HJR177 Summary

• Recognizes April 23, 2024, as Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Incorporated, Day in Alabama.

• Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Incorporated was founded on November 17, 1911, at Howard University in Washington, D.C., and currently operates more than 700 chapters across the United States and worldwide.

• Names three Alabama fraternity leaders: Darryl Sinkfield of Montgomery (Omega Day Chairman), Cary Hale of Huntsville (18th State of Alabama Representative), and Christopher A. Brooks of Birmingham (25th–7th District Representative).

• Acknowledges the fraternity's progressive, cooperative, and constructive role in civic and political life at community, national, and worldwide levels for over 100 years.

• Passed by the Alabama House on April 16, 2024, and adopted by the Senate on April 25, 2024.