Bill Text: FL S1482 | 2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Florida Sigma Zeta Day

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-03-16 - Introduced -SJ 00253; Read 2nd time -SJ 00254; Adopted; companion bill(s) passed, see HR 9015 (Adopted) -SJ 00254 [S1482 Detail]

Download: Florida-2010-S1482-Introduced.html

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       Florida Senate - 2010                            (NP)    SR 1482 
        
       By Senator Lawson 
       6-01392-10                                            20101482__ 
    1                          Senate Resolution                         
    2         A resolution recognizing March 16, 2010, as “Florida 
    3         Sigma Zeta Day” at the Capitol. 
    4   
    5         WHEREAS, Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity was founded at Howard 
    6  University in Washington, D.C., on January 9, 1914, by A. 
    7  Langston Taylor, Leonard F. Morse, and Charles I. Brown, and 
    8         WHEREAS, Zeta Phi Beta Sorority was founded at Howard 
    9  University in Washington, D.C., on January 16, 1920, by Arizona 
   10  Cleaver, Myrtle Tyler, Viola Tyler, Fannie Pettie, and Pearl 
   11  Neal, and 
   12         WHEREAS, Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc., and Zeta Phi Beta 
   13  Sorority, Inc., are the only constitutionally bound, 
   14  historically black Greek fraternal organizations, and 
   15         WHEREAS, both Sigma and Zeta address the societal ills of 
   16  the current day, such as gaps in the availability and 
   17  accessibility of health care to racial and ethnic minority 
   18  groups, and 
   19         WHEREAS, research indicates that blacks are 
   20  disproportionally impacted by cancer, infant mortality, and 
   21  HIV/AIDS; have less access to adequate health care; and are more 
   22  likely to not have health insurance coverage, and 
   23         WHEREAS, state and local partnerships are vital to 
   24  promoting awareness of minority health issues, such as 
   25  increasing screenings for breast, colon, and prostate cancers; 
   26  raising awareness of sudden infant death syndrome; and 
   27  establishing more HIV testing sites, and 
   28         WHEREAS, Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc., addresses 
   29  improving men’s health through Sigma Wellness, Living Well - 
   30  Brother to Brother, and Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc., strives to 
   31  enhance community and women’s health through Z-HOPE - Zetas 
   32  Helping Other People Excel - and Zeta Health Justice 
   33  initiatives, and 
   34         WHEREAS, Florida State Senator Al Lawson and Florida State 
   35  Representative Betty Reed support the efforts of Phi Beta Sigma 
   36  Fraternity, Inc., and Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc., as sponsors 
   37  of the organizations’ social action initiatives addressing 
   38  health disparities, NOW, THEREFORE, 
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   40  Be It Resolved by the Senate of the State of Florida: 
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   42         That March 16, 2010, is recognized as “Florida Sigma Zeta 
   43  Day” at the Capitol.