Bill Text: MI HR0192 | 2019-2020 | 100th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: A resolution to declare November 12, 2019, as Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Incorporated Founders' Day in the state of Michigan.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-10-30 - Adopted [HR0192 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2019-HR0192-Enrolled.html
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HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 192
Whereas, Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Incorporated was founded on the campus of Butler University in Indianapolis, Indiana, and is the first and only historically black sorority established at a predominately white institution; and
Whereas, On November 12, 1922, the seven educators who founded Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Incorporated, Mary Lou Allison Gardner Little, Dorothy Hanley Whiteside, Vivian Irene White Marbury, Nannie Mae Gahn Johnson, Hattie Mae Annette Dulin Redford, Bessie Maw Downey Rhoades Martin, and Cubena McClure, envisioned an organization for African American women steeped in the bounds of sisterhood dedicated to uplifting the community through community service, education, civil, and social action; and
Whereas, This organization of diverse professional women is dedicated to the encouragement and promotion of high scholastic attainment, community service, and improved quality of life through its chapters, and over 85,000 members and affiliates located throughout the United States, Korea, Bermuda, Africa, Bahamas, Canada, the Caribbean, Germany, and United Arab Emirates; and
Whereas, Through programing, education, and advocacy, Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Incorporated has become a leading national service organization working to address socioeconomic issues that impact our communities in the U.S. and globally through programs such as Swim 1922, Project Cradle Care, Wee Savers, Operation Big Bookbag, and our annual Youth Symposium; and
Whereas, The central region is home to chapters serving Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Missouri, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin, in addition to the Canadian divisions of Windsor, Ontario and west to Saskatchewan, Baffin Islands, Greenland, Iceland, Queen Elizabeth Islands, and Germany; and
Whereas, Over 18 Sigma Gamma Rho chapters are located on college and university campuses and have active alumnae chapters throughout the state of Michigan who lend their time and talents to enrich and enhance the fabric of our state; and
Whereas, Rep. Leslie Love is the first member of Sigma Gamma Rho to serve in the Michigan House of Representative and the only member currently serving in the 100th Legislature; now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the House of Representatives, That the members of this legislative body declare November 12, 2019, as Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Incorporated Founders’ Day in the state of Michigan. We further commemorate the 97th anniversary of Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Incorporated; and be it further
Resolved, That a copy of this resolution be transmitted to the national headquarters for Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Incorporated.
