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GA HR1139

Resolution

Status

Passed

2/13/2018

Primary Sponsor

Carolyn Hugley

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Origin

House of Representatives

2017-2018 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Congratulates the Gamma Tau Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., on its 75th anniversary, celebrated on March 22, 2018
  • The chapter was founded on March 22, 1943, in Columbus, Georgia, by first president Carrie Foster Gallimore and nine other women, under the direction of Southeastern Regional Director Colley Riley
  • On December 12, 2005, the chapter established SISTERS, Incorporated (Sisters in Scholarship, Technology, Economics, Refinement, and Services), a 501(c)(3) organization to support chapter programs and charitable and educational causes
  • The chapter's Rosa Parks Women of Courage Breakfast annual event has provided more than $200,000 in scholarships to students in the Chattahoochee Valley
  • Directs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to make a copy of the resolution available for distribution to the chapter

Legislative Description

Gamma Tau Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.; 75th anniversary; congratulate

Last Action

House Read and Adopted

2/13/2018

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