Bill Text: TX HR1552 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Recognizing April 22, 2019, as Red and White Day at the State Capitol in honor of the advocacy efforts of the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-05-17 - Withdrawn from calendar [HR1552 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HR1552-Introduced.html
86R20553 ST-D | ||
By: Rose | H.R. No. 1552 |
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WHEREAS, Collegiate and alumnae members of the Delta Sigma | ||
Theta Sorority are gathering in Austin on April 22, 2019, to mark | ||
Red and White Day, a day of advocacy and action, at the State | ||
Capitol; and | ||
WHEREAS, The Delta Sigma Theta Sorority was initiated in 1913 | ||
at Howard University in Washington, D.C.; the 22 original members | ||
included four young women from Texas, Zephyr Chisom Carter, Jessie | ||
McGuire Dent, Frederica Chase Dodd, and Myra Davis Hemmings, all | ||
committed to academic excellence and social change; members marched | ||
in a women's suffrage parade soon after, and they incorporated as a | ||
national organization in 1930; and | ||
WHEREAS, Since its founding, more than 200,000 women have | ||
joined Delta Sigma Theta in the United States and several foreign | ||
countries; the sorority encompasses about 1,000 chapters, with many | ||
in the Lone Star State; participants work toward positive change in | ||
their communities and advocate for economic development, | ||
international awareness, physical and mental health, and improved | ||
education; moreover, they mentor at-risk young women, conduct voter | ||
awareness drives, host political forums, and help guide and inform | ||
public policy; and | ||
WHEREAS, Many members of the sorority have gone on to have | ||
distinguished careers in public service, including Texas State | ||
Representatives Rhetta Andrews Bowers and Toni Rose, as well as the | ||
late state representative Ruth Jones McClendon and the late | ||
congresswoman Barbara Jordan; and | ||
WHEREAS, The women of Delta Sigma Theta have enriched the | ||
State of Texas and the nation with their generosity and their wide | ||
array of programs and services, and it is indeed a pleasure to | ||
commend them for their noteworthy endeavors; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 86th Texas | ||
Legislature hereby recognize April 22, 2019, as Red and White Day at | ||
the State Capitol and extend to all those involved with the Delta | ||
Sigma Theta Sorority sincere best wishes for the future; and, be it | ||
further | ||
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
prepared for the sorority as an expression of high regard by the | ||
Texas House of Representatives. |