Senate Resolution 945
By: Senators Jackson of the 41st, Davenport of the 17th, Wicks of the 34th and Anderson of
the 43rd
A RESOLUTION
Recognizing March 16, 2026, as the Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority Day on the Hill; and for
other purposes.
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, the group became an incorporated national collegiate sorority on December 30,
1929, when a charter was granted to the Alpha chapter at Butler University, becoming the
only sorority in the National Pan-Hellenic Council to not have been founded at Howard
University; and
WHEREAS, since its inception, the dedicated women of Sigma Gamma Rho have earned
and maintained an exemplary reputation throughout the State of Georgia for leading positive
change to help uplift the community through sisterhood, leadership, and service; and
WHEREAS, this distinguished organization upholds its mission statement of "Greater
Service, Greater Progress" by providing positive and proactive community outreach that
promotes the greater good in education, service, and leadership development; and
WHEREAS, across its more than 500 international chapters, Sigma Gamma Rho has
welcomed more than 100,000 collegiate and professional women from every profession; and
WHEREAS, Sigma Gamma Rho offers its members opportunities to develop their unique
talents through leadership training and involvement in sorority activities that create personal
and professional bonds which last a lifetime; and
WHEREAS, it is abundantly fitting and proper that this exceptional sorority be appropriately
honored during this special time for its enduring commitment to the highest ideals of
sisterhood, respect, honesty, accountability, integrity, excellence, and communication.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE that the members of this body
recognize March 16, 2026, as the Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority Day on the Hill.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Secretary of the Senate is authorized and directed
to make an appropriate copy of this resolution available for distribution to Sigma Gamma
Rho Sorority Inc.