Full Text of SR1582 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, Many prominent women have been or are members of | 22 | | Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., including the late First Lady
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| 1 | | Eleanor Roosevelt, the late civil rights leaders Coretta Scott
| 2 | | King and Rosa Parks, actress Phylicia Rashad, the late poet | 3 | | Maya
Angelou, writer Toni Morrison, singer Alicia Keys, | 4 | | attorney
Star Jones, financial expert Mellody Hobson, | 5 | | comedian/actress
Wanda Sykes, actress Jada Pinkett-Smith, Cook | 6 | | County Recorder of Deeds
Karen Yarbrough, Cook County Board | 7 | | President Toni Preckwinkle, and the President of Liberia, Ellen | 8 | | Johnson Sirleaf; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Many members of the General Assembly and | 10 | | legislative staff are members of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, | 11 | | Inc., including Senate Majority Whip Mattie Hunter, Senator Toi | 12 | | Hutchinson, and India Hammons; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Alpha Kappa Alpha's storied history of proven | 14 | | leadership and extensive involvement in the world community | 15 | | through strategic partnerships evidence the sorority's | 16 | | potential to significantly contribute to the world community; | 17 | | and | 18 | | WHEREAS, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated made | 19 | | history and expanded its international presence when it | 20 | | chartered its first chapter, Omega Theta Omega, in the Middle | 21 | | East; the chapter's 37 women, located in Abu Dhabi, Dubai and | 22 | | throughout the United Arab Emirates, are business executives, | 23 | | attorneys, educators, and physicians, among other accomplished |
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| 1 | | professionals; and | 2 | | WHEREAS, Leadership development is essential to the | 3 | | vitality of the organization, and the sorority's continuing | 4 | | requirements of academic excellence, shared values, and | 5 | | dedication to the mission of Alpha Kappa Alpha ensure a | 6 | | continuous wellspring of quality leaders; therefore, be it
| 7 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL | 8 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we declare the date of | 9 | | May 9, 2018 as Alpha Kappa Alpha Day in the State of Illinois | 10 | | in honor of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, and its | 11 | | work; and be it further
| 12 | | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be
| 13 | | provided to Kathy Walker Steele, Central Regional Director; | 14 | | Dorothy Buckhanan Wilson, International President; Sylvia | 15 | | Blackmon-Roberts, International Connection Committee Chairman; | 16 | | and Bakahia Reed Madison, Central Regional Representative to | 17 | | the International Connection Committee.
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