Bill Text: GA HR1425 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: National Sorority of Phi Delta Kappa, Inc., Day; Feb. 17, 2010; recognize
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)
Status: (Passed) 2010-02-16 - House Read and Adopted [HR1425 Detail]
Download: Georgia-2009-HR1425-Introduced.html
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House
Resolution 1425
By:
Representatives Williams of the
89th,
Smyre of the
132nd,
Williams of the
165th,
Dawkins-Haigler of the
93rd,
Frazier of the
123rd,
and others
A
RESOLUTION
Recognizing
the National Sorority of Phi Delta Kappa, Inc., Day at the state capitol on
February 17, 2010; and for other purposes.
WHEREAS,
the National Sorority of Phi Delta Kappa, Inc., is a nonprofit professional
organization, founded by visionary educators for women in education on a Palm
Sunday in April of 1923 and incorporated on May 23, 1923; and
WHEREAS,
the founding sisters include Dr. Gladys Merritt Ross, Dr. Gladys Cannon Nunery,
Mildred Morris Williams, Julia Asbury Barnes, Dr. Florence Steele Hunt, Ella
Wells Butler, Edna McConnell, and Marguerite Gross; and
WHEREAS,
the National Sorority of Phi Delta Kappa expanded to the South, Midwest,
Southwest, Farwest, and to Liberia West Africa, with 135 chapters and over 7,500
members; and
WHEREAS,
women in the National Sorority of Phi Delta Kappa believe and are dedicated to
imparting knowledge and encouraging creativity and independent thinking as they
focus on their national theme, "Pursuit of Excellence - A Challenge to Fulfill";
and
WHEREAS,
Phi Delta Kappa's three-point national program encompasses youth guidance,
education and professional growth among teachers, and service to the community;
and
WHEREAS,
members are challenged each day to be educators who positively impact a changing
society in and outside the walls of the classroom; and
WHEREAS,
each year, the organization awards scholarships to high school seniors, males
and females who have chosen teacher education as a college major, five college
students in a teacher education program, and a teacher pursuing her doctorate in
education; and
WHEREAS,
Mary D. Brown, chairperson of the Commission on Civil Rights, Education, and
Legislative Affairs, and Allie Belle Harrison, first vice president of programs,
have coordinated an event to meet legislators and members of the Committee on
Education to address the issue of education; and
WHEREAS,
Representative Earnest Williams, a former teacher, is an advocate for student
achievement and quality teachers, and understands the vision of Phi Delta Kappa
to build today for tomorrow; and
WHEREAS,
the National Sorority of Phi Delta Kappa will continue to foster internal
growth, embrace the highest teaching ideals, and know that their investment
toward the development of this nation's youth will pay dividends.
NOW,
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES that the members of
this body commend the outstanding service of Phi Delta Kappa, Inc., and its
members in improving the field of education and uplifting the lives of the
future leaders in this state and recognize February 17, 2010, as National
Sorority of Phi Delta Kappa, Inc., Day at the state capitol.
BE
IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Clerk of the House of Representatives is authorized
and directed to transmit appropriate copies of this resolution to Mary D. Brown,
Allie Belle Harrison, and the Epsilon Tau Chapter of the National Sorority of
Phi Delta Kappa, Inc.