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To honor and recognize the 100th Anniversary of the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority.
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WHEREAS, the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority was founded on January 15, 1908 on the campus of Howard University as the first Greek Letter Organization organized by African-American Women. Celebrated Alpha Kappa Alpha members include Coretta Scott King, Maya Angelou, Mae Jemison, and Eleanor Roosevelt; and,
WHEREAS, Alpha Kappa Alpha cultivates and encourages high scholastic and ethical standards through the promotion of unity and friendship among college women, by maintaining a progressive interest in college life, and by serving all mankind through a nucleus of more than 200,000 women in the United States, the Caribbean, Europe, and Africa; and,
WHEREAS, over the past ten years, the local Alpha Sigma Omega Chapter of the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority has given over $50,000 in college scholarships to deserving young women in Central Ohio based on academic performance, essay writing, and interviews; now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
That this Council does hereby recognize the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority for providing 100 years of commitment to sisterhood, scholarship and service.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this Resolution be presented as a token of our esteem in recognition of Alpha Sigma Omega's Founders' Day Luncheon held Sunday, January 27, 2008 in celebration of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority's 100 years of "service to all mankind".