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File #: 0037X-2012    Version: 1
Type: Ceremonial Resolution Status: Passed
File created: 2/8/2012 In control: Tyson
On agenda: 2/13/2012 Final action: 2/15/2012
Title: To recognize Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, on the occasion of its 104th anniversary, and to thank the Alpha Sigma Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha for their service to our community.
Sponsors: Priscilla Tyson, Hearcel Craig, Zach M. Klein, A. Troy Miller, Michelle M. Mills, Eileen Paley, Andrew Ginther
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To recognize Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, on the occasion of its 104th anniversary, and to thank the Alpha Sigma Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha for their service to our community.
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WHEREAS, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., was founded at Howard University in 1908 and is the first Greek letter organization founded by African American women; and
WHEREAS, the sorority's mission is "Service to All Mankind," and it has fulfilled that mission since 1908 with programming and services to advance education, health, economic empowerment, and the arts; and
WHEREAS, the Alpha Sigma Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha has served the Columbus community since 1930; and
 
WHEREAS, Alpha Kappa Alpha and its local chapters have had a positive impact in our community through their Emerging Young Leaders Initiative, Asthma Prevention and Management Initiative, Environmental Stewardship and Sustainability Initiative, Social Justice and Human Rights Initiative, and other important efforts; and
WHEREAS, Alpha Sigma Omega Chapter recently hosted our local Founders' Day celebration to commemorate Alpha Kappa Alpha's 104th anniversary; now, therefore
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
That we recognize Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, on the occasion of its 104th anniversary, and thank the Alpha Sigma Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha for their service to our community.