Bill Text: IL HR0210 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Recognizes the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority as they visit the Illinois State Capitol for Delta Days on March 28, 2017.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Passed) 2017-03-16 - Resolution Adopted [HR0210 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-HR0210-Introduced.html
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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
| 3 | Representatives wish to recognize the Delta Sigma Theta | ||||||
| 4 | Sorority as they visit the Illinois State Capitol for Delta | ||||||
| 5 | Days on March 28, 2017; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, Since its inception, Delta Sigma Theta has focused | ||||||
| 7 | on five areas: economic development, educational development, | ||||||
| 8 | international
awareness and involvement, physical and mental | ||||||
| 9 | Health, and political awareness and involvement; and
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| 10 | WHEREAS, In March 1913, six weeks after its founding, Delta | ||||||
| 11 | Sigma Theta took part in its first action - marching in the | ||||||
| 12 | women's suffrage parade in Washington, D.C.; and
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| 13 | WHEREAS, In 1989, the National Social Action Commission | ||||||
| 14 | instituted Delta Days in the nation's capital, an
annual | ||||||
| 15 | legislative conference to increase members' involvement in the | ||||||
| 16 | national public policymaking
process; the annual conference | ||||||
| 17 | includes legislative briefings, issue forums, and advocacy | ||||||
| 18 | skills
development; featured speakers include key | ||||||
| 19 | policymakers, members of the United States Congress,
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| 20 | Congressional staff members, and national issues experts; | ||||||
| 21 | events are also held on the regional,
State, and local levels; | ||||||
| 22 | and
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| 1 | WHEREAS, Delta Days activities include briefings on | ||||||
| 2 | legislative issues which impact the African-American
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| 3 | community; skill development sessions such as "How to Lobby | ||||||
| 4 | Effectively", "Understanding the Role
of Congressional | ||||||
| 5 | Staffers", and "How to Monitor and Track Legislation"; it also | ||||||
| 6 | includes legislative visits to members
of Congress; and
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| 7 | WHEREAS, Delta Sigma Theta has 24 chapters in the State of | ||||||
| 8 | Illinois, which is part of the Mighty Midwest Region, comprised | ||||||
| 9 | of Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, | ||||||
| 10 | Wisconsin, and West Virginia; it has 3,800 members in Illinois; | ||||||
| 11 | and
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| 12 | WHEREAS, Today, the goals of Delta Sigma Theta are voter | ||||||
| 13 | registration and voter education programs, combating voter | ||||||
| 14 | suppression, full restoration of voting rights for individuals | ||||||
| 15 | who have paid their debt to society (ex-offenders), affordable | ||||||
| 16 | health care and access to quality health care, financial | ||||||
| 17 | literacy and economic empowerment, support for historically | ||||||
| 18 | African American colleges and universities, political | ||||||
| 19 | awareness and involvement, gender equality, and ending racial | ||||||
| 20 | profiling; therefore, be it
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| 21 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
| 22 | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | ||||||
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| 1 | recognize the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority as they visit the | ||||||
| 2 | Illinois State Capitol for Delta Days on March 28, 2017; and be | ||||||
| 3 | it further
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| 4 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 5 | presented to Delta Sigma Theta as a symbol of our respect and | ||||||
| 6 | esteem.
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