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1 HOUSE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., was founded in
3 1908 as the first sorority established by African American
4 college women; and
5 WHEREAS, Alpha Kappa Alpha is an international
6 organization with over 200,000 undergraduate and alumnae
7 members; and
8 WHEREAS, Alpha Kappa Alpha itself is an organization with
9 a commitment to promoting education, healthy minds and
10 bodies, family unity, economic development, political
11 empowerment, cultural heritage, and the arts; and
12 WHEREAS, Alpha Kappa Alpha members who have distinguished
13 themselves individually include: Rosa Parks, Coretta Scott
14 King, Hazel O'Leary, Maya Angelou, Toni Morrison, Ella
15 Fitzgerald, Phylicia Rashad, Zina Garrison, and Illinoisan
16 Linda White, international president-elect of Alpha Kappa
17 Alpha, Inc.; therefore, be it
18 RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
19 NINETY-FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
20 the members of this Body, in recognition of the achievements
21 of the members of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., and the
22 values for which they strive, do proclaim Wednesday, March
23 24, 1999, as AKA Day throughout the State of Illinois; and be
24 it further
25 RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
26 presented to Linda White, international president-elect of
27 Alpha Kappa Alpha, Inc.