| 1 | House Resolution |
| 2 | A resolution recognizing March 19, 2010, as the first |
| 3 | annual "Kappas at the Kapitol Day" in Florida. |
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc., is a public |
| 6 | service organization founded on January 5, 1911, by ten great |
| 7 | men at Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana, where its |
| 8 | grand objective was to unite college men in a bond of |
| 9 | fraternity, and |
| 10 | WHEREAS, since the beginning of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, |
| 11 | Inc.'s existence, its members have vowed to make great |
| 12 | achievements in all fields of human endeavor, and |
| 13 | WHEREAS, Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc., is a brotherhood |
| 14 | of college-educated men committed to executing the fraternity's |
| 15 | ideals through its Guide Right programs: GLAD (Greeks Learning |
| 16 | to Avoid Debt), Sunday of Hope, iKare (International Kappa |
| 17 | Action Relief Effort), the Piney Woods School, the Kappa Alpha |
| 18 | Psi Foundation, political awareness programs, and international |
| 19 | awareness and involvement, and |
| 20 | WHEREAS, Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc., recently |
| 21 | celebrated 99 years of exemplary service and support to local |
| 22 | communities, leading dialogue on public policy issues, |
| 23 | supporting quality education, and producing new projects to |
| 24 | stimulate current and future economic growth, and |
| 25 | WHEREAS, with over 100,000 college-educated men initiated |
| 26 | since the fraternity's founding in 1911 and over 400 |
| 27 | undergraduate chapters and 391 alumni chapters worldwide, |
| 28 | including 41 chapters located in Florida and the Bahamas, |
| 29 | members of Kappa Alpha Psi are clearly focused and visible as |
| 30 | corporate and civic leaders, respected public officials, |
| 31 | acclaimed academicians, and activists in their own right, and |
| 32 | WHEREAS, on March 19, 2010, members of the 43 chapters of |
| 33 | Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc., representing Florida and the |
| 34 | Bahamas, will converge on Tallahassee to conduct the first |
| 35 | annual "Kappas at the Kapitol Day," and |
| 36 | WHEREAS, Representatives Dwight M. Bullard, Oscar Braynon |
| 37 | II, Perry E. Thurston, and Alan B. Williams are esteemed members |
| 38 | of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc., NOW, THEREFORE, |
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| 40 | Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of |
| 41 | Florida: |
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| 43 | That March 19, 2010, is recognized as the first annual |
| 44 | "Kappas at the Kapitol Day" in Florida in recognition of the |
| 45 | many contributions that the members of Kappa Alpha Psi |
| 46 | Fraternity, Inc., have made to this state. |