SENATE RESOLUTION No. 1709
A RESOLUTION recognizing the members of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., for their
outstanding service to the citizens of our state, our nation and the international community
and for their promotion of sisterhood, scholarship and service.

WHEREAS, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., is a private, not-for-profit organization whose
purpose is to provide assistance and support in local communities throughout the world in
diverse fields relating to public service through the organization's established five-point
programmatic thrust: Economic development, educational development, international awareness
and involvement, physical and mental health, and political awareness and involvement; and
WHEREAS, On January 13, 1913, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., was founded at Howard
University in the District of Columbia by: Osceola Macarthy Adams, Marguerite Young
Alexander, Winona Cargile Alexander, Ethel Cuff Black, Bertha Pitts Campbell, Zephyr Chisom
Carter, Edna Brown Coleman, Jessie McGuire Dent, Fredrica Chase Dodd, Myra Davis
Hemmings, Olive C. Jones, Mamie Reddy Rose, Eliza Pearl Shippen, Florence Letcher Toms,
Ethel Carr Watson, Wertie Blackwell Weaver, Madree Penn White and Edith Motte Young; and
WHEREAS, In March 1913, the founders of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., participated in
the Women's Suffrage March in the District of Columbia, which was the sorority's first public
act; and
WHEREAS, Since its founding, more than 300,000 women have joined the organization; and
WHEREAS, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., has eight chapters in Kansas and a total of 1,000
collegiate and alumnae chapters in the United States, Canada, Japan, Germany, the Virgin
Islands, Bermuda, the Bahamas, Jamaica, West Africa and the Republic of Korea: Now,
therefore,

Be it resolved by the Senate of the State of Kansas: That we recognize the members of Delta
Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., for their outstanding service to the citizens of our state, our nation
and the international community and for their promotion of sisterhood, scholarship and service;
and
Be it further resolved: That the Secretary of the Senate shall send enrolled copies of this
resolution to Amber Adams, Honorable Gwynne Birzer, Jasmine Burrell, Alice Brannon-
Williams, Ashlynn Clark, Anna Gregory, Alyssa Harris, Dr. Felicia C. Echols, Dr. Christina Love,
Valerie Patterson, Makayla Patton, Tanya Young, Senator Faust-Goudeau and Senator Haley.

Senate Resolution No. 1709 was sponsored by Senators Oletha Faust-Goudeau and David Haley.

I hereby certify that the above Resolution originated in the SENATE, and was adopted by that body
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President of the Senate.
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Secretary of the Senate.