Full Text of HR1329 95th General Assembly
HR1329 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, Kappa Sigma Zeta Chapter of Zeta Phi Beta | 3 |
| Sorority, Incorporated, is sponsoring its first legislative | 4 |
| visit to the State Capitol; and
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| WHEREAS, Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. was founded on | 6 |
| January 16, 1920, by five young women, respectfully known as | 7 |
| the Five Pearls, at Howard University in Washington, D.C.; and | 8 |
| WHEREAS, Arizona Cleaver Stemons, Pearl A. Neal, Myrtle | 9 |
| Tyler Faithful, Viola Tyler Goings, and Fannie Pettie Watts | 10 |
| recognized the need to encourage the highest standards of | 11 |
| scholarship through scientific, literary, cultural, and | 12 |
| educational programs; promote service projects on college | 13 |
| campuses and in the community; foster sisterhood; and exemplify | 14 |
| the ideal of Finer Womanhood; and | 15 |
| WHEREAS, Since its inception Zeta Phi Beta has chronicled a | 16 |
| number of firsts; Zeta Phi Beta was the first Greek-letter | 17 |
| organization to charter a chapter in Africa in 1948; to form | 18 |
| adult and youth auxiliary groups; to centralize its operations | 19 |
| in a national headquarters; and to be constitutionally bound to | 20 |
| a fraternity, Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Incorporated; and | 21 |
| WHEREAS, Zeta Phi Beta Sorority is honored to have formed |
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| many wonderful, community-based partnerships over the past 88 | 2 |
| years administering Stork's Nest in collaboration with the | 3 |
| March of Dimes, the Z-HOPE program, and giving financial | 4 |
| assistance through our National Education Foundation; and | 5 |
| WHEREAS, The members and auxiliary groups of this sorority | 6 |
| provide voluntary service to community outreach programs, fund | 7 |
| scholarships, support organized charities, and promote | 8 |
| legislation for social change; and | 9 |
| WHEREAS, The Zeta Phi Beta members who have distinguished | 10 |
| themselves individually include Rear Admiral Evelyn J. Fields, | 11 |
| Violette Anderson, Dr. Deborah Wolfe, Bernette J. Johnson, | 12 |
| Esther Rolle, Sheryl Underwood, Minnie Riperton, Syleena | 13 |
| Johnson, Dr. Elizabeth D. Koontz, and Zora Neale Hurston, and | 14 |
| Illinoisan Dr. Jylla Moore Foster, past international | 15 |
| president of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc.; and | 16 |
| WHEREAS, Key officers today include: Dr. Barbara C. Moore, | 17 |
| International President; Daisy L. Davis, Great Lakes Regional | 18 |
| Director; and Alice F. Craft, Illinois State Director; | 19 |
| therefore, be it | 20 |
| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 21 |
| NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 22 |
| the members of this Body, in recognition of the achievements of |
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| the members of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc., and the values for | 2 |
| which they strive, do proclaim Wednesday, May, 21, 2008 as the | 3 |
| First Zeta Phi Beta Day throughout the State of Illinois; and | 4 |
| be it further | 5 |
| RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | 6 |
| presented to the International President of Zeta Phi Beta | 7 |
| Sorority, Inc., the Great Lakes Regional Director of Zeta Phi | 8 |
| Beta Sorority, Inc., and the Illinois State Director of Zeta | 9 |
| Phi Beta Sorority, Inc.
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