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PROPOSED RESOLUTION
HONORING SIGMA GAMMA RHO SORORITY ON THEIR 100TH ANNIVERSARY
WHEREAS, Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc. was organized on November 12, 1922, in Indianapolis, Indiana, by seven young educators: Mary Lou Allison Gardner Little, Dorothy Hanley Whiteside, Vivian Irene White Marbury, Nannie Mae Gahn Johnson, Hattie Mae Annette Dulin Redford, Bessie Mae Downey Rhoades Martin, and Cubena McClure; and
WHEREAS, on November 12, 2022, worldwide members of Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Incorporated will pause to honor the founding of their beloved sisterhood and pay homage to the dynamic women of Sigma Gamma Rho who have built and sustained a well-known and well-respected reputation for leading positive change to help uplift the community through sisterhood, leadership, and service, which is aptly expressed in its slogan, “Greater Service, Greater Progress.”; and
WHEREAS, Sigma Gamma Rho was incorporated as a national collegiate sorority on December 30, 1929, when a charter was granted to the Alpha chapter at Butler University, which facilitated the growth of an international service organization that now consists of more than 100,000 collegiate and professional women from every profession with more than 500 chapters in the United States, Bahamas, Bermuda, Canada, Germany, South Korea, U.S. Virgin Islands, and the United Arab Emirates; and
WHEREAS, Sigma Gamma Rho also has active affiliate groups devoted to empowering women at different stages in life including: The Rhoer Club Affiliates for teenage girls and Philos Affiliates, friends of the sorority, which assist alumnae chapters with various service efforts and programs; and
WHEREAS, for a century, the Sigma Gamma Rho Sisterhood has provided community outreach nationally and internationally with a commitment to promoting the greater good in education, health awareness, service, and leadership development; and
WHEREAS, the mission of Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc. is to enhance the quality of life for women and their families in the U.S. and globally through community service, civil, and social action; and
WHEREAS, to accomplish their mission, the sorority collaborates with members, affiliates, staff, and community partners working together to create and support initiatives that align with their vision of a world in which all women and their families reach their full potential in all aspects of life and can create unlimited opportunities for future generations; and
WHEREAS, the President and members of the Cook County Board of Commissioners are pleased to congratulate the members of Sigma Gamma Rho, Inc. on the occasion of the sorority’s 100th Anniversary;
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the President and Members of the Cook County Board of Commissioners, on behalf of the residents of Cook County, congratulate Sigma Gamma Rho, Inc. on their 100th Anniversary and thank them for 100 years of service in the public interest; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT, this text be spread upon the official proceedings of this Honorable Body.
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