TITLE: Recognizing May 14, 2019, as Alpha Kappa Alpha Day at the State Capitol.

SUMMARY: Recognizing May 14, 2019, as Alpha Kappa Alpha Day at the State Capitol.

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WHEREAS, Proud members of the South Central Region of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority are gathering in Austin on May 14, 2019, to celebrate Alpha Kappa Alpha Day at the State Capitol; and WHEREAS, The nation's first Greek sorority for African American women, Alpha Kappa Alpha was founded as a social and service organization on January 15, 1908, by Howard University undergraduate Ethel Hedgeman Lyle and 19 other students; these inspiring women are today known as "the Twenty Pearls"; and WHEREAS, The sorority seeks to cultivate and encourage high scholastic and ethical standards, to promote unity and friendship among college women, to improve the social stature of women of all ages, and to be of service to all mankind; a member of the National Pan-Hellenic Council, Alpha Kappa Alpha serves people around the world through the efforts of nearly 300,000 members in over 1,000 chapters located in the United States, the U.S. Virgin Islands, the Bahamas, Bermuda, Canada, Germany, South Korea, Japan, Dubai, and Liberia; and WHEREAS, For more than a century, the group has made a positive difference with its important work in the areas of civil rights, education, economic empowerment, and health care; under the leadership of the sorority's 30th international president, Dr. Glenda Baskin Glover, Alpha Kappa Alpha continues to focus on the personal and professional development of its members, on the bonds of sisterhood, and on its domestic and international servant leadership; and WHEREAS, Alpha Kappa Alpha has long remained at the forefront of effective advocacy and social change, and its members' efforts have made an important contribution to the goals of equality and equity for all citizens of the world; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 86th Texas Legislature hereby recognize May 14, 2019, as Alpha Kappa Alpha Day at the State Capitol and extend a warm welcome to the sorority's visiting delegation. Allen Thompson of Harris Bonnen of Brazoria Guerra Noble Allen Guillen Oliverson Allison Gutierrez Ortega Anchia Harless Pacheco Anderson Harris Paddie Ashby Hefner Parker Bailes Hernandez Patterson Beckley Herrero Paul Bell of Kaufman Hinojosa Perez Bell of Montgomery Holland Phelan Bernal Howard Price Biedermann Huberty Ramos Blanco Hunter Raney Bohac Israel Raymond Bonnen of Galveston E. Johnson of Dallas Reynolds Bowers J. Johnson of Dallas Rodriguez Buckley Johnson of Harris Romero, Jr. Bucy Kacal Rose Burns King of Hemphill Rosenthal Burrows King of Parker Sanford Button King of Uvalde Schaefer Cain Klick Shaheen Calanni Krause Sheffield Canales Kuempel Sherman, Sr. Capriglione Lambert Shine Clardy Landgraf Smith Cole Lang Smithee Coleman Larson Springer Collier Leach Stephenson Cortez Leman Stickland Craddick Longoria Stucky Cyrier Lopez Swanson Darby Lozano Talarico Davis of Dallas Lucio III Thierry Davis of Harris Martinez Thompson of Brazoria Dean Martinez Fischer Thompson of Harris Deshotel Metcalf Tinderholt Dominguez Meyer Toth Dutton Meza Turner of Dallas Farrar Middleton Turner of Tarrant Fierro Miller VanDeaver Flynn Minjarez Vo Frank Moody Walle Frullo Morales White Geren Morrison Wilson Gervin-Hawkins Mu oz, Jr. Wray Goldman Murphy Wu Gonz lez of Dallas Murr Zedler Gonz lez of El Paso Neave Zerwas Goodwin Nev rez Zwiener Speaker of the House I certify that H.R. No. 1540 was adopted by the House on May 14, 2019, by a non-record vote. Chief Clerk of the House