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House
Resolution 1026
By:
Representatives Holmes of the
61st,
James of the
135th,
Jordan of the
77th,
Everson of the
106th,
Fludd of the
66th,
and others
A
RESOLUTION
Commending
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., and the Georgia District Chapters; and for
other purposes.
WHEREAS,
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., was founded by the seven young men: Henry
Arthur Callis, Charles Henry Chapman, Eugene Kinckle Jones, George Biddle
Kelley, Nathaniel Allison Murray, Robert Harold Ogle, and Vertner Woodson Tandy,
affectionately known as the "Seven Jewels," on December 4, 1906, at Cornell
University in Ithaca, New York, who laid a firm foundation for the principles of
scholarship, fellowship, good character, and the uplifting of humanity;
and
WHEREAS,
Alpha Phi Alpha college and graduate chapters have worked diligently and
tirelessly to help correct the educational, economic, political, and social
injustices facing African Americans through various programs and endeavors such
as "Go-to-High-School, Go-to-College," A Voteless People is a Hopeless People,
Project Alpha, Alpha Head Start Fatherhood Initiative, Leadership Academies,
mentoring, affordable housing programs, scholarships, and many other community
service projects; and
WHEREAS,
the chapters of the Georgia District, under the leadership of its 11th District
Director Ronald M. Natson, Sr., have provided outstanding leadership in their
communities through the implementation of the fraternity's national programs and
special projects and have uplifted their communities by living up to the
fraternity's goals of Manly Deeds, Scholarship, and Love for all Mankind;
and
WHEREAS,
numerous members have called the State of Georgia home, most notably Rev. Dr.
Martin Luther King, Jr., Mayor Maynard Jackson, Ambassador Andrew Young, Georgia
Supreme Court Justice Robert Benham, Congressman David Scott, and among the
numerous members who have been outstanding national leaders in the struggle to
achieve civil rights in America are Senator Edward Brooke, Dr.
W. E. B. DuBois, Congressman William Gray, Congressman Adam Clayton
Powell, and United States Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall.
NOW,
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES that the members of
this body commend Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., and the Georgia District
Chapters for their outstanding contributions to this nation and the State of
Georgia, and proclaim February 21, 2008, as "Alpha Phi Alpha Day at the
Capitol."
BE
IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Georgia District Director and representatives of
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., are invited to appear before the House of
Representatives on a day and at a time designated by the Speaker of the House of
Representatives.
BE
IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Clerk of the House of Representatives is authorized
and directed to transmit an appropriate copy of this resolution to the Georgia
District Director and the Chairperson of the Political Action Committee of Alpha
Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.