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A MEMORIAL

RECOGNIZING ALPHA KAPPA ALPHA SORORITY AND ITS NEW MEXICO

AFFILIATE CHAPTER, IOTA XI OMEGA, ON ALPHA KAPPA ALPHA'S ONE

HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY.

WHEREAS, Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority, incorporated, which

was founded on January 15, 1908 on the campus of Howard

university in Washington, D.C., is the oldest Greek letter

sorority in the United States and is celebrating its one

hundredth anniversary; and

WHEREAS, Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority represents a union

of thousands of college-trained women who are bound by a

powerful, cohesive strength, based on trust and loyalty, that

is a motivating factor in the lives of students at more than

four hundred institutions of higher education; and

WHEREAS, as a significant organization, the sorority

supports education, leadership and a strong sense of family in

an ever-changing and increasingly complex world; and

WHEREAS, Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority empowers communities

through exemplary service initiatives and progressive

programs; and

WHEREAS, Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority provides an

inspiration to many and adheres to its national motto, "by

merit and by culture", and to its purpose, to be "supreme in

service to all mankind"; and

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WHEREAS, Iota Xi Omega is the New Mexico affiliate

chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority;

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF

REPRESENTATIVES OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO that it join with

the rest of the nation in congratulating Alpha Kappa Alpha

sorority for its one hundred years of service to the national

and world communities; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this memorial be

transmitted to the international president of Alpha Kappa

Alpha sorority, the director of the sorority's south central

region and the basileus of the sorority's Iota Xi Omega

chapter.