Florida Senate - 2013                            (NP)    SR 1822
       
       
       
       By Senator Joyner
       
       
       
       
       19-00166-13                                           20131822__
    1                          Senate Resolution                        
    2         A resolution acknowledging the remarkable
    3         contributions made to the people of this state by
    4         Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., and recognizing
    5         April 7-9, 2013, as the 19th 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  illustrious collegiate women at Howard University in Washington,
   11  D.C., and
   12         WHEREAS, nearly 6 weeks after its founding, the first
   13  public act of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., was its
   14  participation in the Women’s Suffrage Movement, demanding rights
   15  for women, particularly the right to vote, and
   16         WHEREAS, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., is a sisterhood
   17  of college-educated women committed to implementing the
   18  sorority’s mission through its Five-Point Program Thrust:
   19  economic development, educational development, physical and
   20  mental health, political awareness and involvement, and
   21  international awareness and involvement, and
   22         WHEREAS, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., recently
   23  celebrated 100 years of commendable service and support to local
   24  communities, leading dialogue on public policy issues,
   25  supporting quality education, producing new projects to
   26  stimulate current and future economic growth, and improving the
   27  holistic well-being of minority populations internationally, and
   28         WHEREAS, with more than 250,000 college-educated women
   29  initiated and more than 950 chapters worldwide, 52 of which are
   30  located in Florida and the Bahamas, members of Delta Sigma Theta
   31  Sorority, Inc., are clearly focused and visible as corporate and
   32  civic leaders, productive public officials, acclaimed
   33  academicians, and activists in their own right, and
   34         WHEREAS, for the past 18 years, the Florida chapters of
   35  Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., have conducted “Delta Days at
   36  the Florida Capitol,” providing information to state legislators
   37  and members of the executive branch which is vital to developing
   38  public policy; hosting a reception for state legislators and
   39  members of the executive branch; and monitoring the progress of
   40  pending legislation related to significant public policy issues,
   41  and
   42         WHEREAS, on April 7-9, 2013, under the leadership of
   43  Southern Regional Director Cheryl W. Turner and Southern
   44  Regional Representative Manica Pierrette, members of the 52
   45  chapters of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., now serving
   46  Florida and the Bahamas will converge in Tallahassee to
   47  participate in the 19th annual “Delta Days at the Florida
   48  Capitol,” celebrating the theme “A Century in Service: Advocacy
   49  in Action,” and
   50         WHEREAS, the members of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.,
   51  will provide special recognition at the Seventh Annual Honorable
   52  Carrie P. Meek Servant Leadership Luncheon of the late and
   53  honorable Yvonne Kennedy, past national president of Delta Sigma
   54  Theta Sorority, Inc., and the late soror Mercedese R. Clarke, a
   55  former "Delta Days at the Florida Capitol" committee member,
   56  both of whom blazed trails in social advocacy and public
   57  service, and
   58         WHEREAS, Senators Audrey Gibson and Arthenia L. Joyner and
   59  Representative Gwyndolen Clarke-Reed are esteemed members of
   60  Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., NOW, THEREFORE,
   61  
   62  Be It Resolved by the Senate of the State of Florida:
   63  
   64         That the Florida Senate commends the remarkable
   65  contributions made to the people of this state by Delta Sigma
   66  Theta Sorority, Inc., and recognizes April 7-9, 2013, as the
   67  19th annual “Delta Days at the Florida Capitol.”