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.

89(R) HR 834 - Enrolled version - Bill Text

H.R. No. 834

R E S O L U T I O N

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.

______________________________

Chief Clerk of the House