TITLE: Recognizing April 7, 2015, as Red and White Day at the State Capitol in honor of the advocacy efforts of the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority.

SUMMARY: Recognizing April 7, 2015, as Red and White Day at the State Capitol in honor of the advocacy efforts of the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority.

FULL TEXT:
WHEREAS, Collegiate and alumnae members of the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority are gathering in Austin on April 7, 2015, to mark Red and White Day, a day of advocacy and action, at the State Capitol; and WHEREAS, The Delta Sigma Theta Sorority was initiated in 1913 at Howard University in Washington, D.C.; the 22 original members included four young women from Texas, Zephyr Chisom Carter, Jessie McGuire Dent, Frederica Chase Dodd, and Myra Davis Hemmings, all committed to academic excellence and social change; members marched in a women's suffrage parade soon after, and they incorporated as a national organization in 1930; and WHEREAS, Since its founding, more than 200,000 women have joined Delta Sigma Theta in the United States and several foreign countries; the sorority encompasses about 1,000 chapters, with many in the Lone Star State; participants work toward positive change in their communities and advocate for economic development, international awareness, physical and mental health, and improved education; moreover, they mentor at-risk young women, conduct voter awareness drives, host political forums, and help guide and inform public policy; and WHEREAS, Many members of the sorority have gone on to have distinguished careers in public service, including Texas State Representatives Ruth Jones McClendon and Toni Rose and Congresswoman Barbara Jordan; and WHEREAS, The women of Delta Sigma Theta have enriched the State of Texas and the nation with their generosity and their wide array of programs and services, and it is indeed a pleasure to commend them for their noteworthy endeavors; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 84th Texas Legislature hereby recognize April 7, 2015, as Red and White Day at the State Capitol and extend to all those involved with the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority sincere best wishes for the future; and, be it further RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be prepared for the sorority as an expression of high regard by the Texas House of Representatives. Rose Straus Gonz lez Paddie Allen Guerra Parker Alonzo Guillen Paul Alvarado Gutierrez Pe a Anchia Harless Phelan Anderson of Dallas Hernandez Phillips Anderson of McLennan Herrero Pickett Ashby Howard Price Aycock Huberty Raney Bell Hughes Raymond Bernal Hunter Reynolds Blanco Isaac Riddle Bohac Israel Rinaldi Bonnen of Brazoria Johnson Rodriguez of Bexar Bonnen of Galveston Kacal Rodriguez of Travis Burkett Keffer Romero, Jr. Burns Keough Rose Burrows King of Hemphill Sanford Button King of Parker Schaefer Canales King of Taylor Schofield Capriglione King of Uvalde Schubert Clardy Klick Shaheen Coleman Koop Sheets Collier Krause Sheffield Cook Kuempel Simmons Craddick Landgraf Simpson Crownover Larson Smith Cyrier Laubenberg Smithee Dale Leach Spitzer Darby Longoria Springer Davis of Dallas Lozano Stephenson Davis of Harris Lucio III Stickland Deshotel M rquez Thompson of Brazoria Dukes Martinez Thompson of Harris Dutton Martinez Fischer Tinderholt Elkins McClendon Turner of Collin Faircloth Metcalf Turner of Harris Fallon Meyer Turner of Tarrant Farias Miles VanDeaver Farney Miller of Comal Villalba Farrar Miller of Fort Bend Vo Fletcher Moody Walle Flynn Morrison White of Bell Frank Mu oz, Jr. White of Tyler Frullo Murphy Workman Galindo Murr Wray Geren Naishtat Wu Giddings Nev rez Zedler Goldman Oliveira Zerwas Gonzales Otto Speaker of the House I certify that H.R. No. 1822 was adopted by the House on April 7, 2015, by a non-record vote. Chief Clerk of the House