HR 9043 2003
1	House Resolution
2	A resolution recognizing the Ninth Annual Delta Days at
3	the Florida Capitol.
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5	WHEREAS, since its inception in January 1913 by 22
6	outstanding women at Howard University in Washington, D. C.,
7	Delta Sigma Theta Sorority has been a vehicle for advocacy,
8	effecting social change and public policy through its Social
9	Action Commission, and
10	WHEREAS, nearly six weeks after its founding, the first
11	public act of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority was its participation
12	in the Women’s Suffrage Movement demanding rights for women, and
13	WHEREAS, the Sorority is a sisterhood of college-educated
14	women committed to implementing the sorority’s mission through
15	its Five Point Program Thrust: Economic Development, Educational
16	Development, Physical and Mental Health, Political Awareness,
17	and International Awareness and Involvement, and
18	WHEREAS, this organization recently celebrated 90 years of
19	exemplary service and support to local communities, leading
20	dialogue on public policy issues, supporting quality education,
21	and producing new projects to stimulate current and future
22	economic growth, and
23	WHEREAS, with over 200,000 college-educated women in more
24	than 950 chapters worldwide, 47 of which are located in Florida
25	and the Bahamas, members of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority are
26	clearly visible as corporate and civic leaders, productive
27	public officials, acclaimed academicians, and activists, and
28	WHEREAS, Delta Sorors of the Florida Legislature include
29	Senator Larcenia Bullard and Representatives Joyce Cusack,
30	Dorothy Bendross-Mindingall, and Arthenia Joyner, NOW,
31	THEREFORE,
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33	Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of
34	Florida:
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36	That the House of Representatives join the members of Delta
37	Sigma Theta Sorority in observing the Ninth Annual Delta Days at
38	the Florida Capitol.
39	BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this resolution be
40	presented to the Florida Leadership Team, Paulette C. Walker,
41	Southern Regional Director; Shamen Sharelle Dailey; Martha Scott
42	Lue; and Stacie Alderman, as a tangible token of the sentiments
43	expressed herein.