Georgia HR1957: Delta Phi Lambda Sorority Inc., an Asian-interest sorority and 501(c)(7) non-profit organization; outstanding work in creating the next generation of Asian women leaders unified by the bonds of sisterhood and its efforts in coalition building; commend

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A resolution Recognizing and commending Delta Phi Lambda Sorority Inc., an Asian-interest sorority and 501(c)(7) non-profit organization, for its outstanding work in creating the next generation of Asian women leaders unified by the bonds of sisterhood and its efforts in coalition building amongst minority collegiate students across the United States; and for other purposes.

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A RESOLUTION Recognizing and commending Delta Phi Lambda Sorority Inc., an Asian-interest sorority and 501(c)(7) non-profit organization, for its outstanding work in creating the next generation of Asian women leaders unified by the bonds of sisterhood and its efforts in coalition building amongst minority collegiate students across the United States; and for other purposes. WHEREAS, on December 5, 1998, seven women at the University of Georgia founded Delta Phi Lambda Sorority Inc. as an Asian-interest sorority and culturally-based Greek letter organization with the mission of forming a lasting organization that could advocate Asian awareness through sisterhood and dispel stereotypes commonly held against the Asian community at their predominantly white institution (PWI); and WHEREAS, culturally-based Greek letter organizations have a rich history of creating shared cultural spaces for minority collegiate students and advancing civil rights for their communities, with the first ones being Black Greek letter organizations whose traditions and values would later influence and inform all those to follow; and WHEREAS, upon its founding, Delta Phi Lambda Sorority Inc. joined a wave of Asian Greek letter organizations forming in the 1990s, following the wave of Black Greek letter H. R. 1957 LC 112 4075 organizations beginning in the 1900s and Latino Greek letter organizations beginning in the 1970s; and WHEREAS, in the summer of 2004, Delta Phi Lambda Sorority Inc. …