Bill Text: FL S0322 | 2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-24 - Adopted, companion bill(s) passed, see HR 9003 (Adopted) -SJ 260 [S0322 Detail]

Download: Florida-2012-S0322-Introduced.html

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       Florida Senate - 2012             (Corrected Copy)(NP)    SR 322
       
       
       
       By Senator Bullard
       
       
       
       
       39-00132D-12                                           2012322__
    1                          Senate Resolution                        
    2         A resolution acknowledging the invaluable
    3         contributions made to the people of Florida by Delta
    4         Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., and recognizing January
    5         22-24, 2012, as “The 18th 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 99 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
   28  initiated and more than 950 chapters worldwide, 52 of which are
   29  located in Florida and the Bahamas, 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 17 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 January 22-24, 2012, under the leadership of
   41  Southern Regional Director Cheryl W. Turner and Southern
   42  Regional Representative Manica Pierrette, the members of the 52
   43  chapters of the sorority now serving Florida and the Bahamas
   44  will converge on Tallahassee to conduct the 18th Annual Delta
   45  Days at the Florida Capitol and provide special recognition at
   46  the Sixth Annual Honorable Carrie P. Meek Servant Leadership
   47  Luncheon to the state’s Delta Dears, who have blazed trails in
   48  social advocacy and public service, and
   49         WHEREAS, Senators Larcenia J. Bullard, Audrey Gibson, and
   50  Arthenia L. Joyner and Representative Gwyndolen Clarke-Reed are
   51  esteemed members of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., NOW,
   52  THEREFORE,
   53  
   54  Be It Resolved by the Senate of the State of Florida:
   55  
   56         That the Florida Senate commends Delta Sigma Theta
   57  Sorority, Inc., for its contributions to the people of Florida,
   58  and recognizes January 22-24, 2012, as “The 18th Annual Delta
   59  Days at the Florida Capitol.”