Full Text of SR0319 99th 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 | 8 | | their mission to cultivate and encourage high scholastic and | 9 | | ethical standards, promote unity and friendship among college | 10 | | women, help alleviate problems concerning girls and women in | 11 | | order to improve their social status, maintain a progressive | 12 | | interest in college life, and to be of "Service to All | 13 | | Mankind"; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, The 2014-2018 Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. | 15 | | administration, under the dynamic and creative leadership of | 16 | | International President Dorothy Buckhanan Wilson,
continues to | 17 | | fulfill the service imperative of the organization's
founders | 18 | | with the international program "Launching New Dimensions of | 19 | | Service", which focuses on educational enrichment, health | 20 | | promotion, family strengthening, environmental ownership, and | 21 | | global impact; and | 22 | | WHEREAS, Many prominent women have been or are members of |
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| 1 | | Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., including the late First Lady
| 2 | | Eleanor Roosevelt, the late civil rights leaders Coretta Scott
| 3 | | King and Rosa Parks, actress Phylicia Rashad, the late poet | 4 | | Maya
Angelou, writer Toni Morrison, singer Alicia Keys, | 5 | | attorney
Star Jones, financial expert Mellody Hobson, | 6 | | comedian/actress
Wanda Sykes, actress Jada Pinkett-Smith, | 7 | | congresswoman Terri Sewell,
former United States Secretary of | 8 | | Energy Hazel O'Leary,
congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, Cook | 9 | | County Recorder of Deeds
Karen Yarbrough, and CNN reporter | 10 | | Suzanne Malveaux; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Many members of the General Assembly and | 12 | | legislative staff are members of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, | 13 | | Inc., including Senator Mattie Hunter, Senator Toi Hutchinson, | 14 | | Representative Monique Davis, India Hammons, and Nia | 15 | | Odeoti-Hassan, who serves as the Illinois State Connection | 16 | | Coordinator in the Central Region under the leadership of | 17 | | Regional Director Kathy Walker-Steele; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, Alpha Kappa Alpha's storied history of proven | 19 | | leadership and extensive involvement in the world community | 20 | | through strategic partnerships evidence the sorority's | 21 | | potential to significantly contribute to the world community; | 22 | | and | 23 | | WHEREAS, Leadership development is essential to the |
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| 1 | | vitality of the organization, and the sorority's continuing | 2 | | requirements of academic excellence, shared values, and | 3 | | dedication to the mission of Alpha Kappa Alpha ensure a | 4 | | continuous wellspring of quality leaders; therefore, be it
| 5 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | 6 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we designate the date | 7 | | of May 13, 2015 as Alpha Kappa Alpha Day in the State of | 8 | | Illinois in honor of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, | 9 | | and its work; and be it further
| 10 | | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be
| 11 | | provided to Dorothy Buckhanan Wilson, International President; | 12 | | Kathy Walker-Steele, Central Regional Director; Sylvia | 13 | | Blackmon-Roberts, International Connection Committee Chairman; | 14 | | and Bakahia Reed-Madison, Central Regional Representative to | 15 | | the International Connection Committee.
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