Senate Bill sb2478

    Florida Senate - 2003        (NP)                      SR 2478

    By Senator Bullard





    39-1911-03

  1                    Senate Resolution No. ____

  2         A resolution acknowledging the invaluable

  3         contributions Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.,

  4         has made to the people of Florida, and

  5         recognizing March 16-18, 2003, as "The 9th

  6         Annual Delta Days at the Florida Capitol."

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  8         WHEREAS, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., is a public

  9  service organization founded in January 1913 by 22 outstanding

10  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

13  Women's Suffrage Movement demanding rights for women,

14  particularly the right to vote, and

15         WHEREAS, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., is a

16  sisterhood of college-educated women committed to implementing

17  the sorority's mission through its Five Point Program Thrust:

18  Economic Development, Educational Development, Physical and

19  Mental Health, Political Awareness, and International

20  Awareness and Involvement, and

21         WHEREAS, this organization recently celebrated 90 years

22  of exemplary service and support to local communities, leading

23  dialogue on public policy issues, supporting quality

24  education, and producing new projects to stimulate current and

25  future economic growth, and

26         WHEREAS, with over 200,000 college-educated women and

27  over 950 chapters worldwide--47 chapters located in Florida

28  and the Bahamas--members of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority are

29  clearly focused and visible as corporate and civic leaders,

30  productive public officials, acclaimed academicians, and

31  activists in their own right, and

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    Florida Senate - 2003        (NP)                      SR 2478
    39-1911-03




 1         WHEREAS, for the past 8 years, the Sorority's Florida

 2  Chapters have conducted "Delta Days at the Florida Capitol" to

 3  provide information to state legislators and government

 4  executives which is vital to developing public policy; to host

 5  a reception for state legislators and government executives;

 6  and to monitor the progress of pending legislation related to

 7  significant public policy issues, and

 8         WHEREAS, on March 16-18, 2003, the members of the 47

 9  Chapters of the Sorority that now serve Florida and the

10  Bahamas will converge on Tallahassee to conduct "The 9th

11  Annual Delta Days at the Florida Capitol," focusing on a theme

12  of Leadership, Advocacy, and Empowerment in taking social

13  action and delivering public services, NOW, THEREFORE,

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15  Be It Resolved by the Senate of the State of Florida:

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17         That the Florida Senate commends Delta Sigma Theta

18  Sorority, Inc., for its contributions to the people of

19  Florida, and recognizes March 16-18, 2003, as "The 9th Annual

20  Delta Days at the Florida Capitol."

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