ADOPTED -DECEMBER 9, 2008

                                                                                                                        Agenda Item No. 6

Introduced by the County Services Committee of the:

INGHAM COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

RESOLUTION HONORING ALPHA KAPPA ALPHA, SORORITY, INCORPORATED

RESOLUTION #08-339

WHEREAS, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, is the oldest African American Greek Sorority, founded on January 15, 1908 and incorporated on January 29, 1913 at Howard University in Washington D.C.; and

WHEREAS, Alpha Kappa Alpha has evolved into an organization that serves all mankind through a nucleus of more than 200,000 women in over 900 chapters throughout the United States, the Caribbean, Europe, Canada, Asia and Africa, a diverse constituency of women who are leaders in education, international affairs, politics, law, medicine, media, the arts and humanities, and business; and

WHEREAS, the Alpha Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated gave rise to Delta Tau Omega Chapter of Lansing, Michigan, hereafter, “Delta Tau Omega Chapter,” chartered on December 17, 1947 by Rose Toomer Brunson, Mildred Biggs, Ivory Clinton Johnson, Marguerite Gooden, L. Margaret Groves, Violet Burch Johnson, Julia Milner, Maxine McConnell Edwards, Mary Martha Lynch, Yvette Pittman Howard, Dorothy S. Kennedy, Mattie Russell Willis, and Ann Collins Surratt; and

WHEREAS, Delta Tau Omega Chapter by “Merit and Culture,” cultivates and encourages high scholastic, professional, and personal development; promotes unity and friendship among women; alleviates problems concerning girls and women; and maintains a progressive interest in college and community; and

WHEREAS, Delta Tau Omega Chapter also empowers communities through exemplary service initiatives and progressive programs such as mentoring and leadership development of youth, collegiate scholarships, arts and cultural development, health awareness, economic impact, and a variety of community service projects.

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Ingham County Board of Commissioners hereby congratulates Delta Tau Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated for the last 61 years, providing service to the Lansing Community, improving the quality of life of all citizens throughout the State of Michigan.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the citizens of Ingham County join the Board of Commissioners in wishing Delta Tau Omega Chapter continued success in all of her future endeavors.

COUNTY SERVICES:  Yeas:  Nolan, De Leon, Copedge, Soule, Grebner, Severino

  Nays:  None      Absent:  None        Approved 12/2/08