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 1                          HOUSE RESOLUTION

 2        WHEREAS, The  Illinois  Chapters  of  Alpha  Kappa  Alpha
 3    Sorority  are sponsoring their fifth annual legislative visit
 4    to the State Capitol; and

 5        WHEREAS, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., was founded in
 6    1908 as the first sorority established  by  African  American
 7    college women; and

 8        WHEREAS,   Alpha   Kappa   Alpha   is   an  international
 9    organization with  over  200,000  undergraduate  and  alumnae
10    members; and

11        WHEREAS, Alpha Kappa Alpha itself is an organization with
12    a  commitment  to  promoting  education,  healthy  minds  and
13    bodies,   family   unity,   economic  development,  political
14    empowerment, cultural heritage, and the arts; and

15        WHEREAS, Alpha Kappa Alpha members who have distinguished
16    themselves individually include: Rosa  Parks,  Coretta  Scott
17    King,  Hazel  O'Leary,  Maya  Angelou,  Toni  Morrison,  Ella
18    Fitzgerald,  Phylicia  Rashad,  Zina Garrison, and Illinoisan
19    Linda White, international president of  Alpha  Kappa  Alpha,
20    Inc.; therefore, be it

21        RESOLVED,   BY   THE  HOUSE  OF  REPRESENTATIVES  OF  THE
22    NINETY-THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS,  that
23    the  members of this Body, in recognition of the achievements
24    of the members of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.,  and  the
25    values  for  which  they strive, do proclaim Wednesday, March
26    26,  2003,  as  the  Fifth  Annual  Alpha  Kappa  Alpha   Day
27    throughout the State of Illinois; and be it further

28        RESOLVED,  That  a  suitable  copy  of this resolution be
29    presented to Linda White, international  president  of  Alpha
30    Kappa Alpha, Inc.