Bill Text: GA HR607 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc.; recognize
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2)
Status: (Passed) 2011-03-16 - House Read and Adopted [HR607 Detail]
Download: Georgia-2011-HR607-Introduced.html
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House
Resolution 607
By:
Representatives Mayo of the
91st
and Heard of the
114th
A
RESOLUTION
Recognizing
and commending Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc., on the occasion of its
centennial anniversary; and for other purposes.
WHEREAS,
Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity was incorporated on January 5, 1911, on the campus of
Indiana University by ten young men determined to create a brotherhood that
would provide a sense of belonging and empowerment to combat prejudices,
discrimination, social isolation, and exclusion; and
WHEREAS,
the founding brothers included Honorable Elder Watson Diggs, Byron Kenneth
Armstrong, Guy Levis Grant, Ezra D. Alexander, Henry T. Asher, Marcus Peter
Blakemore, Paul Waymond Caine, George Wesley Edmonds, Edward Giles Irvin, and
John Milton Lee; and
WHEREAS,
Kappa Alpha Psi was the first African American fraternity or sorority founded on
a majority Caucasian college or university and has five objectives: to unite
college men of culture, patriotism, and honor in a bond of fraternity; to
encourage honorable achievement in every field of human endeavor; to promote the
spiritual, social, intellectual, and moral welfare of its members; to assist in
the aims and purposes of colleges and universities; and to inspire service in
the public interest; and
WHEREAS,
Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity provides an invaluable service to the community
through its national service program, the Guide Right Program, which was founded
in 1921 as an ad hoc committee to study the needs of Greek letter chapters but
grew into a much broader concept of assisting high school seniors with
identifying and selecting useful careers; and
WHEREAS,
members of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity have made lasting contributions by
aspiring to achieve in all fields of human endeavors, and some past and present
exemplars from the membership include Dr. Reverend Ralph David Abernathy, Arthur
Schomburg, Whitman Mayo, Arthur Ashe, Johnnie L. Cochran, Lerone J. Bennett, Dr.
Henry Foster, Tavis Smiley, and Georgia Congressman Sanford Bishop;
and
WHEREAS,
Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity has over 23,500 active members and 800 undergraduate
and alumni chapters worldwide, including over 1,500 active members and 35
undergraduate and alumni chapters in Georgia; and
WHEREAS,
it is abundantly fitting and proper that the outstanding work of this fine
organization and its numerous contributions to the citizens of this state be
appropriately recognized.
NOW,
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES that the members of
this body congratulate Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity on its 100th anniversary,
recognize the legacy of achievement and the contributions its members have made
to the world community, and extend best wishes for continued success in their
ongoing efforts to make a profound impact and footprint on the
world.
BE
IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Clerk of the House of Representatives is authorized
and directed to transmit an appropriate copy of this resolution to Kappa Alpha
Psi Fraternity, Inc.
