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1 HOUSE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, The Illinois Chapters of Alpha Kappa Alpha
3 Sorority are sponsoring their second 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-elect of Alpha Kappa
20 Alpha, Inc.; therefore, be it
21 RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
22 NINETY-FIRST 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 29, 2000, as the Second Annual AKA Day throughout the State
27 of Illinois; and be it further
28 RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
29 presented to Linda White, international president-elect of
30 Alpha Kappa Alpha, Inc.