Recognizing April 14, 2025, as Red and White Day at the State Capitol in honor of the advocacy efforts of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated.
WHEREAS, Collegiate and alumnae members of Delta Sigma Theta
Sorority, Incorporated, are gathering in Austin on April 14, 2025,
to mark Red and White Day, a day of advocacy and action, at the State
Capitol; and
WHEREAS, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated, was
founded on January 13, 1913, at Howard University in Washington,
D.C.; the 22 original members included four young women from Texas,
Zephyr Chisom Carter, Jessie McGuire Dent, Frederica Chase Dodd,
and Myra Davis Hemmings, all committed to academic excellence and
social change; members marched in a women’s suffrage parade soon
after, and they incorporated as a national organization in 1930;
and
WHEREAS, The organization is made up of more than 350,000
women in the United States and several foreign countries; it
encompasses over 1,000 chapters, with many in the Lone Star State;
participants work toward positive change in their communities,
placing a strong emphasis on the core issues of economic
development, educational development, international awareness,
political awareness, and physical and mental health; moreover,
members of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated, mentor at-risk
young women, conduct voter awareness drives, host political forums,
and help guide and inform public policy; and
WHEREAS, Many members of the sorority have gone on to have
distinguished careers in public service, including Texas State
Representatives Toni Rose, Rhetta Andrews Bowers, and Lauren Ashley
Simmons and former state representative and current Congresswoman
Jasmine Crockett, as well as legendary former legislators, such as
State Representative Ruth Jones McClendon and Congresswoman
Barbara Jordan; among the Texans who have held significant
leadership positions within the organization is the sorority’s
current international president and chair, Elsie Cooke-Holmes, who
resides in Plano; and
WHEREAS, The women of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority,
Incorporated, have enriched the State of Texas and the entire
nation through their advocacy and civic engagement, and it is
indeed a pleasure to commend them for their noteworthy endeavors;
now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 89th Texas
Legislature hereby recognize April 14, 2025, as Red and White Day at
the State Capitol and extend to all those involved with Delta Sigma
Theta Sorority, Incorporated, sincere best wishes for the future;
and, be it further
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
prepared for the sorority as an expression of high regard by the
Texas House of Representatives.
Rose
Bowers
Simmons
| Burrows | Guerra | Morales Shaw |
| Alders | Guillen | Morgan |
| Allen | Harless | Muñoz |
| Anchía | Harris | Noble |
| Ashby | Harris Davila | Olcott |
| Barry | Harrison | Oliverson |
| Bell of Kaufman | Hayes | Ordaz |
| Bell of Montgomery | Hefner | Orr |
| Bernal | Hernandez | Patterson |
| Bhojani | Hickland | Paul |
| Bonnen | Hinojosa | Perez of El Paso |
| Bowers | Holt | Perez of Harris |
| Bryant | Hopper | Phelan |
| Buckley | Howard | Pierson |
| Bucy | Hull | Plesa |
| Bumgarner | Hunter | Raymond |
| Button | Isaac | Reynolds |
| Cain | Johnson | Richardson |
| Campos | Jones of Dallas | Rodríguez Ramos |
| Canales | Jones of Harris | Romero |
| Capriglione | Kerwin | Rose |
| Cole | King | Rosenthal |
| Collier | Kitzman | Schatzline |
| Cook | LaHood | Schofield |
| Cortez | Lalani | Schoolcraft |
| Craddick | Lambert | Shaheen |
| Cunningham | Landgraf | Shofner |
| Curry | Leach | Simmons |
| Darby | Leo Wilson | Slawson |
| A. Davis of Dallas | Little | Smithee |
| Y. Davis of Dallas | Longoria | Spiller |
| Dean | Lopez of Bexar | Swanson |
| DeAyala | Lopez of Cameron | Talarico |
| Dorazio | Louderback | Tepper |
| Dutton | Lowe | Thompson |
| Dyson | Lozano | Tinderholt |
| Fairly | Lujan | Toth |
| Flores | Luther | Troxclair |
| Frank | Manuel | Turner |
| Gámez | Martinez | VanDeaver |
| Garcia of Bexar | Martinez Fischer | Vasut |
| Garcia of Dallas | McLaughlin | Villalobos |
| Garcia Hernandez | McQueeney | Virdell |
| Gates | Metcalf | Vo |
| Gerdes | Meyer | Walle |
| Geren | Meza | Ward Johnson |
| Gervin-Hawkins | Money | Wharton |
| González of Dallas | Moody | Wilson |
| González of El Paso | Morales of Harris | Wu |
| Goodwin | Morales of Maverick | Zwiener |
______________________________
Speaker of the House
I certify that H.R. No. 834 was adopted by the House on April
14, 2025, by a non-record vote.
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Chief Clerk of the House
