Bill Text: TX SR82 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced

Texas Senate Resolution 82 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Recognizing January 24, 2023, as Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Day at the State Capitol.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Passed) 2023-02-07 - Reported enrolled [SR82 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-SR82-Introduced.html

	88R9558 CJM-D

	By: Miles	S.R. No. 82



	R E S O L U T I O N
	WHEREAS, Proud members of the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity are
	gathering at the State Capitol on January 24, 2023, providing a
	fitting opportunity to celebrate the fraternity's exceptional
	legacy of civic engagement; and
	WHEREAS, Launched at Cornell University on December 4, 1906,
	Alpha Phi Alpha was the first intercollegiate Greek-letter
	fraternity established by African Americans; founded by seven men
	who came to be known as the "Jewels" of the organization, Alpha Phi
	Alpha initially served as a study and support group for minority
	students who were struggling against racial prejudice; these early
	leaders laid the foundation for the fraternity's principles of
	scholarship, fellowship, character, and the uplifting of humanity;
	and
	WHEREAS, In the years that followed, Alpha Phi Alpha chapters
	were formed at other colleges across the nation; while the
	fraternity placed a strong emphasis on the academic excellence of
	its members, it also expanded its focus to address the educational,
	economic, political, and social injustices faced by African
	Americans and people of color around the world; over the decades,
	many former Alpha Phi Alpha members have stood at the forefront of
	the fight for civil rights, including W. E. B. Du Bois, Paul
	Robeson, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Thurgood Marshall, Adam
	Clayton Powell Jr., Edward Brooke, Andrew Young, and William Gray;
	and
	WHEREAS, Alpha Phi Alpha has been an interracial group since
	1945 and now encompasses chapters across the United States; the
	fraternity has an especially rich history in the Lone Star State,
	which has been home to three of the organization's general
	presidents, and a number of prominent Texas leaders are Alpha Phi
	Alpha alumni; and
	WHEREAS, For more than a century, Alpha Phi Alpha has worked
	to foster a brotherhood of concerned citizens who devote themselves
	to the greater good, and its members may indeed reflect with pride
	on their organization's noteworthy tradition of activism and
	achievement; now, therefore, be it
	RESOLVED, That the Senate of the 88th Texas Legislature
	hereby recognize January 24, 2023, as Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity
	Day at the State Capitol and extend to all those associated with the
	organization sincere best wishes for the future; and, be it further
	RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
	prepared for the fraternity as an expression of high regard by the
	Texas Senate.