Bill Text: TX SR447 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Recognizing April 7, 2015, as Red and White Day.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Passed) 2015-04-07 - Reported enrolled [SR447 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-SR447-Enrolled.html
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| WHEREAS, Collegiate and alumnae members of the Delta | ||
| Sigma Theta Sorority are gathering in Austin on April 7, 2015, | ||
| 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, | ||
| including many in the Lone Star State; members 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 | ||
| African American girls, conduct voter awareness drives, host | ||
| political forums, and help guide and inform public policy; 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 Senate of the State of Texas, 84th | ||
| Legislature, hereby recognize April 7, 2015, 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 from | ||
| the Texas Senate. | ||
| West | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| President of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that the | ||
| above Resolution was adopted by | ||
| the Senate on April 7, 2015. | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| Member, Texas Senate | ||
