| 1 | House Resolution |
| 2 | A resolution observing March 19-21, 2006, as the 12th |
| 3 | Annual Delta Days at 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 93 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 900 chapters worldwide, 47 of which are located in Florida |
| 25 | and the Bahamas, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority members are clearly |
| 26 | visible as corporate and civic leaders, productive public |
| 27 | officials, acclaimed academicians, and activists, and |
| 28 | WHEREAS, Delta Sorors of the Florida Legislature include |
| 29 | Senator Larcenia Bullard and Representatives Dorothy Bendross- |
| 30 | Mindingall, Joyce Cusack, Audrey Gibson, and Arthenia L. Joyner, |
| 31 | NOW, 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 members of the Florida House of Representatives |
| 37 | join the members of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority in observing |
| 38 | March 19-21, 2006, as the 12th Annual Delta Days at the Florida |
| 39 | Capitol. |
| 40 | BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this resolution be |
| 41 | presented to Cynthia Boyd, Southern Regional Director, Yolanda |
| 42 | Moore, and the Florida Leadership Team as a tangible token of |
| 43 | the sentiments expressed herein. |