Bill Text: IL SR1582 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Declares the date of May 9, 2018 as Alpha Kappa Alpha Day in the State of Illinois in honor of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, and its work.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2018-05-09 - Resolution Adopted [SR1582 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2017-SR1582-Introduced.html

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SENATE RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, founded
on the campus of Howard University in 1908 and incorporated in
1913, has established a mandate for carrying out the vision of
a new day of excellence and performance; and
WHEREAS, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority is the nation's oldest
African-American sorority; the Sorority has never changed its
mission to cultivate and encourage high scholastic and ethical
standards, promote unity and friendship among college women,
help alleviate problems concerning girls and women in order to
improve their social status, maintain a progressive interest in
college life, and to be of "Service to All Mankind"; and
WHEREAS, The 2014-2018 Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.
administration, under the dynamic and creative leadership of
International President Dorothy Buckhanan Wilson, continues to
fulfill the service imperative of the organization's founders
with the international program "Launching New Dimensions of
Service", which focuses on educational enrichment, health
promotion, family strengthening, environmental ownership, and
global impact; and
WHEREAS, Many prominent women have been or are members of
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., including the late First Lady

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Eleanor Roosevelt, the late civil rights leaders Coretta Scott
King and Rosa Parks, actress Phylicia Rashad, the late poet
Maya Angelou, writer Toni Morrison, singer Alicia Keys,
attorney Star Jones, financial expert Mellody Hobson,
comedian/actress Wanda Sykes, actress Jada Pinkett-Smith, Cook
County Recorder of Deeds Karen Yarbrough, Cook County Board
President Toni Preckwinkle, and the President of Liberia, Ellen
Johnson Sirleaf; and
WHEREAS, Many members of the General Assembly and
legislative staff are members of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority,
Inc., including Senate Majority Whip Mattie Hunter, Senator Toi
Hutchinson, and India Hammons; and
WHEREAS, Alpha Kappa Alpha's storied history of proven
leadership and extensive involvement in the world community
through strategic partnerships evidence the sorority's
potential to significantly contribute to the world community;
and
WHEREAS, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated made
history and expanded its international presence when it
chartered its first chapter, Omega Theta Omega, in the Middle
East; the chapter's 37 women, located in Abu Dhabi, Dubai and
throughout the United Arab Emirates, are business executives,
attorneys, educators, and physicians, among other accomplished

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professionals; and
WHEREAS, Leadership development is essential to the
vitality of the organization, and the sorority's continuing
requirements of academic excellence, shared values, and
dedication to the mission of Alpha Kappa Alpha ensure a
continuous wellspring of quality leaders; therefore, be it
RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL
ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we declare the date of
May 9, 2018 as Alpha Kappa Alpha Day in the State of Illinois
in honor of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, and its
work; and be it further
RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be
provided to Kathy Walker Steele, Central Regional Director;
Dorothy Buckhanan Wilson, International President; Sylvia
Blackmon-Roberts, International Connection Committee Chairman;
and Bakahia Reed Madison, Central Regional Representative to
the International Connection Committee.