Florida Senate - 2011             (Corrected Copy)(NP)    SR 110
       
       
       
       By Senator Bullard
       
       
       
       
       39-00030C-11                                           2011110__
    1                          Senate Resolution                        
    2         A resolution acknowledging the invaluable
    3         contributions made to the people of Florida by Delta
    4         Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., and recognizing March 20
    5         23, 2011, as “The 17th Annual Delta Days at the
    6         Florida Capitol.”
    7  
    8         WHEREAS, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., is a public
    9  service organization founded on January 13, 1913, by 22
   10  outstanding 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 Women’s
   13  Suffrage Movement, demanding rights for women, particularly the
   14  right to vote, and
   15         WHEREAS, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., is a sisterhood
   16  of college-educated women committed to implementing the
   17  sorority’s mission through its Five-Point Program Thrust:
   18  economic development, educational development, physical and
   19  mental health, political awareness and involvement, and
   20  international awareness and involvement, and
   21         WHEREAS, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., recently
   22  celebrated 98 years of exemplary service and support to local
   23  communities, leading dialogue on public policy issues,
   24  supporting quality education, producing new projects to
   25  stimulate current and future economic growth, and improving the
   26  holistic well-being of minority populations internationally, and
   27         WHEREAS, with more than 200,000 college-educated women and
   28  more than 950 chapters worldwide, 52 of which are located in
   29  Florida and the Bahamas, members of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority
   30  are clearly focused and visible as corporate and civic leaders,
   31  productive public officials, acclaimed academicians, and
   32  activists in their own right, and
   33         WHEREAS, for the past 16 years, the sorority’s Florida
   34  chapters have conducted “Delta Days at the Florida Capitol” to
   35  provide information to state legislators and government
   36  executives which is vital to developing public policy; to host a
   37  reception for state legislators and government executives; and
   38  to monitor the progress of pending legislation related to
   39  significant public policy issues, and
   40         WHEREAS, on March 20-23, 2011, under the leadership of Lois
   41  Gilder, Interim Southern Regional Director, the members of the
   42  52 chapters of the sorority that now serve Florida and the
   43  Bahamas will converge on Tallahassee to conduct the 17th Annual
   44  Delta Days at the Florida Capitol and to provide special
   45  recognition at the Fifth Annual Honorable Carrie P. Meek Servant
   46  Leadership Luncheon to the state’s Delta Dears, who have blazed
   47  trails in social advocacy and public service, and
   48         WHEREAS, Senators Arthenia L. Joyner and Larcenia J.
   49  Bullard and Representative Gwyndolen Clarke-Reed are esteemed
   50  members of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., NOW, THEREFORE,
   51  
   52  Be It Resolved by the Senate of the State of Florida:
   53  
   54         That the Florida Senate commends Delta Sigma Theta
   55  Sorority, Inc., for its contributions to the people of Florida,
   56  and recognizes March 20-23, 2011, as “The 17th Annual Delta Days
   57  at the Florida Capitol.”