HR188 Summary

• Recognizes Adrienne Pope Kelly Washington, South Eastern Regional Director of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, for her service to her community, state, and nation.

• Commemorates AKA Day at the Capitol on February 27, 2014, celebrating Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority's mission of "Service to All Mankind" and more than a century of positive change in American life, particularly in the African-American community.

• Notes the South Eastern Region of Alpha Kappa Alpha consists of 55 Graduate and 48 Undergraduate Chapters across Alabama, Tennessee, and Mississippi, with the oldest graduate chapter (Omicron Omega in Birmingham) established in 1924.

• Acknowledges that a founder of Alpha Kappa Alpha, Harriett Josephine Terry, resided in the South Eastern Region and taught at Alabama A and M University for over 30 years, and that five international presidents of the sorority have come from this region.

• Directs that a copy of the resolution be provided to Adrienne Pope Kelly Washington as evidence of the esteem in which she is held.