robinson has been given the title of Golden | 4 | | Soror, which is a member of the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, | 5 | | Inc. who has served and continues to serve the organization | 6 | | for 50 years or more; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Mary Robinson belongs to the Central Region of | 8 | | the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., which was established in | 9 | | Chicago in 1919 and is comprised of Illinois, Indiana, | 10 | | Kentucky, Wisconsin, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, | 11 | | and the southeastern portion of Missouri; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Mary Robinson was honored at the public meeting | 13 | | of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.'s 88th Central Regional | 14 | | Conference in March 2022; therefore, be it
| 15 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 16 | | HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 17 | | we recognize Mary E. Robinson on being named a Golden Soror of | 18 | | Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated and commend the | 19 | | sorority for its commitment to scholarship, leadership, civic | 20 | | engagement, and public service; and be it further
| 21 | | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be |
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| 1 | | presented to Mary Robinson and to the Delta Delta Omega and | 2 | | Theta Omega Chapters of Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority, Inc. as an | 3 | | expression of our esteem and respect.
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