Bill Text: FL S0082 | 2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-03-23 - Introduced -SJ 00311; Read 2nd time -SJ 00312; Adopted; companion bill(s) passed, see HR 9051 (Adopted) -SJ 00312 [S0082 Detail]

Download: Florida-2010-S0082-Introduced.html

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Florida Senate - 2010                  (Corrected Copy)    SR 82 
 
By Senator Joyner 
18-00019A-10                                            201082__ 
1                          Senate Resolution 
2         A resolution acknowledging the invaluable 
3         contributions Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., has 
4         made to the people of Florida, and recognizing March 
5         21-23, 2010, as “The 16th Annual Delta Days at the 
6         Florida Capitol.” 
7 
8         WHEREAS, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., is a public 
9  service organization founded on January 13, 1913, by 22 
10  outstanding women at Howard University in Washington, D.C., and 
11         WHEREAS, nearly 6 weeks after its founding, the first 
12  public act of the sorority was its participation in the Women’s 
13  Suffrage Movement, demanding rights for women, particularly the 
14  right to vote, and 
15         WHEREAS, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., is a sisterhood 
16  of college-educated women committed to implementing the 
17  sorority’s mission through its Five-Point Program Thrust: 
18  economic development, educational development, physical and 
19  mental health, political awareness and involvement, and 
20  international awareness and involvement, and 
21         WHEREAS, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., recently 
22  celebrated 97 years of exemplary service and support to local 
23  communities, leading dialogue on public policy issues, 
24  supporting quality education, producing new projects to 
25  stimulate current and future economic growth, and improving the 
26  holistic well-being of minority populations internationally, and 
27         WHEREAS, with more than 200,000 college-educated women and 
28  more than 950 chapters worldwide — 52 of those chapters located 
29  in Florida and the Bahamas, alone, members of Delta Sigma Theta 
30  Sorority are clearly focused and visible as corporate and civic 
31  leaders, productive public officials, acclaimed academicians, 
32  and activists in their own right, and 
33         WHEREAS, for the past 15 years, the sorority’s Florida 
34  chapters have conducted “Delta Days at the Florida Capitol” to 
35  provide information to state legislators and government 
36  executives which is vital to developing public policy; to host a 
37  reception for state legislators and government executives; and 
38  to monitor the progress of pending legislation related to 
39  significant public policy issues, and 
40         WHEREAS, on March 21-23, 2010, under the leadership of 
41  Christine M. Nixon, the 22nd Southern Regional Director, the 
42  members of the 52 chapters of the sorority that now serve 
43  Florida and the Bahamas will converge on Tallahassee to conduct 
44  The 16th Annual Delta Days at the Florida Capitol, celebrating 
45  the theme “Advocacy in Action: Strengthening Our Legacy,” and 
46  providing special recognition at the Fourth Annual Honorable 
47  Carrie P. Meek Servant Leadership Luncheon to the state’s Delta 
48  Dears, who have blazed trails in social advocacy and public 
49  service, and 
50         WHEREAS, Senators Arthenia L. Joyner and Larcenia J. 
51  Bullard and Representatives Audrey Gibson and Gwyndolen Clarke 
52  Reed are esteemed members of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., 
53  NOW, THEREFORE, 
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55  Be It Resolved by the Senate of the State of Florida: 
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57         That the Florida Senate commends Delta Sigma Theta 
58  Sorority, Inc., for its contributions to the people of Florida, 
59  and recognizes March 21-23, 2010, as “The 16th Annual Delta Days 
60  at the Florida Capitol.”