HomeMy WebLinkAbout2017-03-11 Proclamation - Sigma Gamma RHO Sorority Youth DayWHEREAS: Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc., is a 90,000- member nonprofit collegiate
sorority dedicated to the encouragement and promotion of high scholastic attainment,
community service, and improvement in the quality of life through its chapters, members,
and affiliates located throughout the United States, Korea, Bermuda, Africa, Bahamas,
Germany, Canada and the Caribbean; and
WHEREAS: Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc., through its mission seeks to address
programs, projects, and concerns that impact society educationally, socially, politically,
and economically; and
WHEREAS: Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc. is sponsoring its Twentieth Annual
Adolescent Youth Symposium simultaneously in local communities across the nation on
Saturday, March 11, 2017; and
WHEREAS: the local members of Delta Psi Sigma Chapter of Sigma Gamma Rho
Sorority, Inc., will hold their symposium on March 11, 2017, at Church by the Side of the
Road; and
WHEREAS: Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc., through this year's nationwide symposium
agenda, will seek to help youths come to grips with peer - pressuring challenges that may
deal with making healthy choices, healthy living, healthy generation; and
WHEREAS: Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc., is requesting all area junior /senior high
schools, sororities /fraternities, social /civic organizations, and youth services agencies to
support the intent of this symposium by promoting the attendance and participation of their
students and youth groups:
NOW THEREFORE, I, Allan Ekberg, Mayor of the City of Tukwila, do hereby proclaim
March 11, 2017 as:
SIGMA GAMMA RHO SORORITY YOUTH DAY
in the City of Tukwila and encourage all community residents to join me in recognizing the
members of Delta Psi Sigma Chapter of Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc., for their efforts to
encourage and guide our youths.
Presented this 11th day arch
Allan Ek erg, Mayor