Bill Text: TX HR97 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Recognizing January 29, 2025, as Alpha Kappa Alpha Day at the State Capitol.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Passed) 2025-01-29 - Reported enrolled [HR97 Detail]
Download: Texas-2025-HR97-Enrolled.html
| H.R. No. 97 | ||
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| WHEREAS, Proud members of the South Central Region of Alpha | ||
| Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., are gathering in Austin on January 29, | ||
| 2025, to celebrate Alpha Kappa Alpha Day at the State Capitol; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The nation's first Greek sorority for African | ||
| American women, Alpha Kappa Alpha was founded as a social and | ||
| service organization on January 15, 1908, by Howard University | ||
| undergraduate Ethel Hedgeman Lyle and 19 other students; these | ||
| inspiring women are today known as "the Twenty Pearls"; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The sorority seeks to cultivate and encourage high | ||
| scholastic and ethical standards, to promote unity and friendship | ||
| among college women, to improve the social stature of women of all | ||
| ages, and to be of service to all mankind; a member of the National | ||
| Pan-Hellenic Council, Alpha Kappa Alpha serves people around the | ||
| world through the efforts of more than 360,000 members in over 1,000 | ||
| chapters located in the United States, the U.S. Virgin Islands, the | ||
| Bahamas, Bermuda, Canada, Germany, South Korea, Japan, the United | ||
| Arab Emirates, Liberia, Nigeria, and South Africa; and | ||
| WHEREAS, For more than a century, the group has made a | ||
| positive difference with its important work in the areas of civil | ||
| rights, education, economic empowerment, and health care; under the | ||
| leadership of the sorority's 31st international president, Danette | ||
| Anthony Reed, Alpha Kappa Alpha continues to focus on the personal | ||
| and professional development of its members, on the bonds of | ||
| sisterhood, and on its domestic and international servant | ||
| leadership; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., has long remained | ||
| at the forefront of effective advocacy and social change, and its | ||
| members' efforts have made an important contribution to the goals | ||
| of equality and equity for all citizens of the world; now, | ||
| therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 89th Texas | ||
| Legislature hereby recognize January 29, 2025, as Alpha Kappa Alpha | ||
| Day at the State Capitol and extend a warm welcome to the sorority's | ||
| visiting delegation. | ||
| Thompson | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Speaker of the House | ||
| I certify that H.R. No. 97 was adopted by the House on January | ||
| 29, 2025, by a non-record vote. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
