[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 36 (Wednesday, March 13, 2013)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E279]
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 RECOGNIZING THE 90TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE KAPPA OMEGA CHAPTER OF ALPHA 
                          KAPPA ALPHA SORORITY

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                            HON. DAVID SCOTT

                               of georgia

                    in the house of representatives

                       Wednesday, March 13, 2013

  Mr. DAVID SCOTT of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize 
the 90th Anniversary of the Kappa Omega chapter of the Alpha Kappa 
Alpha Sorority. The Kappa Omega chapter was the first chapter 
established in the South Atlantic Region, where it was chartered on 
March 1, 1923 in Atlanta, GA. The charter members include Founder Marie 
Woolfolk Taylor, Floy Brown, Eva Conner, Caroline Bond Day, Madeline 
Smith Davis, Adelaide D. Smith, Alice Rucker, Ruth Prince, Louise 
Shivery and Hattie Watson. I honor their commitment to their community, 
particularly to promoting and cultivating high scholastic achievement 
and social unity amongst girls and women of color.
   For the past nine decades, Kappa Omega has distinguished itself as a 
guiding torch in servicing others by implementing programs that impact 
communities around the world. Their current international program 
initiatives focus on Global Leadership through Timeless Service. The 
women of Kappa Omega certainly know leadership. Several notable chapter 
members have become leaders on the local, regional and international 
level. At the regional level, A. Cathryn Johnson, Sujette F. Crank, Dr. 
Mary Shy Scott and Dr. Lucretia R. Payton-Stewart have all served as 
South Atlantic Regional Directors, while Dr. Scott has also served as 
the 23rd President of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority. Members of this 
chapter have also served on and chaired several international 
committees.
   The members of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority deserve to be commended 
for the thousands of hours of volunteer work they contribute every 
year. Their efforts at the local level to encourage young girls to go 
to college, and to help them succeed after they get in, are laudable 
and must continue. Mr. Speaker, I stand before you today to honor their 
hard work and service, and I encourage my fellow colleagues to do the 
same.

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